【2017年整理】新视与界大学英语综合教程3unit8.ppt

;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;? Look at the title of the passage and check (?) the things you expect to read about. ? 1 going shopping with the family ? 2 buying presents ? 3 parking the car ? 4 sending Christmas cards ? 5 singing Christmas songs ? 6 feeling under stress ;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Traditional Christmas shopping customs ;Digging;译文;4 Then number one Son says “Why don’t we have a goose this year?” and number two Son says, “What about roast duck?” and finally, number one Daughter “Stirs it Up” by saying in disgust, “But you know I don’t eat any meat whatsoever, all those poor turkeys, what about us vegetarians?” It’s then traditional for Father to make a wish, not a secret one but at the top of his voice, “I wish you’d eat proper food like the rest of us!” ;Digging;Digging;Digging;8 At this point, Father will collect his bags, and start to walk quickly away, signalling to the children to follow. This is the old tradition of Father Not Having any pare Change, and is usually accompanied by the words, “Come along, children, God will provide!” as he “pretends” to vanish without paying.;Digging;10 Father then utters the words, “The price of trees ... it’s an absolute scandal,” hands over large numbers of bank notes, and proceeds to bring the tree home somehow. When the bus driver sees Father with the tree, trying to get on a bus which is packed stiff with shoppers, he greets him with the words, “You can’t get on here with that!” ;Digging;12 As day turns slowly to night, the shop lights come on, the Christmas music plays at top volume, and the family makes its way to the butcher’s shop. Hanging high above the crowds are vast sides of red beef, deer without their heads, rabbits still in their fur socks, pink-looking pigs and of course, the turkeys. At this point, in a tradition which is an echo of Stir-up Sunday, number one Daughter has to say in