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Lesson 11 An Iowa Christmas Teaching objectives The information about the author Paul Engle Understanding the boarder meaning of Christmas The narrative structure of this essay Text Appreciation: organization; topic sentence; expressiononomatopoeia The harmony between nature and people 1. How much do you know about Christmas? 2. What are the differences between the traditional way of celebrating the Christmas and the modern one? 3. Today, many young people prefer Christmas to Chinese traditional festival—Spring Festival. Many people believe it is wrong for Chinese people to celebrate Christmas because we are not Christians. What?s your opinion? The word Christmas is a combination of the words Christ and Mass . The word Mass means death and was coined originally by the Roman Catholic Church, and belongs exclusively to the church of Rome. The ritual of the Mass involves the death of Christ, and the distribution of the Host, a word taken from the Latin word hostiall meaning victim! Christmas in our day is a collection of traditions and practices taken from many cultures and nations. The date of December 25th comes from Rome and was a celebration of the Italic god, Saturn(土星）, and the rebirth of the sun god. This was done long before the birth of Jesus. It was noted by the pre-Christian Romans and other pagans, that daylight began to increase after December 22nd, when they assumed that the sun god died. To honor the Lord Jesus Christ To sing the Christmas carols It has become a world-wide celebrated holiday. Jesus Christ Mary Joseph Bethlehem, near Jerusalem 3 wise men; shepherds Salvation, redemption Sinners Mary, a virgin, was living in Galilee [ɡ?l?li]加利利(巴勒斯坦北部一多山地区 of Nazareth ?(巴勒斯坦地区北部古城)拿撒勒 and was engaged to be married to Joseph, a Jewish carpenter. An angel visited her and explained to her that she would conceive[k?nsi:v] 怀孕 a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She would carry and give bi