wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card.. Forty years later,.[r]
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- The Christmas card:
Period 80: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ
I Vocabulary:
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Period 80: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ
Guess four special things at Christmas ?
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Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the word.
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One Christmas Eve in the
early 1500s, some people
decorated a tree and put it
in the market place in the
Latvian city of Riga This
custom spread throughout
Europe, and finally to
America the 1800s
The Christmas Card
In the mid-nineteenth
century, an Englishman
wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends, so
he had someone design a
card Forty years later,
cards were a part of the
Christmas tradition
II WHILE -
READING.
Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago,
Christmas songs were
performed for people in
towns and villages These
songs were stories put to
music and most people
enjoyed them The leaders
of the Church, however, did not They said the songs
were unsuitable, but about
180 years ago, the songs
became popular again.
Santa Claus
In 1823, the patron saint of
children, Saint Nicholas
appeared in a poem called A
Visit From Saint Nicholas The
character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit
and gave children presents on Christmas Eve The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA
Santa Claus is based on the
description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
1 Listen and check.
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Christmas Specials Place of origin Date
Riga
mid-19 th century Christmas carols
The USA
The Christmas Tree early 1500s
The Christmas Card England
(no information) 800 years ago
Period 80: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ
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b Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
c When were Christmas songs first performed?
d Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
e What is Santa Claus based on ?
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint
Nicholas in the poem.
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- Learn grammar: passive voice
- Do exercises 1,5,6 in the workbook.
- Prepare Unit 13 : Write
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come to the USA?
More than a century ago
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someone design a card?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to
his friends
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800 years ago
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Saint Nicholas?
An American professor Clement Clarke Moore
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On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
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Trang 23Filling the missing words in the song
Jingle Bells
Dashing though the snow
In a one – horse open sleigh, O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright, What fun it is to ride and ,
A sleighing song
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
, what fun it is to ride
In a one – horse open sleigh!
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Use the information in the grid to write
the brief paragraphs.