T: That's wonderful! In the western country, it has an important holiday in winter, like Chinese Spring Festival .Do you know it? Can you guess?

(设计意图： 通过教室布置和图片，学生能大概猜出这个节日名称---圣诞节，引出"Christmas"一词，然后利用课件或实物呈现本课涉及的单词 Christmas tree, lights, song, Santa。还可以边学边提出一些问题，What color is the Christmas tree? Do you know songs about Christmas? Do you like Santa? Can you say something about Santa?

（设计意图：通过实物直接呈现，便于学生清楚地记忆，为下面的学习打下基础。）

（2）Learning

①T: Christmas is very special for westerners .They often invite their family and friends to their house .The family and friends bring gifts for them. They sing carols on Christmas.

(设计意图：通过教师的简单介绍，引出课文新词special ,invite ,bring ,gifts ,carol.为学生小组学习课文扫除障碍。)

②Listening and answering

T: OK, let's learn the holiday in groups, and try to find the answers to these questions .