Lesson46:HelpPeopleWarmingIsChristmasaspopularasSpringfestivalinChina?Why?WarmingupThestoryofSantaClausOncearichman’swifedied,leavinghimthreedaughters.Hehadtolookafterthemonafarmhimselfandbecameverypoor.Whenthedaughtersgotthetimetomarry,hehadnomoneytobuyanything.Atnight,thedaughterswashedtheirstockingsandhungthemnearthefire.Nicholassawthisandthrewthreebagsofgoldthroughthechimneybecausehedidn’twantotherstoknowthat,andthebagsfellinoneofthestockings.Whenthegirlswakeupthesecondmorning,theyweresohappytoseethatthegoldwasenoughforthemtobuymanythings.Fromthattimechildrenallovertheworldhangtheirstockings,butindifferentcountries,therearedifferentways.NewwordsDoesSantahaveglasses?Hmmm…isthisreallySanta?Whatdoyouthink?Readthetextfor4minutes,andanswerthefollowingquestions.Theanswers:LanguagenotesDoesyourfamilyexchangegiftsatChristmas?在圣诞节你的家人交换礼物吗？1)exchangevt.（常与for,with连用）交换，互换exchangeChristmasgifts交换圣诞节礼物exchangeseatswithsb.与某人调换一个座位exchangeforeignmoneyforRenminbi把外币兑成人民币JohnexchangedgiftswithMary.约翰与玛丽交换礼物MayIexchangeseatswithyou?我和你调换一个座位好吗？2)giftn.赠品，礼物，天赋，才能abirthday/Christmasgift生日/圣诞礼物【辨析】：gift与present都含有“礼物”的意思，两词可以互换gift在语体上较为正式，带有一定感情色彩，侧重送礼物的人的诚意，有时含有“捐赠”的意思。如：Thiswasgivenmeasabirthdaygift/present.这是给我的生日礼物。present系普通用语，一般指“值钱不多的礼物”，表示下对上送礼的意思。如：Eachchildbroughtalittlepresentstothemother.每个孩子给母亲带来一件小礼物。He’sthatmaninredclothes.他是穿红衣服的那个男人。inredclothes穿着红衣服inprep.穿着，戴着themaninthetophat戴着大礼帽的那人agirlinred穿红衣服的女孩clothesn.集合名词各种衣服、穿戴及被褥等的总称puton/takeoffone’sclothes穿/脱衣服【辨析】：clothes,clothing与dressclothes是常用词，统指身上的各种服装，包括上衣，裤子，内衣等，是复数名词，不能直接与数次连用，后面要接复数动词。Sheoftenwearsbeautifulclothes.她经常穿漂亮的衣服。clothing是物质名词，后接单数动词。Thisshopsellswomen’sclothing.这个店卖女人的衣服。dress作可数名词时，指一件女服，做不可数名词时，指特殊服装。Mysisteriswearingareddress.我妹妹穿一件红色连衣裙。Thestorysavedsailorsfromstorms,helpedyoungchildrenandgavegiftstothepoor.这个故事说他从暴风雨中拯救了水手，帮助年轻人并且给小孩子们礼物。savevt.,vi.（常与from连用）抢救，挽救，拯救Isavedtheanimalsfromtheflood.我把动物从洪水中救出来。Henowhasanaddress,aspecialtypeoftransportation