第 3 版 Mini-world 万花筒

1. 第3版 Mini-world 万花筒

2. 你是什么性格的人呢？透过你的睡姿看本质吧！你是什么性格的人呢？透过你的睡姿看本质吧！ The Way You Sleep (II) Soldier 士兵睡姿 You are quiet. You don’t like a fuss. You always set your goals high. And you want others to be like you.

3. Yearner 向往型睡姿 People think you have an open mind. But in fact, you don’t believe what others say. You are slow to make up your mind. But when you have made up your mind, you won’t change it. Log 树干睡姿 You are social. You look happy all the time. You always like being together with others. You believe what others say easily.

4. 有谁想来块匹萨？ Pizza Scissors With this pair of scissors, you can cut and serve the pizza with one hand at the same time. Wow!

5. ● 海豚睡觉喜欢“睁一只眼， 闭一只眼”。 Dolphins sleep with one eye open. ● 鸟窝可不是鸟儿的“卧室”哦！ Birds don’t sleep in their nests. Some birds sleep in the tree, and some birds sleep on the water. ● 懒猫“懒”得自有道理。 Usually, cats spend 2/3 of the day sleeping.

6. Word Bank 超纲词汇 fuss /f2s/ n.大惊小怪，小题大做 other /'28=/ pron.其他的人(或物) believe /bI'li:v/ v. 相信，信任 change /t5eInd3/ v.改变 social /'s=U5=l/ adj. 好交际的，爱交往的 easily /'i:zIlI/ adv. 轻易地 serve /s+:v/ v.端上，送上(食物)

7. dolphin /'d^lfIn/ n.海豚 set one’s goals high 给自己制定高目标 have an open mind 思想开放 in fact 实际上 make up one’s mind 做决定，下决心 all the time 一直，始终 spend some time doing sth. 花费(多少)时间做某事

8. 第4-5版 Merry Christmas 圣诞快乐

9. 嘿，你知道红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫的故事吗？ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

10. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, You would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games.

11. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, “Rudolph with your nose so bright, Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?” Then how the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, You’ll go down in history. Notes: ever 曾经，even 甚至，glow 发光，other 其他的，poor 可怜的，foggy 有雾的，guide 为……领路，sleigh 雪橇，glee 欣喜

12. 圣诞老人哭了，孩子们没有礼物了，那可怎么办呀！圣诞老人哭了，孩子们没有礼物了，那可怎么办呀！ When Santa Cried

13. A long time ago, there were only 17,543 children. Santa spent little time to make gifts for them. As the years went by, there were more and more children in the world. Santa had to work longer and longer. Mrs Santa and reindeer helped to make toys. Every day, they were exhausted. Santa was so tired that he became very thin. The happiest (最快乐的) man in the world began to cry.

14. Warm tears flowed down his face and flowed out of the house. The tears melted the little elves’ home. They had been frozen for thousands of years. The little elves woke up. “We love work. We can help you,” they said to Santa. Santa smiled. Since then, Santa has been getting fatter and fatter again.

15. 人们为什么要装饰圣诞树呢？ Christmas Trees

16. At Christmas, we always decorate Christmas trees with lots of shiny and beautiful things. But why do we need to do this? In the past, people decorated trees outside in winter. They thought there were spirits living in the trees. When the trees lost their leaves, the spirits left the trees too. In order to call the spirits back, people decorated the trees and made them look beautiful. And in spring, the spirits would come back and the trees would burst into leaf again. Now we use fir trees as Christmas trees. Fir trees don’t lose leaves in winter. But the custom has been handed down.

17. 课外点拨 Culture Christmas Gifts 圣诞节即将来临，你有没有想好给家人和朋友送去什么圣诞礼物呢？其实礼物是否贵重并不重要，关键是向他们表达一份深深的爱意。下面就让小编来给你一些建议，让我们来一场关于圣诞礼物的“头脑风暴”吧！ 如果你有一些零花钱的话，可以准备这些礼物： For Dad: A pen is a top (最棒的) gift for men. Your dad can use it when he is at work. For Mum: A scarf will keep your mum warm. Choose (选择) her favourite colour! For Friends: If your friend likes music, you can give him/her a pair of headphones (耳机). If your friend likes sports, you can give him/her a baseball cap (棒球帽) or a pair of sports shoes. Choose the gifts according to (根据) their hobbies.

18. 　　如果你没有很多零花钱也没关系，发挥你的才华和想象力DIY一些礼物，同样可以达到“礼轻情意重”的效果哦！　　如果你没有很多零花钱也没关系，发挥你的才华和想象力DIY一些礼物，同样可以达到“礼轻情意重”的效果哦！ A song: Sing a Christmas song in front of your family or friends, it can be the best gift to celebrate (庆祝) Christmas. A card: You can find a piece of paper, then draw or stick (粘贴) anything you like on it. Don’t hesitate (犹豫)! Show your talent (才能)!

19. 周周练 请根据本版文章 When Santa Cried回答下列问题。 • Why did Santa have to work longer and longer? • _______________________________________ • 2. What melted the little elves’ home? • _______________________________________ • 3. Who helps Santa to make toys? • _______________________________________ Because there were more and more children. Santa's warm tears. Mrs Santa, reindeer and the little elves.

20. Word Bank 超纲词汇 reindeer /'reIndI=/ n.驯鹿 only /'=UnlI/ adv. 只有，仅仅 spend /spend/ v.花(时间、精力)，spent是spend的过去式 exhausted /IG'z6:stId/ adj. 精疲力尽的 tear /tI=/ n.眼泪 flow /fl=U/ v. 流，流动 melt /melt/ v.融化

21. elf /elf/ n. 小精灵，elves是elf的复数形式 freeze /fri:z/ v.冻结，frozen是freeze的过去分词，此处作被动语态，意思是“被冻结” spirit /'spIrIt/ n. 灵魂，精灵 lose /lu:z/ v. 失去，丧失，lost是lose的过去式 custom /'k2st=m/ n. 风俗，习惯 used to ... 过去常常…… call sb. names 谩骂某人 Christmas Eve 圣诞节前夕

22. go down in history 载入史册 a long time ago 很久以前 go by (时间)过去 have to 不得不，必须 since then 从那以后 decorate sth. with ... 用……装饰某物 in the past 在过去

23. in order to 为了 burst into leaf 长出叶子 fir tree 冷杉 hand down 流传下来

24. 第6版 Playground 英语操练场

25. 想要什么礼物呢？不如写信告诉圣诞老人吧！ A Letter to Santa Claus

26. 1. What would you like to find under your tree on Christmas morning? Think about it. 2. Begin your letter with “Dear Santa.” 3. Tell him you’ve been very good all year. 4. Ask him to please bring you the gifts you like. Don’t forget the “please.” Santa likes children with good manners.

27. 5. If you have brothers or sisters, you can tell Santa to bring them gifts too. 6. Thank Santa for being so generous. 7. Write “Love” or “Sincerely” at the end of the letter and sign your name. 8. Give the letter to your mum or dad. Ask them to send it for you!

28. Dear Santa Dear Santa, I’m fine and how have you been? I feel it’s about time to write to you again. Our town has become a bright Christmas scene. Everything is sparkling with red and green.

29. Let’s play it by ear. 什么东西能“用耳朵玩”呢？错啦！其实这句话的意思是“视情况而定”、“随机应变”。当你因为某些原因无法立即做出决定，就可以用这句话表示“再说了，到时候再看”的意思。 Tom: Would you like to watch the new film with me this weekend? Susan: I’m not sure if (是否) I’ll have time. Let’s play it by ear, okay?

30. Word Bank 超纲词汇 forget /f='Get/ v. 忘记 manners /'m7n=s/ n.礼貌，规矩 generous /'d3en=r=s/ adj. 慷慨的，大方的 sincerely /sIn'sI=lI/ adv. 真诚地，诚恳地 send /send/ v. 寄，发送 scene /si:n/ n.景色，景象 everything /'evrI0I9/ pron.一切，所有事物

31. sparkle /'sp1:kl/ v. 闪耀， sparkling为其现在分词 think about 考虑 at the end of ... 在……的末尾 sign one’s name 签名

32. 第7版 Story Zone 故事地带

33. Word Bank 核心词汇 feel /fi:l/ v.感觉，felt是feel的过去式 cry /kraI/ v. 叫喊，动词cry还表示“哭”的意思

34. 拇指姑娘不想成为癞蛤蟆的新娘，于是她“逃婚”了。拇指姑娘不想成为癞蛤蟆的新娘，于是她“逃婚”了。 Thumbelina (II)

35. Thumbelina woke up near the toad’s hole. “You will be my son’s wife,” said the old toad. But Thumbelina didn’t want to be a toad’s wife. She looked around for help. A butterfly took pity on her and said, “Jump on this leaf and I’ll help you.” Then the butterfly dragged the leaf away from the toads. Now Thumbelina was far away from her home. She needed to find a new home.

36. Winter was coming. Thumbelina felt very cold. One day, she came across a field mouse’s hole. There she begged for some food. “Poor little girl!” cried the field mouse. “You can spend the winter with me. But you must help me clean the room.” “Of course I will. Thank you,” Thumbelina said.

37. Word Bank 超纲词汇 toad /t=Ud/ n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆 hole /h=Ul/ n.洞，洞穴 wife /waIf/ n. 妻子 drag /dr7G/ v. 拖，拉 poor /pU=/ adj. 可怜的，不幸的 spend /spend/ v.度过 look around 环视，东张西望

38. take pity on (sb.) 怜悯，同情(某人) come across 偶然遇见，碰上 field mouse 田鼠 beg for (sth.) 乞讨(某物) of course 当然