新标准初中英语八年级(上):UNIT2 Christmas stories

[00:00.00]Module 13 WESTERN FESTIVALS
[00:06.80]UNIT 2 The stories of Christmas
[00:10.92]1 Listen and read.Then tick.
[00:16.65]Read the stories about Christmas.
[00:20.33]Then tick '√' the 'Ture' or 'False' boxes.
[00:24.78]If the answer is NOT in the passage,
[00:28.45]tick '√' the 'Don't know' boxes.
[00:31.90]Santa Claus
[00:33.51]Thousands of years ago,there was a man named
[00:37.55]Saint Nicholas.
[00:38.93]He was a very good and kind man.
[00:43.17]Saint Nicholas loved children.
[00:45.94]And every year,at Christmas time,he bought a
[00:49.46]lot of presents to give to children.
[00:52.68]After Saint Nicholas died,children used to put
[00:56.62]their shoes near the fireplace every Christmas.
[01:01.25]They hoped that Saint Nicholas would continue
[01:04.75]to give them presents.
[01:06.69]In some countries,Saint Nicholas
[01:10.11]was called 'Sint Nikolaa'.
[01:12.81]This name later changed to 'Sinterklass',
[01:16.97]and finally,in modern times,
[01:19.84]Saint Nicholas was called'Santa Claus'.
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