u2-2 The Spirit of Christmas

The Spirit of Christmas： the true meaning of Christmas:，three ghosts visit Scrooge，when we think of Christmas, think of

The Spirit of Christmas

• the true meaning of Christmas:
  • when we think of Christmas, think of ______, Christmas trees and Santa Claus
  • the importance of ______ and giving love and joy to people around us.
  • The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the__________ this.
• A Christmas Carol is a_____ short novel________ by Charles Dickens.
  • It is about an old man ________ Scrooge who never____________.
  • He is _______ and only ____________himself.
  • He doesn’t ________ others nicely. He just cares about ____ he can make more money and he________ Christmas.
  • One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ________of Jacob Marley, his _______business __________.
  • Marley used _______ just like Scrooge, so he was _____________ after he died.
  • He ________ Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to __________ like him.
  • He also tells Scrooge________three spirits to visit him.
• three ghosts visit Scrooge
  • First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him ________ his childhood and ___________ Scrooge of his happier days as a ____________
  • . Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas _________, takes him to see how others are __________ Christmas this year
  • The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is _______, but nobody ________. He is so ________that he wakes up in his bed and__________ it is only the next morning —Christmas Day!
• change his life and promises to be a better person.
  • He happily___________ Christmas with his _____________.
  • He also gives gifts to people ______________
  • He now __________everyone with _________ and _________, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
  • that is the true____________ of Christmas!