北师大初中英语八年级上册 Unit6 21-2（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.00]Christmas music

[00:02.77]Music is an important part of Christmas.

[00:05.71]People sing traditional Christmas songs

[00:08.42]such as"Silent Night"

[00:10.52]and "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

[00:13.07]and also popular songs like "White Christmas".

[00:20.55]Exercise 2.2

[00:22.94]Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ

[00:27.21]and at Christmas

[00:28.37]many people decorate their homes

[00:30.75]with the scenes of Jesus Christ's birth.

[00:34.41]These are small models of the place

[00:36.87]where Jesus was born.

[00:39.10]The scenes always have the same things:

[00:42.21]the baby Jesus, his mother Mary,

[00:45.20]and his father Joseph.

[00:47.41]People always include farm animals and the men,

[00:51.17]who were the first people to visit Jesus.

[00:54.16]The other important people

[00:56.07]are the three wise men who traveled

[00:58.98]from far away to bring gifts.

[01:05.13]Exercise 2.3

[01:07.44]Work it out

[01:09.36]Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.

[01:13.37]Many people decorate their homes

[01:15.85]with the scenes of Jesus Christ's birth.

[01:19.59]This box has old books,

[01:21.72]and those boxes have new books.

[01:25.32]The lists include

[01:27.07]the prices of the Christmas cards.

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