About Pearl S. BuckA friend of Chinese people A Literature Nobel Prize LaureateI should not be truly myself if I did not, in my own wholly unofficial way, speak also of the people of China, whose life has for so many years been my life also, whose life, indeed, must always be a part of my life. The minds of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways, but above all, alike in our common love of freedom. And today more than ever, this is true, now when Chinas whole being is engaged in the greatest of all struggles, the struggle for freedom. I have never admired China more than I do now, when I see her uniting as she has never before, against the enemy who threatens her freedom. With this determination for freedom, which is in so profound a sense the essential quality in her nature, I know that she is unconquerable. Freedom - it is today more than ever the most precious human possession. Birthday: June 26, 1892Parents: Absalom in the nearly five decades of its work, Welcome House has assisted in the placement of over five thousand children. w In 1964, to provide support for Amerasian children who were not eligible for adoption, Pearl also established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, which provides sponsorship funding for thousands of children in half-a-dozen Asian countries. In 1973, Pearl died at Green Hills Farm, at the age of eighty.Tell us a Bible story!Next Time!Do you know how to decorate for Christmas?Tell us next time!We Wish You A Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year. Good tidings to you, And all of your kin, Good tidings for Christmas, And a Happy New Year. We all know that Santas coming, We all know that Santas coming, We all know that Santas coming, And soon will be here. Good tidings to you, And all of your kin, Good tidings for Christmas, And a Happy New Year.We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year. Listen to more songs:Jingle Bells Holy NightNow you have 10 minutes to read “Christmas Day in the Morning”. After reading, briefly retell the story.Figurative Speechesa direct comparison between two unlike elements“as, asso, like”As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.as cunning as a fox, as poor as a churchs mouseThe world is like a stage.An indirect comparison. It implies the likeness between things without the use of like or as.Life is a highway. The world is a stage.Exercise: For secrets are edged tools,and must be kept from children and fools. No man is an island, entire of itself. IF poetry comes not as naturally as leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all. His friend has become a thorn in his side.A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.Alliterationthe same consonant sound is repeated at intervals in the initial positionShe sells sea-shells on the seashore.Wild Mushrooms: Mysterious-Menacing- MagnificentPredictably the winter will be snowy, sleety and slushy.Weak and wearyEuphemismThe substitution of a mild or indirect word or phrase for a blunter or harsher onev ugly: plain-looking; homely-lookingv die: to pass away, to depart, to go to sleep(heaven)v fat: Plump, stout, chubby, weight catcherv toilet habits, etc.:to urinate or to defecateto go to the bathroomto do ones businessto answer natures callDiscussion1. What is the writing technique here? 2. What is the theme of this text?3. “Love alone could awaken love.” how do you understand the sentence? And “Love is like measles. Everyone has to go through it.”; “Love is blind.”3. Do you agree that only love can awaken love? What is the essence of true love? Give your reasons.4. Is love the solution to all the problems in the world today? Comment.Game: Use your body language to express the following phrases:dash into the room, steal into the room, to burst into the room, to sneak into the room, to tiptoe into the room, to sail into the room, to break into the room, to dance out of the room, to stagger out of the room, to fly out of the room, to crawl out of the room, to slip out of the room, to creep downstairs, to make her way towards the door, to bow her way out of the room, to shoulder her way through the crowd, to worm his way into the organization, to beg her way back home, to inch his way up the mountainSentence understandingw Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still!(P.1) w It was strange how up to that moment he had continued doing things the way he had always done them from boyhood.Sentence understandingw He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. w He had recently got into the habit of recalling things in the past /of reminiscing/ of letting his thoughts go back to the old days.Senten