A Christmas vocabulary lesson with subtitles in which I teach you plenty of English words and phrases related to a traditional English Christmas
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2:03 The story of Christmas. I explain the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem with images of the crèche (nativity scene)
5:50 When is Christmas? I show you a calendar with the dates of Christmas eve, Christmas day and boxing day. I define the 12 days of Christmas.
9:13 We look at some English vocabulary for Christmas decorations, in particular, both types of Christmas trees: real pine Christmas trees and artificial trees along with tinsel, baubles and fairy lights.
12:00 More English words for decorations: We look at holly and the tradition of kissing under mistletoe and also Christmas stockings and hanging them on the mantelpiece.
16:45 A short video clip showing outdoor Christmas decorations in a town at night.
17:50 The legend of Father Christmas / Santa Claus and how he delivers presents with his sleigh and reindeer.
21:28 Traditional Christmas music and some examples of carols.
23:15 Leaving a mince pie and glass of sherry for Father Christmas and a carrot for the reindeer.
26:05 Wishing family merry christmas on christmas day before going to church for mass.
27:32 English vocabulary for gifts and presents and opening them.
28:42 A traditional English Christmas dinner with roast turkey, cranberry sauce, roast potatoes, turnips, chipolatas, sprouts, stuffing and bread sauce.
30:58 I continue the English vocabulary lesson with an explanation of Christmas crackers.
33:25 Eating Christmas pudding for dessert.
34:21 Different types of nuts that people eat during Christmas - hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds.
35:06 Christmas cake with icing which we often eat with a cup of tea of coffee.
36:10 Listening to the Queen's speech on Christmas day and a brief history.
Other videos:
Grammar lessons: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6BDo90oiwpS4_AM1c0s0ozpROeE2A9ff
Countable and uncountable nouns: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6BDo90oiwpSifmU3OsnQuex9lhBxuuOU
Listening exercises: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6BDo90oiwpRdmnAzmYwdc0Az0ZOG2XNA
Vocabulary videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6BDo90oiwpTlYAYSitjwWn29BEdCBi9j
Andrew,
Crown Academy of English
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Photo credits:
"Nativity Set" Image courtesy of digidreamgrafix / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
"Christmas Tree" - Image courtesy of Suat Eman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
"Carol singers" Image courtesy of ethan lindsey | flickr.com/photos/ethanlindsey
"Mince pie and cream" - © Raphotography | dreamstime.com & stockfreeimages.com
"Christmas pudding" - Image courtesy of Musical Linguist | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Musical_Linguist
"Mixed nuts... 2" - Image courtesy of nkzs / sxc.hu
"Portrait of The Queen", taken in 2002 | © John Swannell/Camera Press
Music credits:
"We Wish you a Merry Christmas" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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