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Module 2
Public holidays
Unit 10 I'd like some noodles Section A 1a-2d
Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.
1. To learn some new words and expressions
2.To learn about the history of Thanksgiving and how people celebrate it in America
3. To learn to write a passage about a festival with the help of writing strategies
Learning aims
1. among prep. 在……之中
2. speech n. 演讲
There is a yellow ball ________
several blue balls.
Our headmaster is making a __________.
among
speech
Presentation
3. pioneer n. 开拓者；先驱者
The local people taught the __________ how to _________
The _________ year they celebrated together.
当地人们教开拓者如何种植玉米。
pioneers
grow corn
following
4. lay the table
摆放餐桌
5. dish
n. 盘；碟
6. parade n. 游行
What are they doing
What festival are they celebrating
They are having a big dinner.
They are celebrating Thanksgiving.
Pre-reading
What do you know about Thanksgiving
How do people in America celebrate Thanksgiving now Read the passage and finish the following tasks.
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
A special dinner.
An American festival.
The history of the festival.
Things to do during the festival.
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1
2
4
2
Fast reading
1. When is Thanksgiving celebrated
2. What do people do at Thanksgiving festival
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
They have a special dinner among family and friends. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.
Read para. 1 and answer the question.
Careful reading
Americans _______________ the festival since the first pioneers _______ in America by ____ in the ________ century. After they landed , their first winter was ______ than any English winter. The local people ________ the pioneers how to grow ______. The following year they celebrated together by ______ a dinner of the new food.
have celebrated
arrived
ship
seventeenth
worse
taught
corn
eating
Listen to para 2 and fill in the blanks.
1.List activities which people have at Thanksgiving (at least two)
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2. Translate sentence.
We lay the table, and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, so we remember why we celebrate the festival.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
① Having a traditional dinner
② Talking a lot and telling stories
我们布置餐桌，用餐前父亲为这些食物表示感恩，让我们记得如何庆祝这个节日。
Read para 3 and finish tasks
During the festival , there are plenty of other things to see and do.
The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s store in London.
3. We usually watch the football games
at the sports ground.
T
F
in New York
on television
F
Read para 4 and do T or F
Facts about Thanksgiving Date _________________________________________
Meaning _____________________________for their food
History 1. Have celebrated since ____________________ from England arrived in America
2. Learnt from the Native Americans how to __________ and celebrated together by __________________ of the new food.
Celebration 1. Celebrate with _____________________
2. _____________ before dinner
3. Celebrate by watching ______________________________________
in New York City and ________________________ on television
the fourth Thursday in November
People give thanks
the first pioneers
grow corn
eating a dinner
a traditional dinner
Give thanks
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
the football games
Complete the table.
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1.give thanks (to sb.) for (doing) sth. 对某人做了某事
表示感谢
eg: 让我们对朋友们的到来表示感谢。
Let’s ____________ to our friends for their ______.
give thanks
coming
= thanks for (doing) sth
Language points
2.by doing sth.
他们通过听收音学英语。
They learnt English_______________________.
by listening to the radio
常用来表示“以某种行为方式……”在句中作方式状语。
3. plenty of=a lot of=lots of意为“大量的；充足的”
琳达有很多杂志要读。
Linda has got ________ magazines_______.
plenty of
to read
既可修饰可数名词复数，也可修饰不可数名词。
The first1. _________ crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow 2.______. They soon had 3.________ to eat.
Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal 4.______ family and friends. Everyone helps 5._____ the table. After the meal ,they help wash the6.______.
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
pioneers
corn
plenty
among
lay
dishes
Complete the passage with the correct form
4
fourth
the
first pioneers
grow corn
eating
a dinner
give thanks
a traditional dinner
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
watching the football games
Summary
GOOD JOB
