外研版九年级上册 Module 2 Public holidays Unit 2 (共24张PPT)

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Module 2 Public holidays
We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.
Do you know the history about Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2022 occurs on Thursday, November 24. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
Thanksgiving at PlymouthIn September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the "New World." After a treacherous and uncomfortable crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth.
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) A special dinner
b) An American festival
c) The history of the festival
d) Things to do during the festival
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.
We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.
We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food. 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. We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.
The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. During the festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s store. Thanksgiving is the strat of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and we enjoy ourselves very much.
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) A special dinner
b) An American festival
c) The history of the festival
d) Things to do during the festival
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2
3
4
Now answer the questions (Read paragraph 1-2):
1. When is the Thanksgiving
2. What do people usually do for their food at the Thanksgiving
It is on the fourth Thursday in November.
People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.
3. What did the Native Americans teach the pioneers to do
The native Americans taught the pioneers how to grow corn.
Now answer the questions (Read paragraph 3-4):
1. How do people celebrate the festival today
2. Which room is always the most crowded room Why
People celebrate the festival with a traditional dinner today.
The kitchen is always the most crowded room.
3. What do people do before they begin the big dinner And what’s the result
4. What do people watch on the festival
People always give thanks for the food begin the big dinner, so we remember why we celebrate the festival.
People watch the football games on television.
5. What is also important at Thanksgiving
6. Thanksgiving is which festival’s start
Football is also important at Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season.
Now complete the table.
Facts about Thanksgiving
Date On .
Meaning for their food.
History ·Have celebrated it since from England arrived in America.
·Learnt from the Native Americans how to and celebrate together by of the new food.
Celebration ·Celebrate with .
· before dinner.
·Celebrate by watching in New York City and on television.
the first fourth Thursday in November
Make short speeches and give thanks
the first pioneers
grow corn
eating a dinner
a traditional dinner
Give thanks for the food
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
watching the games
Activity 4: Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
The first (1) 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 the (6) .
pioneers
corn
plenty
among
lay
dishes
Language points
1. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. 这是在家人和朋友之间吃一顿特别的晚餐的时候。
among作介词，意为“在……之中”，强调在三者或三者以上之中。例如：
between 与 among 同为介词，但 among 强调在三者或三者以上之中。而 between 意为“在……之间”，指两者之间或每两者之间，常用搭配为“between... and... ”。
Tom has always been popular among his classmates. 汤姆在同学中一直很受欢迎。
【辨析】between 与 among
2. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food. 人们做简短的演讲，并对食物表示感谢。
give thanks (to sb.) for (doing) sth. 意为“对某事/某人做了某事表示感谢”。例如：
I would like to give thanks to all of you for coming to my birthday party. 我想要感谢大家来参加我的生日派对。
3. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food. 第二年他们一起享用新收获的食物，共庆（丰收）。
by doing sth. 意为“通过做某事”，在句中作方式状语。 by eating a dinner of the new food 表示以一起享用新收获的食物的方式(来庆祝)。例如：
The little girl learnt English by singing English songs. 这个小女孩通过唱英文歌来学习英语。
4. We lay the table, ...我们摆餐桌，……
lay 作动词，意为“摆放，放置”。过去式与过去分词均为 laid。如：
The mother laid her baby on the bed. 这位母亲把她的婴儿放在床上。
辨析lay与lie
原形 意义 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lay 放置；产卵；下蛋 laid laid laying
lie 躺 lay lain lying
lie 撒谎 lied lied lying
例如： The man lying there lied that he had laid the money on the table. 躺在那里的男子撒谎说他把钱放在桌子上了。
Practice
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。
1. We enjoyed ________(we) on the beach last weekend.
2. At the ________(begin), they lived in the countryside.
3. Sam finished school in 2012 and found a job here in the ________(follow) year.
4. After lunch, Sally always helps to wash the ________(dish) in the kitchen.
5. This book came out in the ________(seventeen) century.
ourselves
beginning
following
dishes
seventeenth
二、根据句意完成句子，每空一词。
1. 你知道昨天谁做了简短的致辞吗？
Do you know who ________ ________ ________ yesterday
2. 我妹妹通常晚饭前摆放餐桌。
My sister usually ________ ________ ________ before dinner.
3. 你有没有想过要对他的帮助表示感谢呢？
Have you thought of ________ ________ ________ his help
4. 汤姆也喜欢游泳和滑冰。
Tom likes swimming and skating ________ ________.
5. 吃得太多对你的健康有害。
________ ________ ________ is bad for your health.
made short speeches
lays
the
table
giving
thanks
for
as
well
Eating
too
much
三、根据语境从方框中选择恰当的单词填空。
grow among over corn pioneer
1. Jim has many friends here but he talks little ________ them.
2. The old man is a(n) ________ in modern medical practice.
3. School is ________. Let’s go home together.
4. It often rains here, so the plants ________ very well.
5. This bag of ________ is so heavy that I can’t carry it.
among
pioneer
over
grow
corn
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