(共14张PPT)
Unit 2
We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.
Public holidays
Turkey
Talk about the picture.
Think about:
What can you see in the picture
What are they doing
Why are they happy ...
Read and match .
a) A special dinner
b) An American festival
c) The history of the festival
d) Things to do during the festival
History
Celebration
Brief introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Read and divide（划分）
Read Part. 1 and answer .
1.When is the Thanksgiving Day
2.What is the meaning of Thanksgiving Day
It’s on the fourth Thursday in November.
It’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends.People make short speeches and
give thanks for their food.
Read Part 2 and answer .
1. When did they start to celebrate the festival
2. How did they celebrate together the following year
They celebrated by eating a dinner of a new food.
3... The local people,the Native Americans,taught them how to grow corn...
Native: A 本国的，土著的 B 积极地 C 落后的
Corn: A 谷物，玉米 B. 水草 C 树苗
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People have celebrated it
since the first pioneers arrived in America.
What do you think of the first pioneers from
England and what about the Native Americans
The pioneers were brave/...
The Native Americans were helpful/...
Read Part 3 and fill in the blanks
People Celebrate it with _________________
They also celebrate it by watching _________in New York City and __________ on TV.
Before dinner,they help prepare the food, _________ ___ and _________ for the food.
After dinner they talk a lot and tell stories
When it ____ all____ , everyone helps __________
lay the table
is over
wash the dishes
a traditional dinner
give thanks
the parade
the games
Does the writer enjoy Thanksgiving？
Let's think
Where may the passage come from
A: A magazine
B: A grammar book
C: A dictionary
D: A sciencebook
What is the true meaning of Thanksgiving
Turkey Shopping Holiday
To be thankful for what we have.
To give our thanks to people around us.
Let's think
If today is Thanksgiving,
who do you want to say thanks to
When
Festival
What
Why
How
Who
Learning to learn:
When you are asked to write about a festival, what should we write about.
Activities
Food
origin（由来）
Celebration
A quiz in class
Mike will give a ___________(演讲) tomorrow.
They ________(种植) rice yesterday.
My favourite food is ________(玉米).
We can look after _________(我们自己) very well.
While I was washing ______(盘), the telephone rang.
Our school was_________ (结束) at 9 o’clock.
The ________(先驱者) are very brave.
He ________(摆放) the table just now.
We will have three days off in the _________ (接下来的) week.
10.The wonderful movie is very popular ______ children.
speech
grew
corn
ourselves
dishes
over
pioneers
laid
following
among
Level A
1. Finish off the exercise on Page 13.
Level B
Write a passage about your favourite festival.
Homework
