(共23张PPT)
Unit 8
To read to learn Thanksgiving and its special food
To read to learn the process of making turkey
To learn the new words and expressions
What traditional days do we have
What kind of traditional food do we eat on that day
Mid-Autumn Festival
moon cake
Spring Festival
dumplings
Lantern Festival元宵节
sweet dumplings
Dragon Boat Festival端午节
zongzi
What foreign traditional days do you know
Christmas Day
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
Different countries have different traditional holidays.
Let’s learn something about Thanksgiving.
Look at the pictures in the passage and guess what we will learn
Read the article and number the pictures [1-5].
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2
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5
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1. Where do people celebrate Thanksgiving
2. When do people celebrate it
Read again and answer the following questions.
In the United States and Canada.
In the United States, it is always on the fourth Thursday in November and in Canada, it falls on the second Monday in October.
3. Why is Thanksgiving important
4. How do people celebrate it
5. What is the main dish of the Thanksgiving meal
It is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn and other good things people enjoy in life.
Families get together and people usually celebrate it with a big family meal.
The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey.
______________________________________________
_______________________
A ______ day
Thanksgiving Day
Why _____________________________________
___________________________________________
special
A time to give thanks for food in the autumn and other good things people enjoy in life.
When _____________________________________
___________________________________________
In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, the second Monday in October.
How to celebrate
Families get together and celebrate it with a big family meal.
What is the main dish _________
Turkey.
How to make it
Complete the blanks.
First, ____________________________
_________________________
Next,_____________________________
Then, ____________________________
_______________________
After that, ________________________
_______________________
Finally, __________________________
_______________________
A special day
Thanksgiving Day
How to make it
mix with bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper.
fill the turkey with the bread mix.
put the turkey in a hot oven and cook for a few hours.
place it on a plate and cover it with gravy.
cut it into pieces and eat with vegetables.
_______, serve it to your friends with some vegetables.
_______, put this into the bird.
_______, cook it at a very high temperature for a long time.
_______, put everything you need together in a large bowl.
Here are the instructions for making a turkey dinner written in a different way. Put them in order. Write First, Next, Then and Finally.
Finally
Next
Then
First
1. When is this special day
2. What are the reasons for this special day
Do people give thanks for anything on this day
Do people remember anything or anyone on this day
3. How do most people celebrate this day
4. Is there any traditional food What are the main dishes
5. Can you make these dishes
What do you think is the most special day in China Answer the following questions.
Mid-Autumn Festival
When
Why
How to celebrate
What is the main dish
How to make the dish
give thanks for the food and express our homesickness
on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month
people get together to eat moon cakes under the moon; worship(祭拜) the moon
moon cakes
First, Next, Then, After that, Finally…
Exercise
I.根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。
1.A is my favourite season.
2. He had three p of bread for breakfast this morning.
3.Today the t is about 36℃. You'd better stay at home.
4.To keep the table clean, I decided to c the table with a tablecloth(桌布).
utumn
ieces
emperature
over
II.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
celebrate prepare traditional plate sandwich
1. They would like two( ) and a cup of coffee for lunch.
2.Don't leave the dirty bowls and( )in the sink(洗碗槽).
3.( )Chinese Medicine is getting more and more popular in the wold.
4.It's time for you( ) for the English test.
5.I's diffcult for us to decide how( )myfather's birthday
sandwiches
plates
Traditional
to perpare
to celebrate
Choose one traditional food you like and tell us how to do it.
