课件33张PPT。 What public holidays do we have? Mid-Autumn FestivalSpring Festival
元旦1月1日 一天
春节 三天
清明节4月5日 一天
劳动节5月1日 一天
端午节1天
中秋节1天
国庆节10月1日~3日 3天Tomb-sweeping DayLabour DayDragon Boat FestivalNew Year’s DayNational DayAmerican public holidaysDate: 1st JanuaryAmerican public holidaysDate: 4th JulyLabour Day劳动节
(the first Monday in September)American public holidaysThanksgiving Day
感恩节(the fourth Thursday in November)American public holidaysAmerican public holidaysDate: 25th DecemberWhat do you know about Thanksgiving Day? 1620年，英国一批主张宗教改革的清教徒，因理想和抱负不能实现而退出国教，自立新教，此举激起了英国当政者的仇恨。他们不得不乘船远渡重洋，流亡美洲。
1620年9月，“五月花号”轮船载着102名清教徒及其家属离开英国驶向北美大陆，经过两个多月的艰苦航行，在马萨诸塞的普利茅斯登陆上岸，从此定居下来。第一个冬天，由于食物不足、天气寒冷、传染病肆虐和过度劳累，这批清教徒一下子死去了一半以上。这时，心地善良的印第安人给移民送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜。在印第安人的帮助下，移民们终于获得了丰收。
在欢庆丰收的日子，按照宗教传统习俗，移民规定了感谢上帝的日子，并决定为感谢印第安人的真诚帮助，邀请他们一同庆祝节日。感恩节的来历Thanksgiving Daycornturkeygrow-grew-grownthe Native Americansthe local peoplethe first pioneers
from Englandcelebrate together美洲土著；美洲印第安人当地的；本土的拓荒者；开拓者give thanks for the foodFamilies g____ t_________.et ogetherhave a big dinnerwatch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade游行shop for presentsthe start of the Christmas seasonPublic holidaysUnit 2
We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.Module 2 开拓者；拓荒者 Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) The meaning of Thanksgiving
b) A special dinner
c) Things to do during the festival
d) The history of the festivalRead Paragraph1 and answer.1. Thanksgiving Day is a(an) _____ festival.
A. English B. American C. Chinese
2. People have a special dinner with their family and friends. (yes or no)
3. What do people do before dinner?
Careful readingpeople make short speeches and give thanks for their food.Read Paragraph2 and choose the best answer.People started celebrating the thanksgiving_____ .
A. in the sixteenth century
B. in the seventeenth century
2. While they're crossing the Atlantic, ______
A. people have great fun . B. many people died.
3. They lived a ________ life in their first winter.
A . happy B. hard
4. What happened in the following year?
A. People celebrated together.
B. People had a great party.
Read Paragraph2 and retell.Why do people start to celebrate Thanksgiving Day?the first pioneers from England/ arrived in America/by ship/in the 17th century;
cross the Atlantic/ died;
after they landed/ lived a very hard life;
the local people/ taught/ how to grow corn;
the following year/celebrate together by...
Read Paragraph 3 and complete the passage.We celebrate Thanksgiving Day with a ________________. we all help ________________ in the kitchen, and ______________. Before the dinner, my father _____________ the food. We usually eat _________, but it is only ______ a year! We often talk a lot and __________ as well. When it is ______ , everyone helps _______________. traditional dinnerprepare the food lay the table too muchover tell storiesgive thanks forwash the dishes once1. The traffic is not busy during the festival. (Yes or No)
2. Thanksgiving is the start of ______
A. Christmas B. New year C. Independence Day
3. What does the writer usually do on Thanksgiving
Day?
A. watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
B. go shopping for presents
C.
√ watch football games on TV √Read Paragraph 4 , and choose the best answer.×√√Activity3 complete the tableOn the fourth Thursday in Novembergive thanks the first pioneersgrow corneating a dinnera traditional dinnergive thanks for foodMacy's Thanksgiving Day Paradewatching football games 4.Complete the passage with 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 e pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal (4) the family and friends. Everyone helps(5) the table. After the meal, they help wash the (6) . pioneerscornplentyamonglaydishesLearning to learnWhen you write about important events,
such as festivals, you can write what the
event is, when it is, why it is important,
what you do, who you spend it with, and
what special food you eat.5 Think about some important festivals.
Answer the questions.
1. What was the best festival you remember?
2. When was it?
3. Who did you spend it with?
4. How did you spend it?
5. Will you remember it for long? Why?Ask and answerThe 15th,August in lunar(阴历) month
Get together, show thanks to the family
Since Zhou Dynasty(周朝).Chang E flying
to the moon, jade hare making medicine,
Wu Gang chopping the tree.Eat a dinner, eat moon cakes,
watch the mooncompareWhat do you think the true meaning of the Mid-autumn Day and Thanksgiving Day is?To be thankful / grateful for what we have.
To know ourselves better!
Love is the world language!Thanksgiving I want to give ________ _____...
Because…
I want to give ________ _____...
Because…
…
thanks for Thanks!Thank you, my father, thank you, my mother,
Thank you for what you have done for me,
Thank you, my teachers ,thank you, my friends,
Thank you for giving me so many things,
Thank all of you for making me strong and raising me up,
Thank the sun and the rain, for everything they bring!------MISS SONGHomework(supermarket)
