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课件网) Module 2 Public holidays 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 objectives What are they doing What festival are they celebrating They are having a big dinner. They are celebrating Thanksgiving. Pre-reading 1a What do you know about Thanksgiving(感恩节) How do people in America celebrate Thanksgiving now Read the passage and finish the following tasks. Read the passage and match the headings (标题)with the paragraphs(段落). A special dinner. An American festival. The history of the festival. Things to do during the festival. Fast -reading 3 1 2 4 2a reading tip: (主题句往往在每一段开头) 阅读技巧 一个特别的晚餐 一个美国的节日 一个特别的晚餐 节日期间做的事情 Careful-reading When(什么时候) is Thanksgiving celebrated 2.What do people do at Thanksgiving festival(节日) Read para. 1 and answer the question. 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. reading tip: (细节题,找到相应段落,找答案) 阅读技巧 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 Read to Para 2 and fill in the blanks. 1.List activities which people have at Thanksgiving (at least two) _____ 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 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 Read the w ... ...