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课件网) Module 2 Public holidays Unit 2 To learn about the history of Thanksgiving and how people celebrate it in America To write a passage about a festival with the help of writing strategies 学习目标 To learn some new words and expressions What festival do you think it is Thanksgiving. Warming up 语境串记 The foreign teacher is among the students，and the girl is between two boys. 这个外教在学生之中，那个女孩在两个男孩之间。 典例1 （东营中考）A recent study in Australia shows that parents are ___ the top five world's hardest jobs. B A. between B. among C. from D. above 【解析】 句意：澳大利亚最近的一项研究表明，父母是世界上最难的五大工作之一。根据"the top five world's hardest jobs"可知，此处表示"在三者或三者以上的对象之间"，应用among，故选B。 教材原句 The local people，the Native Americans，taught the pioneers how to grow corn. 当地人，也就是美洲印第安人，教这些拓荒者怎么种植玉米。（教材P12） &2& grow（过去式和过去分词分别是grew和grown） ／ɡr ／v. 种植，栽培（植物） Tom makes a living by growing roses. 汤姆以种植玫瑰为生。 自主学习 ourselves 摆放(餐桌) v. 摆设餐桌 结束的adj. 盘，碟 n. (庆祝)游行 n. 我们自己 lay (laid, laid) lay the table over dish parade 重点探究 What can you see in the picture What are the people celebrating Pre-reading 1. Work in pairs. Talk about the picture. Before dinner help prepare the food lay the table give thanks for the food Have dinner eat too much After dinner talk a lot tell stories wash the dishes Read Paragraph 3 and fill in this table. Read paragraph 4 and choose the best answers. 1.What do some American often do during the Thanksgiving Day B.They like drawing at home. 2.Is football important at Thanksgiving A.No,it isn't. Yes,it is. They go to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 1. 抵达 2. 在节日期间 3. 做演讲 4. 为...感恩 5. 当地人 1. arrive in/at 2. during the festival 3. make speeches/make a speech 4. give thanks for 5. the local people Translate the following expressions into English. 6. 摆放餐桌 7. 讲故事 8. 也 9. 结束 10. 充足的 11. 玩得开心 6. lay the table 7. tell stories 8. as well 9. be over 10. plenty of 11. have fun/enjoy onself Translate the following expressions into English. 1.到达 2.横跨大西洋 3.一年一次 4.种植玉米 5.做简短演讲 6.因……而感谢 7.摆放餐桌 8.太多 9.充足的;大量的 10.玩得开心 11.购买…… 12.洗碗 13. 讲故事 arrive in /at cross the Atlantic once a year grow corn make short speeches give thanks for… lay the table too much+u.n plenty of enjoy oneself shop for… wash the dishes tell stories = tell a story Key phrases too many+c.n.复数 = yearly tell a lie 撒谎 tell a joke 讲笑话 tell sb. (not)to do sth. 告诉某人(不要)做某事 lots of = a number of much too+adj/adv“极其，非常，太” Language points Retelling Introduce the holidays with the help of the mind map. National Day Independence Day Date: 1st October Origin: ... Duration: three days Ways of celebration Decorations: flowers and national flags Act ... ...
