Unit 2　Let's celebrate（配套Word教参）-【优化指导】2020-2021学年新教材高中英语必修第二册(外研版 )

Mother's Day Who give us life，raise us and are our constant support and well－wishers？Our mothers.That's why millions of people across the world take Mother's Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their mums. The celebration of Mother's Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be.It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition by celebrating their annual Spring Festival in honour of① Rhea，the mother of many gods and goddesses. Later，in the 1600s，Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England.On the fourth Sunday of Lent，children brought flowers and special fruitcakes② to show their respect for their mothers.It may be the root of the modern Mother's Day. Thanks to the great efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis，Mother's Day became an official festival in the US.It was celebrated on the second Sunday in May.Later，many countries began to celebrate this day as Mother's Day. Today，Mother's Day is an international festival honouring mothers.It is celebrated all over the world in different ways.In western countries，the most common way is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed.Kids often allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they prepare their favourite breakfast with their fathers.Some also make handmade gifts or buy beautiful carnations③.It is the day when you acknowledge your mother's contribution in your life and pay a tribute④ to her，often with flowers and gifts.It complements⑤ Father's Day，the celebration honouring fathers. Today，Mother's Day is a day celebrated on various days in many places around the world. [微积累] ①in honour of 纪念；向……表示敬意 ②fruitcake n．水果蛋糕 ③carnation n．康乃馨 ④tribute n．礼品 ⑤complement vt.补充 文化意识：①比较中外节日的差异，并从中分析、了解东西方文化的特点，增强跨文化交际的意识；②运用英语介绍中国传统节日，主动传播和弘扬中国优秀传统文化。 思维品质：比较中外传统节日的异同，形成正确的价值观和道德情感。 学习能力：①把握语篇中主要事件的来龙去脉；②在听、读、看的过程中有选择地记录所需信息。 $$