Module 2 Public holidays Unit 2 Reading 课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2012）英语九年级上册

Thanksgiving Day Cindy Pingyang Experimental School Reading We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America. Unit2 Module 2 Public holidays 2 Do you know ? Thanksgiving festivals When is it? What do people do? Do you know some festivals? Do you know Thanksgiving? In which country do people celebrate Thanksgiving? Actually, not only Americans but also Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving. Challenging questions: 1. When is it? 2. What do people do? Now let’s enjoy some pictures and try to find the answer. 3 When is it? What do people do? Facts about Thanksgiving On the fourth_________ in November. Have a special family _______. dinner Thursday Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving? Nowadays, people in many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. But who celebrated the first Thanksgiving? To answer this question, we should look into the history of Thanksgiving. 4 1 2 4 3 Tip1: The first sentence(topic sentence) usually tells the main idea. 1 2 3 4 the history of Thanksgiving How can we find the paragraph about history quickly? If you want to find the answer quickly, you must read the first sentence in each paragraph. In an English article, the first sentence usually tells us the main idea. Read and tell me in which paragraph can we find the answer. 6 a kind of food a kind of flower Tip2: We can guess the meaning of unknown words in the context. The history of Thanksgiving Who How Why When the Native Americans and the English pioneers eat a dinner of the new food the Native American taught the pioneers how to grow corn. In the seventeenth century Do you know pioneer? Is it a person or something? I want to know something about the Thanksgiving dinner? Which paragraph should we read? 7 What do people do for a Thanksgiving dinner? D C A The best way to give thanks is to offer your help. B So what do people do for a Thanksgiving dinner? Let’s read paragraph 3 carefully and find out. Try to remember as much information as possible. Now close your book, look at the pictures. What do they do before/during/after the dinner? Elicit “lay the table” Picture B is a little different from others. What’s the difference? He lays the table alone without others’ help. They eat together and also work together. They help others. Thanksgiving Day is a time for people to eat together and work together. So the best way… 8 What else do people do to celebrate Thanksgiving? 1. ____________________ ____________________ 2. ____________________ 3._____________________ Activities for celebration watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade go shopping for Christmas presents watch football games on TV Do they only have a special dinner on that day? What other interesting things do people do to celebrate Thanksgiving? Guess the meaning of “Parade” (Practise the reading strategy) 注意 Parade /ei/发音 9 How much have you learnt about Thanksgiving? Facts about Thanksgiving Date ________________________________ Meaning _________________for their food History Have celebrated it since _____________ from England arrived in America Learnt from the Native Americans how to __________ and celebrated together by _________________ of the new food Celebration Celebrate with _________________ _____________________before dinner Celebrate by watching________________ ___________ in New York City and___________ on television the fourth Thursday in November give thanks the first pioneers grow corn eating a dinner a traditional dinner give thanks for the food watch games the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thanksgiving is an American festival. 10 Can you say something about Thanksgiving? Date Meaning History When Who How Why Thanksgiving dinner Before the dinner During the dinner After the dinner Other celebrations My opinion: I think… Could you tell me something about it? When you talk about…the following things should be included. Say something about Thanksgiving to your partner in your own words. If you’ve learned a little, try to say a little bit. If you’ve known a lot about Thanksgiving, try to tell us more information. Today, we learnt a lot about Thanksgiving. There is still a question in my mind. Do the English pioneers celebrate Thanksgiving only because of the food? Please read another passage about the history of Thanksgiving, and try to find out the answer. 11 As a Chinese student, what can we learn from the American Thanksgiving? Discussion The following words may help: together, dinner, food, teach, help, football, parade, family, friends As a chinese student 12 1. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food. 人们作简短的致辞，为食物而感恩。 give thanks (to sb.) for (doing) sth. = thanks for (doing) sth 对某人做了某事表示感谢 她对朋友们来参加聚会表示感谢。 She gave her thanks to her friends for coming to the party. 谢谢你帮我摆脱困境。 Thanks for helping me out of the trouble. Language points 2. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food. by eating a dinner of the new food 在句中作方式状语，表示以聚餐品尝新食物的方式(来庆祝)。 by doing sth. 常用来表示“以某种行为方式……”。 他们通过听广播来学英语。 They learnt English by listening to the radio. 第二年，他们一起享用新收获的食物，共庆丰收。 3. During the festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. 1) plenty of意为“大量的；充足的”，与a lot of, lots of同义，既可以修饰可数名词复数，也可以修饰不可数名词。 2) to see and do为动词不定式短语，在句中作后置定语修饰名词things。 不用担心，你有充足的时间。 Don’t worry — you’ve got plenty of time. 4. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much. 1) 句中的like为介词，意为“像……一 样”，用于名词或代词前。 2) enjoy oneself 意为“玩得开心”、“过得愉快”，与have fun, have a good time同义。 发表演讲 为食物感恩 到达 在15世纪 穿越 当地的人们 教 种植玉米 接下来的一年 一顿传统的晚餐 最拥挤的 make a speech give thanks for the food arrive in/at in the fifteenth century cross=go across the local people teach-taught-taught grow corn the following year a traditional dinner the most crowded grow-grew-grown 12. 准备食物 13. 摆放餐桌 14. 太多 15. 讲故事 16. 也 17. 洗碗 18. 在节日期间 19. 许多，大量 20. 为……购物 21. 玩的开心 prepare the food lay the table too much tell a story as well wash/do the dishes during the festival plenty of shop for sth. enjoy oneself have great fun have a good time Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. (P 13) The first _________ 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 ______. They soon had ________ to eat. among corn dish lay pioneer plenty 4 pioneers corn plenty Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal ______ family and friends. Everyone helps _____ the table. After the meal ,they help wash the______. among corn dish lay pioneer plenty among lay dishes What is the true meaning of Thanksgiving? Turkey? Shopping? Holiday? Having fun? To be grateful/ thankful for what we have. To express our appreciation/ gratitude to those around us. To appreciate ourselves. Thanksgiving is just one of the festivals we know. There are other festivals. 21 Think about an unforgettable festival you have enjoyed. Answer the questions. What was it? When was it? Who did you spend it with? How did you spend it? Will you remember it for long? Why? Talking which one is the unforgettable festival you’ve enjoyed? (1S) As for Lingling, her unforgettale festival is Chinese New Year last year. Let’s read and learn more. What do you know from it? 22 An unforgettable festival for me was Chinese New Year last year. It usually comes in January or February. It is the most important festival for us Chinese. Before the Chinese New Year, we were busy shopping and cleaning our houses. My parents bought me some new clothes. On Chinese New Year's Eve, we had a big family dinner. We ate some traditional Chinese food. It tasted delicious. 范文欣赏 After dinner, we watched New Year TV programmes till midnight. And we also set off beautiful fireworks. I got some red packets with money in them from my parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. I can buy what I want with the money.       We always have a good time at Chinese New Year. ----Lingling If we want to write about Spring festival, what should we write? How can we write about it? Please do the exercise(部分练习） 24 时间 The Spring Festival is in January or February. It usually comes in January or February. People celebrate the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month. Spring Festival is celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month. 意义 …celebrate the Spring Festival to … It is also a festival to… Spring festival is happy holiday for children. It’s a time for them to … brainstorm Part 1 How can we write about the time? 25 庆祝活动(before, during…) Part 2 Before Spring Festival, we are busy shopping and cleaning our houses. My parents buy me some new clothes. On Chinese New Year's Eve, we have a big family dinner. We eat some traditional Chinese food. It tastes delicious. We always watch Spring Festival Gala on television and enjoy ourselves till midnight. And we also set off beautiful fireworks. … While kids are visiting relatives, they can always get some lucky money from old people. They can buy what I want with the money.  During Spring Festival, we spend time with family members, relatives and friends. And we get together to do all kinds of holiday activities. Part 3 感受 简单的活动计划 Part 4 How /What…! We enjoy ourselves very much/have great fun/have a wonderful time. I have a wonderful/great/meaningful/fantastic/… Spring Festival and I’ll never forget it. … I’m going to… It can… We can connect them together like the Exercise 3(Christmas…) 28 Homework （周日） 作业本U2（2），P17(writing) 准备M2单词测试 订正解析作业本练习 Homework（周六10班） 作业本U2（1），词汇卷八 准备单词听写 背诵1-2段，U1未完成继续背完 订正基础检测M1,不及格重写 the Native Americans the local people the first pioneers from England celebrate together 美洲土著；美洲印第安人 当地的；本土的 拓荒者；开拓者 Homework（周六9班） 作业本U1（2），U2（1） 准备单词听写 背诵1-2段，U1未完成继续背完 订正基础检测M1,不及格重写 Homework Read a passage about the History of Thanksgiving and answer the following three questions. 1. Why was there only 50 pioneers left after the first winter in America? 2. What’s the meaning of “harvest” and “strengthen” according to the context? 3. Why did the governor set up Thanksgiving? Tip1: The first sentence(topic sentence) usually tells the main idea. Tip2: We can guess the meaning of unknown words in the context. 预留3分钟 布置作业 33 $$