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Module 2
Public holidays
Unit 2
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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
学习目标页
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What festival do you think it is?
Thanksgiving.
Warming up
2 Read and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) A special dinner
b) An American festival
c) The history of the festival
d) Things to do during the festival
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3 What's the main purpose of the passage?
A. To tell the history of Thanksgiving.
B. To tell what to do on Thanksgiving.
C. To tell some facts about Thanksgiving.
D. To introduce a special dinner on Thanksgiving.
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Read Para 1 and answer.
1) When is Thanksgiving?
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
2) What is it for?
It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends.
Read Para 2 and put the pictures in time order.
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What can you learn from the last paragraph?
A. The traffic is busy because of the parade.
B. If you live in the city, you can join in the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade.
C. During Thanksgiving, people always go shopping
to buy presents for Christmas.
D. It’s a habit to enjoy many basketball teams playing
games on TV.
It's the start of the Christmas season.
Football is very important at Thanksgiving.
Fact 4: Things to do during the festival
, a busy time
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 Celebrated with _________________
_____________________before dinner
Celebrated 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
the Macy's
watching games
Thanksgiving Parade
Look at the pictures and answer.
1)Who were they?
They were the Native Americans.
2)What were they doing?
They were teaching the pioneers to grow corn.
3)What do you think of them?
There were kind and friendly.
Look at the pictures and answer.
1)What happened the following year?
They celebrated together.
2)How did they celebrate?
They ate a dinner of the new food.
A traditional dinner on Thanksgiving Day
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A special dinner
before the dinner
while the dinner
after the dinner
Prepare ___________,
lay ___________, and give_________________.
____________
talk _________,
tell __________,
help _____________.
the food
the table
thanks for the food
eat too much
a lot
stories
wash the dishes
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Things to do during the festival
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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.
We start shopping (presents) for Christmas.
We usually watch the football games at the sports ground.
in New York
on television
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onc plenty of=a lot of=lots of意为“大量的;充足的”, W( 既可修饰可数名词复数,也可修饰不可数名词。
eg.琳达有很多杂志要读。
fa Linda has got plenty of magazines to read.
plenty of other things to see and do.
too much+ 不可数名词“太多” too many +可数名词
much too+adj.ladv.“极其,非常,太”
we celebrate the festival.We usually eat too much,but it is only
e we begin
remember why
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re are
as
We live in New York City,and we go to watch the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade.The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy's store.Thanksgiving is the start of the
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also im myself yourself himself herself games.
Like md ourselves themselves zevision and
enjoy ourselves very much.
1. What was it?
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?
Think about an unforgettable festival you have enjoyed. Answer the questions.
It was the National Day.
It was on the first day of October.
I spent with my parents.
My parents took me to Hainan and we had a good time there.
Yes, I will. Because I spent a happy vacation.
Writing
Write a passage about the festival. Use your answers in Activity 5 to help you.
An unforgettable festival for me was National Day last year…
since
【1】prep.
① since +过去的时间点
I have been here since 1989.
自1989以来我就在这儿.
② since +一段时间+ ago
I have lived here since five months ago.
自五个月前以来我就住在这儿.
3 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century.
主句谓语动词是持续性动词,常与现在完成时连用
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【2】since conj.
①自从,since+从句常放在主句之后,动词用过去式
eg. Great changes have taken place since you left.
自从你离开以后发生了巨大的变化。
② It is / has been +时间段+since... 自从…以来到现在已有多久,做…已经多长时间了:
It is / has been five years since he died.
他已经死了5年了。
③since引导原因状语从句,表示已知的、明显的理由,“既然;鉴于”, 从句常放在主句之前
eg. Since you are free today, you had better help me with my math.
既然今天你休息,你最好帮我补习数学。
since+句子
Language Focus
2. by doing sth.
常用来表示“以某种行为方式……”在句中作方式状语。
e.g. 他们通过听收音学英语。
They learnt English_______________________.
by listening to the radio
Language Focus
3. plenty of=a lot of=lots of 意为“大量的;充足的”
既可修饰可数名词复数,也可修饰不可数名词。
e.g. 琳达有很多杂志要读。
Linda has got ________ magazines_______.
plenty of
to read
An unforgettable festival for me was National
Day last year...
6. Write a passage about the festival. Use your answers in Activity 5 to help you.
拓展提升
Language points
1. It is a time for 的用法
It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends.
It is a time for + n./ doing = It is a time to + do
是该(干什么)的时候了
eg.
It is a time for class.
= It is a time to have a class.
该上课了.
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