英語(yǔ)課件——節(jié)日

1、Unit4 Holidays Thanksgiving DayTeaching aim: Students will know how Thanksgiving Day came into being, when the day is, what people do on that day. Festivals In The USANew Years Day 新年 Valentines Day 情人節(jié)All Fools Day 愚人節(jié)Easter 復(fù)活節(jié)American Independence Day 美國(guó)獨(dú)立日 Labor Day 勞動(dòng)節(jié) Thanksgiving Day 感恩節(jié)Fathe

2、rs/Mothers Day 父親/母親節(jié)Halloween 萬(wàn)圣節(jié)Christmas 圣誕節(jié)Which is the harvest festival ?Thanksgiving Day Background 每逢the last Thursday of November，美國(guó)人民便迎來(lái)了自己最重要的傳統(tǒng)民俗節(jié)日Thanksgiving Day。這個(gè)節(jié)日始于1621年。那年秋天，遠(yuǎn)涉重洋來(lái)到美洲的English settlers，為了thank God for the harvest ，舉行了3天的狂歡活動(dòng)。從此，這一習(xí)俗就沿續(xù)下來(lái)，并逐漸風(fēng)行各地。1863年，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)林肯正式宣布感恩節(jié)為p

3、ublic holiday。屆時(shí)，家家團(tuán)聚，舉國(guó)同慶，其盛大、熱烈的情形，不亞于中國(guó)人過(guò)春節(jié)。 Expressions date back to = date from 起源于，追溯到a group of 102 English people 102個(gè)英國(guó)人in search of religious freedom 追求宗教自由a two-month voyage 兩個(gè)月的航行due to = because of 因?yàn)椋捎趕omewhat = a little 一點(diǎn)the same as 和-一樣in addition to = besides 除了-之外elaborate parade

4、s 精心設(shè)計(jì)的游行diverse performances 各種各樣的表演appreciate their achievements 談?wù)劚舜说某删?Questions 1. how many people are there on the ship Mayflower ? 2.why did the English people sail to America ?3.Where did they land at ?4.What happened to them for the first year in America ?5.Who helped them ?6.What did they

5、do on the first Thanksgiving ?7.What is the special food on Thanksgiving ? 8.What do people do on Thanksgiving today ? 1. how many people are there on the ship Mayflower ?A group of 102 English people.Seventy three men and twenty nine women During the trip, one person died. But a baby was born. So a

6、t last , there were still 102 persons. 2.why did the English people sail to America ?In search of religious freedom.Religious persecution 3.Where did they land at ?Plymouth, Massachusetts4.What happened to them for the first year in America ?Half of them died, because of poor food, hard work, infect

7、ious diseases, and cold weather. 5.Who helped them ?The Indians of Massasoit s tribe 6.What did they do on the first Thanksgiving ?On the first day, they spent most of the time eating and drinking . On the second and third days ,they had a wonderful time ,wrestling ,running races ,singing and dancin

8、g together . 7.What is the special food on Thanksgiving ?Roast turkey, pumpkin pie ,apples,oranges, chestnuts栗子,walnuts胡桃,grapes , plumpudding葡萄干布丁,mincepie碎肉餡餅 ,cranberryjuice紅莓苔汁 andsquash南瓜 . 8.What do people do on Thanksgiving today ?Family get together and have a big dinner .Watch American foot

9、ball match .Athletic contests (maize game, pumpkin running ),folk songs and dance .Elaborate parades and diverse performances .Share the food with the poor .Which is the harvest festival in China ?Mid-autumn Festival Comparison Festival Thanksgiving Mid-autumn Time The last Thursday of November In S

10、eptember or October Food Roast turkey, chestnuts, pumpkin pie, plumpudding-Mooncakes, water chestnut ,pomegranates- Activity Family get together, have a big dinner, parades, watch football match -Family get together, have a big dinner, tell stories -Feeling Happy , excited ,express the thanks -Miss

11、the family and hometown -Poem A Thanksgiving Prayerby William S. Burroughs Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts. Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison. Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger. Tha

12、nks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot. Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes. Thanks for the American dream, To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for the KKK. For nigger-killin lawmen, feelin their notches. For decent church-go

13、in women, with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces. Thanks for Kill a Queer for Christ stickers. Thanks for laboratory AIDS. Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs. Thanks for a country where nobodys allowed to mind the own business. Thanks for a nation of finks. Yes, thanks for all th

14、e memories- all right lets see your arms! You always were a headache and you always were a bore. Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams. Moonlit NightTonight at Fu-chou, this moon she watchesAlone in our room. And my little, far-off Children, too young to understand what keeps meAway, or even remember Changan. By now,Her hair will be mist-scented, her jade-whiteArms chilled in its clear light.