Unit7 Thanksgiving Day

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• Unit7 Thanksgiving Day

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How many holidays do you know in western
countries?

• New Years Day January 1
• St. valentines Day February 14
• April Fools Day April 1
• Mothers Day The second Sunday in
  May
• Fathers Day The third Sunday in
  June
• Halloween October 31
• Thanksgiving Day the 4th Thursday in
  November
• Christmas December 25

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Background

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Fast reading Complete the following tablet
Time Place/Person Affairs
December.1620
December13, 1621
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
A group of Englishmen arrived there and settled
down.
Plymouth, America
That day was set aside for celebration/ harvest.

• He declared November 26, 1789
• to be Thanksgiving Day

November 26, 1789
He decided that the last Thursday in November be
Thanksgiving Day.
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Language points

• 1. No other holiday that is today widely
  celebrated in North America has such a long and
  curious history as Thanksgiving.
• that is today widely celebrated in North
  America???????,??holiday.
• ????No other holiday has such a long and
  curious history as Thanksgiving.
• ??????,??????????,????all,any,no,very,only?
  ????,?????????? that??,???which.
• e.g. This is the most exciting film ____I have
  ever seen.
• e.g Mother was the only person ____took care of
  me when I was ill.

that
that
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Language points

• 1.No other holiday that is today widely
  celebrated in North America has such a long and
  curious history as Thanksgiving.
• such a/ such that??
• e.g. The Neighbor was such a strange person that
  all the kids were afraid of him.
• 2. a group of /a number of C.N.
• a great deal of/ a large amount of U.N.
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of U.N/C.N
• 3. settle down
• arrive in

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Language points

• 4. the rest ???
• 5.along with( together with)
• e.g. Father, mother, along with my sister will
  come to see me this Sunday.???
• e.g. Along with the development of modern
  society, English becomes more and more
  important.??
• 6. thank sb. for sth. ?(?)???????
• e.g.Thank you for your inviting. ??????
• ??????
• e.g Thank you for your coming.
• ??????
• e.g.Thank you for your present.

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Language points

• 7. set aside( set apart)??,??,??
• e.g. After the good harvest, the peasants set
  aside the best for seeds.
• 8. be devoted to sth.( doing sth.)???,???
• e.g. Dianna was devoted to helping the poor
  in her life time.
• ????????????

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Language points

• 9. It was Abraham Lincoln who decided that the
  last Thursday in November be Thanksgiving Day.
• ???It be?????who(???)/ that(????)
• Practice A group of Englishmen arrived in
  Plymouth
• in December 1620.(????????,??,?????)
• ???? It was a group of Englishmen who arrived in
  Plymouth in December 1620.
• ???? It was in December 1620 that a group of
  Englishmen arrived in Plymouth.
• ???? It was in Plymouth that A group of
  Englishmen arrived in December 1620.

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Language points

• 1. such a/ such that??
• 2. a group of /a number of C.N.
• a great deal of/ a large amount of U.N.
• a lot of/lots of/plenty of C.N/U.N
• 3. settle down ??
• arrive in ??
• 4. the rest ???
• 5.along with( together with) ???,??
• 6. thank sb. for sth. ?(?)???????
• 7. set aside( set apart)??,??,??
• 8. be devoted to sth.( doing sth.)???,???
• 9.???It be?????who(???)/ that(????)

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Introducing some Thanksgiving food

• Traditional Thanksgiving meal
• Stuffed Turkey ???
• Sweet Potatoes ???
• Pumpkin Pie ????
• Other common Thanksgiving food
• Mashed Potato and Gravy???? ,????
• Cranberry Sauce, Biscuits??????,??
• Wine, Corn Bread and Squash ?,????,??

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HOMEWORK

• 1. Read the text after class
• 2. Finish the exercises on w.b.
• ( page.44 A- B-C page46-47 E-G)
• 3. Retell this text by your own words.