初中英语Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America教学演示课件ppt

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Sme festivals have a histry. D yu knw?
D yu knw the histry f Thanksgiving?
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prep. 在……之中n. 演说；讲演n. 开拓者；先驱者 v. 种植；栽培（植物）n. 谷物；玉米
fllwinglayverdishparadeurselves
adj. 接着的；接下来的v. 摆放（餐桌）adj. 完了的；结束的 n. 盘；碟n.（庆祝） 游行prn. 我们自己
Wrk in pairs. Talk abut the picture.
Reading and vcabulary
What are they ding?
What festival is it?
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) A special dinner b) An American festivalc) The histry f the festivald) Things t d during the festival
Thanksgiving
1Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated n the furth Thursday in Nvember. It is a time fr a special dinner amng family and friends. Peple make shrt speeches and give thanks fr their fd.
2We have celebrated the festival since the first pineers frm England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crssing the Atlantic, many peple died, and after they landed, their first winter was wrse than any English winter. The lcal peple, the Native
Americans, taught the pineers hw t grw crn. The fllwing year they celebrated tgether by eating a dinner f the new fd.3We still celebrate Thanksgiving tday with a traditinal dinner. The kitchen is always the mst crwded rm in ur huse because we all help prepare the fd. We lay the table, and then befre
we begin dinner, my father gives thanks fr the fd, s we remember why we celebrate the festival. We usually eat t much, but it is nly nce a year! We ften talk a lt and tell stries after dinner as well. When it is all ver, everyne helps wash the dishes.
4The festival is a very busy time fr travel when friends and families cme tgether t celebrate. During the festival, there are plenty f ther things t see and d. We live in New Yrk City, and we g t watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade ges alng several streets and finishes
at the famus Macy’s stre. Thanksgiving is the start f the Christmas seasn, and we start shpping fr presents. Ftball is als imprtant at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games n televisin and enjy urselves very much.
Check the answers
Cmplete the table.
The furth Thursday in Nvember
Peple give thanks
the first pineers
eating a dinner
a traditinal dinner
Give thanks fr the fd
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
the ftball games
Cmplete the passage with the crrect frm f the wrds in the bx.
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The first (1)________ crssed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did nt have enugh fd. The Native Americans taught them hw t grw (2)______.
They sn had (3)________ t eat. Tday, peple living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pineers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal (4)_______ family and friends. Everyne helps (5) _______ the table. After the meal, they help wash the (6) _______.
Language pints
1. Peple make shrt speeches and give thanks fr their fd.
give thanks (t sb.) fr (ding) sth. 对（某事/某人）做了某事而表示感谢这里thanks 用作名词，give也可以换成其他动词。例如：She expressed her thanks t her friends fr cming t the party.
2. We have celebrated the festival since the first pineers frm England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century.
Since表示“自从……”，常用于现在完成时。例如：We have been friends since childhd.
3. The fllwing year they celebrated tgether by eating a dinner f the new fd.
by eating a dinner f the new fd 在句中作状语，表示以聚餐品尝新食物的方式（来庆祝）。by ding sth. 以某种行为方式……例如：小女孩靠卖报为生。 The little girl earns her living by selling newspapers.
Think abut an unfrgettable festival yu have enjyed. Answer the questins.
1 What was it?2 When was it?3 Wh did yu spend it with?4 Hw did yu spend it?5 Will yu remember it fr lng? Why?
When yu write abut imprtant events, such as festivals, yu can write what the event is, when it is, why it is imprtant, what yu d, wh yu spend it with, and what special fd yu eat.
Learning t learn
Write a passage abut the festival. Use yur answers in Activity 5 t help yu.
An unfrgettable festival fr me was Natinal Day last year...
Pssible answer:I had a great time n Natinal Day last year. I’ll remember it fr a lng time because it was Glden Week. I went with my mther and father t visit my grandparents in Shanghai. My grandmther made delicius dumplings and many ther dishes, s I ate lts f really nice fd!
1. We’re ging t Japan at the ___________ (begin) f July.2. The sfa is t heavy, we can’t mve it by _________ (ur).
一、根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
3. Pumpkin pie is a _____________ (traditin) American dish served n Thanksgiving.4. Alice __________ (fllw) the white rabbit and fell int a hle in the grund.5. Our teacher ften makes shrt ________ (speech) at the start f the class meeting.
1. Jane ften helps her mum wash the ______ in the kitchen after dinner. A. fruit B. dishes C. clthes D. vegetables2. ______ the students in Class 2, Tny is the tallest. A. Under B. Amng C. Between D. Belw
3. —She is t busy t help us finish the wrk. —Let’s d it ______. A. herself B. myself C. itself D. urselves4. —What’s yur grandmther’s hbby? —She likes ______ sme vegetables in her small garden, such as carrts and tmates. A. thrwing B. lsing C. grwing D. buying
1. Learn abut histry f sme festivals.2. D the exercises.