【测控设计】2015-2016学年高一英语人教版必修3课件：1.1 Warming UpPre-readingReading Comprehending .pptxVIP

Unit 1　Festivals around the world;Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday.On the fourth Thursday of each November,families and friends gather together to celebrate with a traditional turkey dinner,usually in the mid-afternoon.Thanksgiving is similar1 to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.;On September 6,1620,the Mayflower Ship set sail from England,taking all the English Pilgrims2 to the New World.The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people,and left England to escape religious persecution3.The Pilgrims sailed sixty-six days,arrived in the New World in November of the same year.They first settled in a cornfield4. They worked on the land with much difficulty and half of the Pilgrims died in the long winter of 1620.In the spring of 1621,an Indian came to their help.The Pilgrims were taught how to hunt,to catch fish and to plant corn,beans,pumpkins5 and other crops. In late September 1621,the Pilgrims hosted the first Thanksgiving feast to celebrate6 their first harvest and thank God and the Native Indian.They invited the Native Indian tribe and they celebrated together in a shared feast.;From then on,Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World,dating varied from October to November each year over to now! In 1941,the fourth Thursday of November was set as a national holiday for Thanksgiving. 单词注释 1.similar adj.相似的 2.Pilgrim n.清教徒 3.persecution n.迫害 4.cornfield n.玉米地 5.pumpkin n.南瓜 6.celebrate vt.庆祝;难句剖析 On September 6,1620,the Mayflower Ship set sail from England,taking all the English Pilgrims to the New World.1620年9月6日,“五月花”号轮船从英国启航,带着所有的英国清教徒去往新大陆。 本句中的动词-ing形式短语taking all the English Pilgrims to the New World在句子中做伴随状语。 导读诱思 1.When does Thanksgiving Day fall? 2.Why did the Pilgrims host the first feast? 答案:1.On the fourth Thursday of each November. 2.Because they wanted to celebrate their first harvest and thank God and the Native Indian.;Section Ⅰ　Warming Up,Pre-reading, Reading Comprehending;一;一;一;一;一;一;一;一;1