2014秋外研版英语九年级上册M2U2_Public_holidays.ppt

课文结构梳理 What do the Americans do during the Thanksgiving season? with a traditional dinner to make a short speech to give thanks for food to talk a lot to tell stories to wash the dishes to travel with friends and families to watch parade to go shopping to watch football games T or F Thanksgiving Day is a world-famous and traditional festival that have lasted for many years. 2. Americans just celebrate the festival but they nearly can’t remember why they celebrate it. 3. During the festival ,People often have great fun and all of them are enjoy themselves very much. over adj. When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes. 吃完饭后，每个人都来帮忙洗餐具。 If an event or period of time is over, it has finished. 结束的 Look and say dish n. I’ll just do the dishes before we go. 我们走之前我会把餐具洗好的。 盘子；碟子 Look and say parade n. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 我们住在纽约，我们会去看梅西感恩节大游行。 A parade is a procession of people or vehicles moving through a public place in order to celebrate an important day or event. 游行 Look and say What do you think the true meaning of Thanksgiving is? Turkey? Shopping? Holiday? Having fun? To be grateful/ thankful for what we have. To express our appreciation/ gratitude to those around us. To appreciate ourselves. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food. 人们作简短的致辞，为食物而感恩。 give thanks (to sb.) for (doing) sth. 对某人做了某事表示感谢 She expressed her thanks to her friends for coming to the party. 她对朋友们来参加聚会表示感谢。 Thanks for (doing) sth Thanks for your support. 对某人做了某事表示感谢 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. 自17世纪首批英格兰的拓荒者乘船抵达美洲大陆后，我们就一直庆祝这个节目。 “自从……”可引导时间状语从句，常与完成时连用。 We have been friends since childhood. 我们从小就是朋友。 While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died… 当他们穿越大西洋的时候，很多人死了…… 当……的时候 He is strong while his brother is weak. 他长得很结实，而他弟弟却很瘦弱。 while While 引导的从句，其谓语动词只能是延续性动词，强调主从句的两个动作同时发生；while也可作并列连