新外研版九上M2U2.ppt

Read Paragraph 1 and answer two questions. Q: What is Thanksgiving? It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. Q: What do people always do on Thanksgiving? People make short speeches and give thanks for their food. read and try to fill in the blanks. We have _________ the festival since the first pioneers from________ arrived in America by ______in the __________century.While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people____, and after they landed, their first______was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to____ _____ . The following year they__________together by _______ a dinner of the new food. celebrated England ship seventeenth died winter grow corn celebrated eating Read Paragraph 3 and do the exercise. 1. which is the right order? ( ) a. lay the table b. prepare the food c. eat dinner d. give thanks for food e. wash the dishes f.talk and tell stories A. b-e-a-c-d-f B.b-a-f-d-c-e C. b-a-d-c-f-e D.b-f-a-d-c-e Read Paragraph 4 and answer the question. What else can we do on Thanksgiving? We can______________________________ _______________, _______________________ and _________________________ watch the Macy‘sThanksgiving Day Parade start shopping for presents watch football games on television Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. The first _________crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow______. They soon had ________ to eat. among corn dish lay pioneer plenty 4 Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal _____ family and friends. Everyone helps prepare the food and _____ the table. After the meal ,they help wash t