最新九年级Module_2_Unit_2.ppt

Listen and fill in the blanks. 1. Thanksgiving is an ______ festival. 2. It is celebrated on the fourth _______ in November. It is a ____for a special dinner _____family and friends. People make short speeches and give _____for their food American Thursday time among thanks We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans (土著印第安人), taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food. Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions. 1.When did the first pioneer from England arrived in America by ship? 2.Who taught the pioneers how to grow corn? How did they celebrated together? In the seventeenth century. The Native Americas. By eating a dinner of the new food. Read paragraph 2 again and fill in the blanks. We have celebrated the festival _______the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. _____ they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and ______they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. after While since 连接副词：when, until, as soon as 用法： 引导时间状语从句。 We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food. We lay the table and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, so we remember why we celebrate the festival. We usually eat too much. but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes. Read paragraph 3 and choose the right answer. 1.What do they celebrate Thanksgiving with today? A big dinner. B. a traditional dinner C. a dinner of the new food. 2