有关美国节假的英语课件pptAmericanHolidaysandIdioms.ppt

American Holidays! 制作者：王操 Easter Today is Easter The date of Easter changes each year, but usually falls around the end of March or early April. It is celebrated in two ways: For Christians, it is celebrated as the day Jesus came back to life after sacrificing his life for all of humanity. It is also a day where children get candy. Easter Children in the United States are told that a giant bunny comes into their homes while they are sleeping and leaves them candy! When children wake up in the morning, there is a basket filled with candy and small gifts for them. A bunny does not leave them…their parents do. Easter Another part of Easter is taking eggs and boiling them. After they are boiled you dip them in the colored water and die them. Later in the day, you eat them! Easter Other families will take those eggs and hide them around the house and around outside. The person who finds the most eggs, wins! …of course, sometimes, you forget an egg or two, and then your house smells really bad! Easter So some people use plastic eggs, and fill them with…Chocolate! Every year, the White House (where the President lives) does an Easter egg hunt and other activities. Easter If you are Christian, you usually go to a special ceremony at Church on Easter in the late morning. In the afternoon, most people have an early dinner (around 16:00) with their family—Mom, dad, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins. Dinner usually features meat, since, if you are Christian, you are not supposed to eat any mean during the month before Easter as part of Lent. 4th of July You should know this one! From history… July 4th, _____, the United States signed their Declaration of Independence from _______? This is celebrated as the birth of the United States as a country. 4th of July We celebrate the 4th of July by having a parade in each person’s home city or town. Usually, students in the high schools who play instruments march and play in the parade. (I did this when