美国历史文化概况（英文版）UNIT_12_Holidays_and_Celebrations教材教学课件.ppt

Unit 12 Holidays and Celebrations CONTENTS Teaching Aims Text A Text B Supplementing Reading TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of Holidays and Celebrations. 2. Understand the history of Holidays and Celebrations. 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A Thanksgiving Day TEXT A Preview 感恩节（Thanksgiving Day）是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，原意是为了感谢印第安人，后来人们常在这一天感谢他人。自1941年起，感恩节被确定为每年11月的第四个星期四，在这一天起将休假两天。像中国的春节一样，在这一天，成千上万的人们不管多忙，都要和自己的家人团聚。当然，感恩节也记载了美国历史的荣耀。那时逃难到美国大陆的朝圣者和美国当地的土著居民欢聚在一起，共同庆祝因为互助和互谅而得来的丰收。 TEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true（T) or false（F)． 1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the last Thursday in November. 2.The original purpose of the festival is to give thanks to God 3.In the Indian Massacre, nine of the settlers at Berkeley Hundreds were killed, as well as about a third of the entire population of the Virginia Colony. TEXT A Reading Comprehension 4.In the Plymouth tradition, a thanksgiving day was a feast day, rather than a church observance. 5.Turkey is the indispensible item on any Thanksgiving feast table. 6.In New York City, the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade is held annually every Thanksgiving Day from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to Macys flagship store in Herald Square, and televised nationally by NBC.… TEXT A Notes 1.Pilgrims (US), or Pilgrim Fathers (UK)（朝圣者、清教徒前辈移民）: a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Their leadership came from a religious congregation of Puritans who had fled a volatile political environment in the East Midlands of England for the relative calm and tolerance of Holland in the Netherlands. Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colony, established in 162