2018高中英语人教版必修3课：Unit 1 Festivals around the world 1.1.pptx

Unit 1 Festivals around the world;【文章导语】In China we celebrate many festivals every year.But do you know anything about a special American holiday — Thanksgiving Day? Here is something about it. 在中国,我们每年都庆祝许多节日,但是你知道一个特殊的美国节日——感恩节吗?下面是这个节日的一些情况。 Thanksgiving Day;On September 6,1620,the Mayflower Ship set sail from England,taking all the English Pilgrims2 to the New World.The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people,and left England to escape religious persecution3.The Pilgrims sailed sixty-six days and arrived in the New World in November of the same year.They first settled in a cornfield4. They worked on the land with much difficulty and half of the Pilgrims died in the long winter of 1620.In the spring of 1621,an Indian came to their help.The Pilgrims were taught how to hunt,to catch fish and to plant corn,beans,pumpkins5 and other crops.;In late September 1621,the Pilgrims hosted the first Thanksgiving feast to celebrate6 their first harvest and thank God and the Native Indian.They invited the Native Indian tribe and they celebrated together in a shared feast. From then on,Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World,dates varied from October to November each year over to now! In 1941,the fourth Thursday of November was set as a national holiday for Thanksgiving.;译文 感恩节 感恩节是一个美国人的节日。每年11月的第四个星期四,家人和朋友通常在下午三点左右聚在一起用传统的火鸡宴庆祝。感恩节与中国的中秋节相似。 1620年9月6日,“五月花”号轮船从英国启航,带着所有的英国清教徒去往新大陆。这些英国清教徒大约100人,离开英国逃避宗教迫害。这些清教徒航海66天,在同年11月到达新大陆。他们首先在一块玉米地登陆。 他们在这块地上艰难地工作,其中一半清教徒死于1620年这个漫长的冬季。1621年的春天,一个印第安人过来帮助他们。这些清教徒被教会如何打猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、豆子、南瓜和其他农作物。;1621年的9月底,这些清教徒举办第一次感恩节盛宴来庆祝他们的第一个丰收,并感谢上帝和当地的印第安人。他们邀请了印第安人,共同庆祝,共享盛宴。 从那时起,在新大陆,感恩节就成了每年庆祝丰收的节日,日期从10月到11月不定。 1941年,每年11月第四个星期四定为“感恩节”,感恩节成了一个国家节日。 词海拾贝 1.similar [?sImIl?(r)] adj. 相似的 2.Pilgrim [?pIlgrIm] n. 清教徒 3.persecution [?p??sI?kju??n] n. 迫害 4.cornfield [?k??nfi?ld] n. 玉米地 5.pumpkin [?p?mpkIn] n. 南瓜 6.celebrate [?selIbreIt] vt. 庆祝;难句剖析 On September 6,1620,the Mayflower Ship set sail from Englan