感恩节是美国仅于圣诞节的重要节日.pptVIP

Unit7 Thanksgiving Day How many holidays do you know in western countries? New Year’s Day January 1 St. valentine’s Day February 14 April Fool’s Day April 1 Mother’s Day The second Sunday in May Father’s Day The third Sunday in June Halloween October 31 Thanksgiving Day the 4th Thursday in November Christmas December 25 Background 感恩节是美国仅次于圣诞节的重要节日，可追溯到英国在北美建立殖民地之初。 1620年12月一批清教徒乘“五月花”号船到达新英格兰的普利茅斯，建立了英国人在北美的第二个殖民点。 1621年这些英国殖民者在当地印地安人帮助下经过努力奋斗取得了丰收，为感谢上帝，他们举行了庆祝活动。 以后这一习俗逐渐扩展到全美国，并把庆祝活动固定在每年11月的第四个星期四。这一天，一家人聚集在一起，享受烤火鸡和南瓜饼等美食，并常有舞会等余兴节目。 Fast reading Complete the following tablet  Language points 1. No other holiday that is today widely celebrated in North America has such a long and curious history as Thanksgiving. that is today widely celebrated in North America是一个定语从句，修饰holiday. 句子主干No other holiday has such a long and curious history as Thanksgiving. 在定语从句中，先行词之前如有最高级，序数词或all,any,no,very,only等此修饰时，其后的定语从句只能用 that引导，而不用which. e.g. This is the most exciting film ____I have ever seen. e.g Mother was the only person ____took care of me when I was ill. Language points 1.No other holiday that is today widely celebrated in North America has such a long and curious history as Thanksgiving. such a……/ such that……如此…… e.g. The Neighbor was such a strange person that all the kids were afraid of him. 2. a group of /a number of + C.N. a great deal of/ a large amount of + U.N. a lot of/lots of/plenty of +U.N/C.N 3. settle down arrive in Language points 4. the rest 剩下的 5.along with(= together with) e.g. Father, mother, along with my sister will come to see me this Sunday.和……一起 e.g. Along with the development of modern society, English becomes more and more important.随着…… 6. thank sb. for sth. 为（做）某事而感谢某人 e.g.Thank you for your inviting. 谢谢你的邀请 谢谢你的到来 e.g Thank you for your comin