研一英语教学课件：Lesson 5, Part 2 .pptx

What is the most popular holiday in America?Holidays in the United StatesChristmas is easily the most popular holiday in America.An opinion poll in 2015 showed that 92% of Americans celebrate Christmas (including 81% of non-Christians).(See: /fact-tank/2015/12/21/5-facts-about-christmas-in-america//fact-tank/2015/12/21/5-facts-about-christmas-in-america/).What other holidays are popular in America?Holidays in the United StatesThe second most popular is Thanksgiving, and the third most popular is Halloween.(See: /health-and-life/Happy_Holidays__Christmas_Is_America_s_Favorite_Holiday.html/health-and-life/Happy_Holidays__Christmas_Is_America_s_Favorite_Holiday.html).HalloweenLesson 5, Part 2Halloween in the past…Halloween is celebrated in the United States, Britain, and several other countries, on 31 October every year.Halloween was originally a very sombre day at the beginning of winter, which was linked with the “world of the dead.”However, today Halloween is mostly seen as a fun holiday with many enjoyable traditions, like costumes, candy and ghost stories.Halloween todayCostumesShe is wearing a ghost costume for Halloween.They are wearing costumes for a television programme.Oher popular Halloween charactersZombieVampireWitchWitches[Video 1]Witches“I’ll get you, my pretty!”Salem Witch Trials (1692)During the Salem Witch Trials, held in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, around 150 people – many of them young girls – were accused of being real witches with evil powers.Salem Witch Trials (1692)More than a dozen young women were found to be witches and hanged.Trick-or-treatingAnother popular Halloween tradition is children knocking on people’s doors and asking for candy.Trick-or-treatingWhen people answer their doors, the children respond: “Trick-or-treat!”Jack-o-lanternCarving jack-o-lanterns is another Halloween tradition.This custom is related to an Irish folk tale, and Irish immigrants brought it to America.Haunted housesAnother Halloween tradition is walking through