英语课件-节日.ppt

1、Festivals In The USA New Years Day 新年 Valentines Day 情人节 All Fools Day 愚人节 Easter 复活节 American Independence Day 美国独立日 Labor Day 劳动节 Thanksgiving Day 感恩节 Fathers/Mothers Day 父亲/母亲节 Halloween 万圣节 Christmas 圣诞节Which is the harvest festival?Thanksgiving Day Background v每逢the last Thursday of November，美国

2、人民便迎来了自己最重要的传统民俗节日Thanksgiving Day。这个节日始于1621年。那年秋天，远涉重洋来到美洲的English settlers，为了thank God for the harvest，举行了3天的狂欢活动。从此，这一习俗就沿续下来，并逐渐风行各地。1863年，美国总统林肯正式宣布感恩节为public holiday。届时，家家团聚，举国同庆，其盛大、热烈的情形，不亚于中国人过春节。Expressions date back to=date from 起源于，追溯到a group of 102 English people 102个英国人in search of re

3、ligious freedom 追求宗教自由a two-month voyage 两个月的航行due to=because of 因为，由于somewhat=a little 一点the same as 和-一样in addition to=besides 除了-之外elaborate parades 精心设计的游行diverse performances 各种各样的表演appreciate their achievements 谈谈彼此的成就 Questions v1.how many people are there on the ship Mayflower?v2.why did the

4、 English people sail to America?v3.Where did they land at?v4.What happened to them for the first year in America?v5.Who helped them?v6.What did they do on the first Thanksgiving?v7.What is the special food on Thanksgiving?v8.What do people do on Thanksgiving today?1.how many people are there on the

5、ship Mayflower?vA group of 102 English people.vSeventy three men and twenty nine women vDuring the trip,one person died.But a baby was born.So at last,there were still 102 persons.2.why did the English people sail to America?vIn search of religious freedom.vReligious persecution 3.Where did they lan

6、d at?vPlymouth,Massachusetts4.What happened to them for the first year in America?vHalf of them died,because of poor food,hard work,infectious diseases,and cold weather.5.Who helped them?vThe Indians of Massasoit s tribe 6.What did they do on the first Thanksgiving?vOn the first day,they spent most

7、of the time eating and drinking.On the second and third days,they had a wonderful time,wrestling,running races,singing and dancing together.7.What is the special food on Thanksgiving?vRoast turkey,pumpkin pie,apples,oranges,chestnuts栗子,walnuts胡桃,grapes,plum pudding葡萄干布丁,mince pie碎肉馅饼,cranberry juice

8、 红莓苔汁 and squash南瓜.8.What do people do on Thanksgiving today?vFamily get together and have a big dinner.vWatch American football match.vAthletic contests(maize game,pumpkin running),folk songs and dance.vElaborate parades and diverse performances.vShare the food with the poor.Which is the harvest fe

9、stival in China?Mid-autumn Festival Comparison Festival Thanksgiving Mid-autumn Time The last Thursday of November In September or October Food Roast turkey,chestnuts,pumpkin pie,plum pudding-Mooncakes,water chestnut,pomegranates-Activity Family get together,have a big dinner,parades,watch football

10、match-Family get together,have a big dinner,tell stories-Feeling Happy,excited,express the thanks-Miss the family and hometown-Poem A Thanksgiving Prayerby William S.Burroughs Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons,destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts.Thanks for a co

11、ntinent to despoil and poison.Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot.Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.Thanks for the American dream,To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine thr

12、ough.Thanks for the KKK.For nigger-killin lawmen,feelin their notches.For decent church-goin women,with their mean,pinched,bitter,evil faces.Thanks for Kill a Queer for Christ stickers.Thanks for laboratory AIDS.Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.Thanks for a country where nobodys allo

13、wed to mind the own business.Thanks for a nation of finks.Yes,thanks for all the memories-all right lets see your arms!You always were a headache and you always were a bore.Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.Moonlit NightTonight at Fu-chou,this moon sh

14、e watchesAlone in our room.And my little,far-off Children,too young to understand what keeps meAway,or even remember Changan.By now,Her hair will be mist-scented,her jade-whiteArms chilled in its clear light.WhenWill it find us together again,drapes drawnOpen,light traced where it dries our tears?Homework lCompare Thanksgiving with Mid-autumn.lPractise reading this passage.lRecite the useful expressions.lPreview the writing part.