枫糖节完整版课件.ppt

1、The two pictures have something in common,can you find it?YES!Its the Maple!This is a national flag.Its Canada.In Canada,you can see the symbol of maple leaves everywhere.The Canadian have a deep emotion with the maple trees and leaves.MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL枫糖节IntroductionMaple Syrup Festival is a tra

2、ditional folk festival in Canada.Fresh maple is truly one of the first signs of spring.So it is also a celebration for the coming of spring.Every year in the early March,the farms in Canada will be whitewashed and decorated.People will get together and savor the sweet syrup which is a wonderful pres

3、ent from the nature.Legend（传说）（传说）Here is a story about the origin of the Maple Syrup Festival.Long long ago,there was a sachem of the North American Indian.Everyday he leaded many strong men to go hunting.When he came back,he always stuck the axe into any trees near his door.One day in March,he did

4、 the same thing and left a big wound on the tree.there was a little wood pail under the wound which was laid by his wife.The liquid from the tree dripped into the pail.When the wife cooked dinner,she mistook the tree liquid as water and used it.When they had dinner,they found it was the best food th

5、ey had ever eaten.Then they found it was the tree liquid that made their food delicious.After that the Indian found they could extract syrup from the tree liquid.And the tree which produced the liquid was the sugar maples.Recent years the Maple Syrup Festival has attracted a wide range of visitors f

6、rom all over the world.The festival is open to the public allowing the visitors to observe and participate in the making of maple syrup.Children are especially welcome and there are many games for children.For example,the Ester Egg Hunt.Some people even offer free maple syrup cakes and taffy at the

7、weekend.The local people also perform different kinds of folk songs and dances intensely.They are always ready to guide the tourists to enjoy the flourishing and beautiful maples.You can take the carriage to travel in the woods and enjoy the beautiful sight.Some farms still keep the old tools which

8、the Indian used to collect and make maple syrup.During the festival some people will perform the craft of making maple syrup to the tourists with the old method.Maple syrup comes from the starch（淀粉）in maple trees that in warm weather converts to sugar,mixes with water and begins to run.In early Marc

9、h,this“maple water”begins to run for several weeks.During this time,the trees are tapped（被切口）,the run-off maple water is collected,boiled and reduced,converted to syrup and canned or bottled.With the development of science and technology,there are different kinds of modern equipments to produce mapl

10、e syrup.There is a famous Maple Avenue in Canada.The avenue lasts 800 kilometers and there are thousands of factories which produce maple syrup there.The production is more than 32000 tons every year.According to the government of Canada,Canada produces about 85 percent of the worlds maple syrup.How

11、 to make maple syrup First,drill（钻）a hole on the trunk of the maple tree.Put a plug to the hole and attach a pipe（管）to the plug.Then the liquid of the tree will be lead to the store can.Second,put the tree liquid to a big pan and heat the pan until the syrup is boiling.Third,water the syrup onto the

12、 white snow.It will solidify quickly.Then you will get a piece of delicious maple syrup.Fourth,you can cut a little piece of it and enjoy it!The value of the maple syrup Unlike some sweeteners,such as sugar,maple syrup is a good source of 3 essential nutritional elements-calcium（钙）,iron and thiamine（硫胺素）.The calcium it contains can compete with milk.It also can nourish（滋养）our stomach.During the festival,you can not only enjoy the maple syrup,but also taste the other delicious food,such as pancakes,pea soup and bacon.Thank you!