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Unit fiveHow to Celebrate Holidays
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Teaching Steps
1. Lead-in Activities1. Lead-in Activities
2. The Main Contents 2. The Main Contents
3. Words Study 3. Words Study
4. Assignment 4. Assignment
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Major Western Festivals & Holidays
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Lead-in Activities
Review: Listen to a VOA record about the introduction of Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day
A warm-up question about how to celebrate thanksgiving day
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When is Thanksgiving? Which country celebrates Thanksgiving?Why do Americans celebrate
Thanksgiving?What will we see on almost every
Thanksgiving dinner table?Nowadays, whom do Americans invite to
Thanksgiving dinner?
When is Thanksgiving?
• On the fourth Thursday of November.
Which country celebrates Thanksgiving?
• Only America.
What will we see on almost every Thanksgiving dinner
table?• Turkey• Mashed potatoes• Pumpkin pie• corns
Nowadays, whom do Americans invite to
Thanksgiving dinner?
• Their friends and relatives
Does Thanksgiving reflect any part of the American
culture? • It reminds us of the history that
the pilgrims left Europe for religious freedom and established their new country.
What do you think of Thanksgiving?
• When thanksgiving day is apporaching, I…
Structure of the text
Structurea summary
after
before
while
Text Structure
Part Two (Paras 10-16)Part Two (Paras 10-16)
Part Three (Paras 17-23)Part Three (Paras 17-23)
Part Four (Paras 24-26)Part Four (Paras 24-26)
Part One (Paras 1-9)Part One (Paras 1-9)
Letters ofLetters ofGiving-ThanksGiving-Thanks
Text Structure
Part One (1-9)1-9) On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea,
the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before.
Part Two(10-16)10-16) the writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev.
Nelson and his grandmother.
Part Three (17-23)17-23) The writer got three letters in reply.
Part Four (24-26)24-26) The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it.
• Detailed study about part one
Part one: • Questions:
• Where did the writer spend that thanksgiving?
• Where was he going?• How come he is so busy that
day?• What was the writer thinking
about on the deck after the day’s hard work?
• What then did he decide to do?
Sentence patterns and language points
…this Thanksgiving morning had seen us busily preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey.
• 英语中， witness, see and find 等一些指人的行为的动词，常以事物名称 时间地点等非生命名词为主语，形成一种特殊的拟人结构。
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比如：March 1940 found me working in a
small construction firm.The city boasts a beautiful lake.Featuring : 是分词做定语修饰 dinner.比如： A little child learning to walk often
falls.The men working here are all from
the rural areas.
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I made my way out there, breathing in great, deep draughts while walking slowly about, still wearing my white cook’s hat.
译 : 我信步走去 , 一边深深呼吸着空气 , 一边慢慢地
踱着步 , 头上还戴着那顶白色的厨师帽 .Breathing ， walking ， wearing 分词作状语。现在分词作状语的几种情况：
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1: 表示时间，可置于句首：
Climbing to the top of the tower, we saw a magnificent view.( 先于 谓语动词发生）
While flying over the channel, the pilot saw what he thought to be a shooting star.( 二者同时发生）。
He went out shutting the door behind him.( 发生在谓语动词之后）。
2 ：表原因：Being sick I stayed at home.Living in the country, we had few social
engagement.
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3: 表条件
Sit down, Emma. You will only make yourself more tired, keeping on your feet.
A: I could go and get someone to bring the car.
B ： No, thanks. I will be better off walking.
4: 表让步Knowing all this, they made me pay
for the damage.
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5: 表结果：
it rained heavily, causing severe flooding in that country.
The child fell, striking his head against the door and cutting it.
6: 表方式或伴随He ran up to her breathing heavily.She came into the house carrying a
bundle of clothes. he stood leaning against the wall.
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Not one time had I ever bothered to express to any of them so much as a simple, sincere “Thank you”.
Paraphrase: I had never expressed my thanks to them, even
a simple, sincere “thank you.”So much as “ 甚至”He doesn’t so much as invite his best friends.他甚至连他最好的朋友都没邀请 .Mike left all of a sudden, without so much as a
simple “bye-bye”.
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put away: 把…放好 , 收好 ; 她有个习惯就是 , 看完书后就把书收好 . She has a habit of putting away her
books after reading them. You wash the dishes and I’ll put
them away in the cupboard. 储蓄 , 存钱 The old couple has put away a
considerable sum of money for their future life.
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The embarrassing truth was I’d always just accepted what they’d done , taken it for granted.
take it for ‘granted (that...) to believe sth is true without first making sure that it is 认为…是理所当然 ：认为…是理所当然 ：
I just took it for granted that he'd always be around.
我还想当然地以为他总能随叫随到呢 . take sb/ sth for ‘granted （因习以为常）对…不予重
视；（因视为当然而）不把…当回事 Her husband was always there and she just
took him for granted. 她丈夫随时都在身边，她只是认为他理应如此。 We take having an endless supply of clean
water for granted. 我们想当然地认为洁净水的供应无穷无尽而不予以珍惜。
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Part 2: writing three Thank-you letters
.
Father Nelson Grandma
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Part 2: writing three Thank-you letters
His school morning prayer
A good habit
Her Virtue Education
.
Father Nelson Grandma
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Sentence patterns and language points in part 2.So many times I have felt a sadness when
exposed to modern children so immersed in the electronic media that they have little or no awareness of the marvelous world to be discovered in books.
在由 when , while . Until, once , as if 等连词引导的从句中，当谓语动词是 be ，而主语和主句主语相同时，则从句中的主语省略。
Promise, once (it is )made, should never be broken.
She stood at the door as if (she was) waiting for sb.
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Paraphrase:
Ｉ have felt sorry for many times when I saw modern children immersed themselves in the electronic media to such an extent that it almost remained unknown to them that there is a marvelous world in books.
当我看到如今的孩子们如此沉迷与电子媒体，我不由深感悲哀，他们很少或者根本表了解书中所能发现的神奇世界。
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expose: leave uncovered; make accessible 使暴露 , 使接触
Be exposed to 暴露于 ; 与…接触It is feared that people living near the power
station may have been exposed to radiation. 这种植物不能暴露在强光下 .
This plant can’t be exposed to strong sunshine.
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I thanked her for the years of eating her good cooking, the equal of which I had not found since.
Which 引导定语从句，充当定语表示领属关系 ,故用 of which, which 的先行词是 her good cooking, of which 做 the equal 的定语，表示“同样可口的菜肴。”
There are two left, one of which is almost finished and the other of which is not quite.
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Part 3: Their replies
Father:
Nelson:
Grandma:
The authorThe author
Their replies
Father: one of the best results
Nelson: reassurance
Grandma: loving gratefulness
The authorThe author
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Sentence patterns and language points in part 3Every time the ship’s loudspeaker
rasped," attention! Mail call!”Every time 直接用做从属连词，引导时间状语
从句。 The moment, the second, the minute.
I will think of it every time I listen to music.
The moment you leave this tent, you’ll get a big surprise.
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Correspondents
Letters sent (paras13-15)
Letters received(paras 21-23)
Father
The Rev. Nelson
Grand-mother
Thank him for teaching the writer from boyhood to love books and reading.
Thank him for his morning school prayers
Thank him for teaching the writer how to tell the truth, to share, to be forgiving…
Tell his son how he, as a teacher and father, felt content with him.
About his retirement with self-doubt, and the reassurance the letter brought to him.
Expresses her loving gratefulness to her grandson
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A glance at Grandma’s familiar handwriting, brought back in a flash memories of standing alongside her white rocking chair, watching her “settin, down” some letter to relatives.
Paraphrase:
As I saw Grandma’s familiar handwriting, what instantly came to mind was the time when I stood beside her white rocking chair and watched her writing to relatives.
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Bring back 使记起 , 使回想起The smell of autumn always brings back
memories of new terms at school.The whole scene brought back the days of
my childhood. Bring forward 把…提前 (~ the party); 提出 ( ~ a plan) Bring about 导致 , 使发生 Bring out 生产 ; 揭示 Bring through 拯救 , 救活
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In a flash: 立刻 , 一瞬间
The 100-meter dash ( 百米赛跑） was over in a flash.
A flash in the pan 昙花一现 A flash of lightning 闪电 A flash of hope 一线希望
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Part 4:I never forgot how those three “thank
you” letters gave me an insight into how most human beings go about longing in secret for more of their fellows to express appreciation for their efforts.
我一直不曾忘记那三封感谢信是如何让我认识到，大凡人都暗自期望着有更多的人对自己的努力表达谢意。
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In the end we are mightily( 在很大程度上 , 非常 ) and merely people, each with similar needs.
译 :其实 , 我们都是十分相象的凡人 , 有着相似的需求 .
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Find the good--- and praise it.发现并表扬各种美好的事物。
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认真思考
graduate into a habit of
真挚的文字由衷的感激
genuine statements
give serious thought to
渐渐地变成一种习惯
很少了解给…撒下美妙遐想
电子媒体
heartfelt appreciation
electronic media
have little awareness of
按常规sprinkle … with stardust
个人经历in the routine
最重要的事personal experience
topmost priority
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围聚在…周围
a rocking chair
一把把发生迅猛的变化
fistful of
cluster about
摇椅
靠当…为生使某人意识到
向…表达充满爱意的谢意
undergo swift changes
express one’s loving gratefulness to…
make a living as
有着相似的需求
give sb. an insight into
简单的常识
with similar needs
实现世界和平
simple common sense
achieve world peace
对…至关重要 be paramount for
