1、Thanksgiving Unit 8 How do you make a banana milk shake? Section B What is her “Holiday”(节日节日)? Lets play a game ! Can you guess what the festival is ? Childrens Day Spring Festival Valentines day (情人节情人节) Easter (复活节复活节) What holiday is it ? Thanksgiving Day What is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving Day i
2、s a national holiday in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is a day to be thankful for the harvest and for the previous year. When is Thanksgiving? In the United States of America Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November. In Canada thanksgiving is celebrated on the 2nd Mond
3、ay in October. Answer the following questions after reading the article . 1. What is the article about ? 2. What does the writer tell us about the main idea? Thanksgiving Day . The time of Thanksgiving Day, The history of Thanksgiving Day Celebration The food of thanksgiving Day How to make turkey.
4、Thanksgiving in the United States In most countries, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the fourth Thursday in November , and is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn. At this time, people also remember
5、the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, hard winter, and many of them died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Read the article. Thanksgiving 感恩节感恩节 也作：也作： Thanksgiving Day 美
6、国的感恩节一般在美国的感恩节一般在11月的第四个礼拜。月的第四个礼拜。 traditional adj. 传统的；惯例的传统的；惯例的 tradition n. 惯例惯例;传统传统 remember v. 回忆起；回想起；记起回忆起；回想起；记起 traveler n.旅行者；旅客旅行者；旅客 travel v. 旅行旅行 Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. The main dish of this meal is almost
7、 always turkey, a large bird. Making a turkey dinner Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner. First, mix together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper. Next, fill the turkey with this bread mix. Then, put the turkey in a hot oven and cook it for a few hours. When it is ready,
8、place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy. Finally, cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes. celebrate v. 庆祝；赞美庆祝；赞美 fillwith 装满；充满装满；充满 coverwith 覆盖覆盖 Read the article again and answer the following questions. 1. Where do people cel
9、ebrate Thanksgiving? 2. When do people celebrate it? 3. Why do people celebrate it? 4. How do people celebrate it now? 5. What is the main dish of the Thanksgiving meal? 6. How do you make turkey ? In the USA. On the fourth Thursday in November. They give thanks for life and food in their new home.
10、By having a big meal with their family at home. Turkey . First , ；Next，； Then，； Finally ,。 Number the pictures 3 2 4 1 5 Here are the instructions for making a turkey dinner written in a different way. Put them in order. Write First, Next, Then and Finally. _, serve it to your friends with some othe
11、r food. _, put this into the bird. _, cook it at a very high temperature for a long time. _, put everything you need together in a large bowl. Finally Next Then First Free talk 1.Do you like Thanksgiving ? Do you like Turkey? 2.Do you think “Thanksgiving “ is very important in our daily life? 3.Who do you want to say “ thank you “ in your daily life ? Why? Say thanks to your family! Say thanks to your teachers! Say thanks to your friends! Say thanks to the strangers! Say thanks to everyone! and Write a short article / poem about your “Thanks ” to your To explain your thanks feeling .
