How to Celebrate Holidays,Writing Three Thank-You Letters - Alex Haley,LOGO,Pre-Reading Task - Class Discussion What western festivals have you known? How do western people celebrate them?,Western Festivals,Christmas Day Saint Valentines Day Easter April Fools Day Mothers Day Fathers Day Halloween Thanksgiving Day,Christmas (December 25),A Religious Day Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christmas Dinner-Turkey, Pudding & Cookies Father Christmas Sending Presents to Children Christmas Carol,Saint Valentines Day,On February 14 A Day in Honor of a Roman Christian Named St. Valentine Costume Ball,Easter (A Sunday Between March 22 and April 23),A Religious Day Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Easter Monday- the Highlight of Easter Celebrations Colorful Eggs Yellow Eggs -the Arrival of Spring Red Eggs - A Great Joy of Jesus Resurrection,April Fools Day (April 1),A special day to play tricks on others April Fool - the person tricked by other people,Mothers Day (the 2nd Sunday in May),Mothers Day cards Mothers Day flowers,Fathers Day (the 3rd Sunday in June),A delicious breakfast prepared for ones own father Fathers Day presents,Halloween (October 31),A day on which the Gods of Death and Darkness Drive Away Ghosts in the World Ghost Stories Jack-o-lantern Trick or Treat,Thanksgiving Day,Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation. Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflower arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.,Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.,On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in the shape of imaginary characters.,While-Reading Task,The Title of Text A - Writing Three Thank-You Letters The Structure of the Text The Main Idea of the Text,Writing Three Thank-You Letters,Question for Discussion: According to the title of the text, can you guess what the writer writes down in the text?,Five Wh-Questions,Who (m) When Where Why What,Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War II. On an especially lonely day to be at sea-Thanksgiving Day - he began to give serious thought to a holiday that has become, for many Americans, a day of overeating and watching endless games of football. Haley decided to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving by writing three very special letters.,The Structure of the Text,Content Questions for Part I,When and where did the writer write the three “thank you” letters? - on the Thanksgiving Day of 1943; on our way to the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific What made the writer as a cook extremely busy on the Thanksgiving Day when his ship was sailing to the island of Tulagi? - preparation for a traditional dinner on Thanksgiving Day,3. What was the writer thinking about on the deck after the days hard work? - Thanksgiving of the Pilgrims, Indians, wild turkeys, pumpkins, corn on the cob, and the rest; some way that he could personally apply to the close of Thanksgiving Day 4. What then did he decide to do? - to give thanks,5. Why did the writer feel ashamed when he thought about the people that he wanted to express his gratitude to? - Because they had done so much for him that he could never possibly repay them.,Language Points in Part I,Under way: in motion or operation, having started and making progress e.g. The nationwide medical reform is now under way. Thranslate: 百年大庆的筹备工作正在顺利进行之中. Preparations for the 100th anniversary celebration are now well under way.,Translate the following phrases into Chinese,By the way 顺便说说; 顺便提起 By way of 途径 Go out of ones way 尽力 Have it both ways 脚踩两只船 Mend ones ways 改邪归正 Out of the way 反常的; 异常的 Set in ones ways 旧习难改 To my way of thinking 依我看来,Put away: remove (sth.) to a place where it is usually stored,e.g. You wash the dishes and