Unit Two SayingThanksorSorry PassageIThankyou Volunteers Section InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage ImportantTraditionalFestivalsinChina 春节 SpringFestival the1stdayofthe1stlunarmonth 除夕 NewYear sEve thedaybeforetheSpringFestival 元宵节 LanternFestival the15thofthe1stlunarmonth 清明节 Qingming Tomb SweepingDay April4thor5th 端午节 DragonBoatFestival the5thofthe5thlunarmonth 七夕节 QixiFestival the7thdayofthe7thmonthofthelunarmonth somewhatequivalenttoValentine sDayinEnglish 中秋节 Mid AutumnFestival the15thofthe8thlunarmonth 重阳节 Double NinthDay the9thofthe9thlunarmonth ImportantTraditionalFestivalsinWesternCountries 圣诞节 Christmas the25thofDecember 平安夜 ChristmasEve the24thofDecember 情人节 Valentine sDay 14thofFebruary 愚人节 Fool sDay the1stofApril 复活节 Easter the1stSundayafterafullmoononorafter21stofMarch 感恩节 ThanksgivingDay the4thThursdayofNovember 万圣节 Halloween 31stofOctober Back Gratitude Leadin Gratitudeisthesignofnoblesouls 感恩是精神高尚的标志 Gratitudeisthefairestblossomwhichspringsfromthesoul 感恩是心灵开出的最美丽的花朵 Leadin ThanksgivingDay thefourthThursdayinNovember Date In1620sailedtoAmerica 美洲 ontheMayflowerOnlyaround100peoplesurvive firstwinteroverhalfofthemdiedofstarvationorepidemics 死于饥寒交迫 theIndians 印第安人 helped andtheylearnedhowtofish farm andhunt 捕鱼 种植 捕猎 harvestedinAutumn 秋季大丰收 decidedthatadayofthanksgivingtotheLordbefixed gatheredtogetherwiththeIndians Celebrate 庆祝 ThanksgivingDayisusuallyafamilyday Peoplealwayscelebratewithbigdinnersandhappyreunions Inthisday relativesfromothercities studentswhohavebeenawayatschool manyotherAmericanstravelalongdistancetospendtheholidayathome GatheraroundtheTVandwatchfootball PeoplewillbringtogethertheirfamiliesandfriendstohaveaThanksgivingfeast turkey TheTurkeyAssociationestimatesthatjustonThanksgivingDayAmericansate46 000 000turkeys AmericanpresidentwillforgivetwoturkeysinwhitehousebeforeTheThanksgivingDay pumpkinpie 南瓜派 Pumpkin Food 食物 apple 苹果 orange 橙子 chestnut 栗子 Walnut 胡桃 grape 葡萄 Inaddition peopleatthetablecanalsoeatapples orange chestnut栗子 walnuts核桃 andgrape aswellasmeatpie smallcranberrysauceandsoon SpeakoutyourThanksgivingwishesandletyourfamiliesandfriendsknowthatyourcareaboutthem 感恩时刻 ThanksgivingisaGreattimetotellyourfriendsthatwelovethem ThanksgivingisaGreattimetotellyourparentsthatwelovethem roastturkey 烤火鸡 1 Turkey火鸡2 staroftheshow重点3 stuffing填料 馅 4 mashed碾压potatoes gravy5 cranberrysauce小红莓酱6 must haven 必须品7 pumpkinpie pumpkinlantern8 fromscratch用基本材料 从头做起9 Gobble10 staroftheshow11 gobblev 贪婪地吃tonsoffood alotoffood12 fromscratch 1 Haveyoueverdoneanyvolunteerjob Describeitindetail 2 Whatarethewaysyouusuallyexpressthankstoothers PASSAGEI Thankyou Volunteers NovemberintheUnitedStatesbringstheholidayofThanksgiving andthereforeit sinNovemberthatwetendtothinkofawayinwhichwecouldshowourthankstovolunteers Herearesomeofthewayspostedonlinetothankvolunteerswhocometoofferhelp PotlucksforStaffandVolunteersIliketoholdpotlucksattheofficeandinvitevolunteerstomakethemfeellikepartoftheteam Thevolunteersareaskedtobringabigappetite Postedon29March 2010byNaziaHossain GivingThanksatThanksgivingThisyearIsentoutThanksgivingcardstothevolunteers It sagreatwaytoshowourthankstowardtheendoftheyear andthismakesourvolunteersknowwe regratefultothemforwhatthey vedoneinthebusyyear Postedon14February 2008byTraciLato 1 2 3 HatsOfftoVolunteersOurlibraryvolunteersreceivedvariousbasketsofgoodies boxesofchocolates flowersandplants etc Thestaffworehatsallweekandtippedthemtowardthevolunteersaswesawthem Thevolunteershereseemedtoappreciatethesilentefforttorecognizethem Postedon25April 2005byAimeeHepler AfternoonattheMoviesDuringNationalVolunteerWeekwerecognizedourvolunteersbytakingthemtothemovies Wehadourrecognitionawardsprogrambeforethemoviestarted followedbya15 minutecoffeebreak Thevolunteershadabagofpopcornandadrinkwaitingforthem Theyalsohadtheirchoiceof2movies Itwasverywellreceivedandwewilldoitagainnextyear Postedon2April 2005byLindaBacon PatontheBackHere saveryinexpensiveideathatshouldworkforanytypeoforganization Isimplydrawaroundmyhandonapieceofpaper print Here sapatonthebackforYou Mr Ms forallthehardworkandeffortyou vemadehere thencopyitontocoloredpaper Theteensatourchurchhelpmecutthemout Postedon25May 2000byKarolHaynes 4 Exercises Back Various manykindsof茶歇coffee teabreakCocacolaspriten 精灵friedchicken beercheers SpicyChickenwingshamburgerchickenrollchicken popcornBottomup Milkshake奶昔eggtartmashedpotatoFrenchfries ReadandThink 1Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage 1 Whatisthemainideaofthispassage 2 WhyisitinNovemberthatwetendtothinkofawaytothankvolunteers 3 WhydoesNaziaholdpotlucksattheofficeandinvitevolunteers Differentwaystoshowthankstovolunteers BecauseThanksgivingDayisinNovember Tomakethemfeellikepartoftheteam ReadandThink 1Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage 4 WhatisthepurposeforTracitosendoutThanksgivingcardstothevolunteers 5 WhydoyouthinkAimeeandherstaffusea silentway togivetheirthanks 6 WhydoesLindawanttodoherawardprogramagainnextyear Shewantstomakethevolunteersknowpeoplearegratefu