Unit NineCelebrating

Holidays

Making Friends

Presentation

You are supposed to give a presentation on holidays.

Revision

Diction Make Sentences with the given phrase

1.Dictation (book closed) ⑴ 质量 ⑵ 可口的 ⑶ 传统的 ⑷ 通常、典型的 ⑸ 由……组成 ⑹ 多样性 ⑺ 强烈的 ⑻ 来源 ⑼ 打开电源 ⑽ 装饰 2 Make sentences by using the above word and phrase

s : a) get in touch with; b) up to c) contribute sth. to

Suggested Answers

1.Dictation ⑴ 质量 : quality ⑵ 可口的 : delicious ⑶ 传统的： traditional ⑷ 典型的： typically ⑸ 由……组成： consist ⑹ 多样性： variety ⑺ 强烈的： intense ⑻ 来源： source ⑼ 打开电源： switch on ⑽ 装饰： decorate

2 Make sentences by using the above word and phrases :

a) Do you still get in touch with your parents?

b) He counted up to a hundred.

c) I contribute $5 to the party funds.

Students listen to dialogue 1 once and discuss and answer

1.Who is George? Where is he from?

2.What present has Chen brought to the party?

Students listen to dialogue 2 once and discuss and answer

(1) What is the first thing Wang did at the party ?

(2) Who is quoted as saying “Do in Rome as the Romans do”?

Passage Ⅰ Pre-reading Activity

(1) What is the origin of Thanksgiving Day?(2) How did the early settlers survive their first winter in the New World? (3)What does a traditional Thanksgiving dinner usually include?(4) What do people do if they can’t join the family for Christmas?

Passage II

When I Was in America

Passage I

Thanksgiving Day and

Christmas

Unit Nine

Passage I

Celebrating

Holidays

Public Holidays in the West

early in the new year. The main content is to hold a parade, a party, and other joyful activities.

Carnival

Valentine’s Day

February 14, for lovers to express their love to each other.

Public Holidays in the West

April Fool’s Day

the first day of April. People can make and tell white jokes to one another.

Public Holidays in the West

usually in early April. This is a religious festival. On the very Sunday morning, children are busy looking for the color eggs assumed to be given by the Easter rabbit.

Public Holidays in the West

Easter

Halloween

the evening of October 31. Dancing parties are held with people wearing fancy masks.

Public Holidays in the West

不给糖就捣蛋

December 25th.

Celebrate Jesus birthday.

Celebrate the sun god begin his journey .

Public Holidays in the West

Christmas

Traditional Christmas dinner

Turkey

Ham

Sweet potato

Vegetables

Cranberry sauce

( 越橘调味汁 )

Mince pie

The title of the song may be translated as “ 圣诞夜” or “ 平安夜” . It is a very sweet Christmas carol.

Silent Night, Holy Night

Santa Claus

Related Information

Patron saint of children. The legend first came from Holland and was brought to the US by Dutch immigrants. In America, Santa Claus is fat and jolly, with white hair and beard, and rides in the sky in a reindeer-drawn sleigh, delivering gifts to children at Christmas Eve.

引导定语从句means “specifically,solely

”

1. (Para. 1) Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November is uniquely an American holiday which dates back to the arrival of some of the first European settlers in the New World.

每年 11 月的第四个星期四的感恩节是唯有美国才有的节日。它可以追溯到第一批欧洲人移居到新大陆的时期。

Translation

Difficult Sentences

Subjunctive Mood

2. (Para. 1) However, those early settlers would not have survived their first cold winter without the help of their native Indian neighbors, who taught them how to plant corns, and how to hunt wild deer.

然而，如果没有当地印第安人的帮助，那些早期的移民是无法度过他们在那里的第一个凛冽寒冬的。这些土著印第安邻居教他们如何种植玉米及如何狩猎野鹿。

Translation

引导非限制性定语从句

Difficult Sentences

Very few people in this area survived the earthquake.

真幸运 , 这位老妇人在这次事故中幸免于难。

The old lady was so lucky that she survived the accident.

continue to live or exist, remain alive after, live or exist longer than 幸免于；比…长命

survivesurvive v.

Important Words

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

He observed that it had turned cloudy.

我们通常在家过生日。

We always observe birthdays at home.

所有的司机都应该遵守交通法规。

All drivers should observe traffic laws strictly.

see and notice; watch carefully 看，观察celebrate; obey 庆祝；遵守

observeobserve v.

Important Words

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

Don’t you think we should include some examples in this paragraph?

这本书包括 20 章。

This book includes 20 chapters.

bring in, reckon, as part of the whole

包括，包括在内

includeinclude v.v.

Important Words

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

Don’t associate with these dishonest persons.

We always associate the Great Wall with China.

join or connect, be often in the company of ...

联系，联络，有关系

associateassociate v.

# associate … with … 把……和……联系起来

Important Words

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

Teachers should maintain close ties with the students.

The workers are busy maintaining the roads before winter comes.

You should learn to maintain your rights as a citizen.

continue to keep up, retain 保持，维护；保养，供养maintainmaintain v.

Important Words

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

Summary of the passage I

The author wants to tell us the origin of the Thanksgiving Day and How to celebrate it and Christmas. He also mentions Why Christmas is a family holiday.

Reading skill: Predicting(1)

Predicting means to guess something, based on some information. Weathermen predict the weather, using clues and information. Research shows that readers who are skillful at predicting information, read more quickly and accurately. One way to use prediction in your reading is to make questions before you read.

Reading skill: Predicting(2)

Asking your own pre-reading questions makes you an active reader. Another way to make predictions is to use your own background knowledge (what you already know) to imagine what the writer will say.

Practical Writing:

  Notices and posters are very common in our daily life, and they are often used to offer information about social functions. Therefore, we should not only learn to read them, but also learn to write them

Instruction

Notes:

1) The poster gives us a clear idea of the sponsor, time and place;

2) The poster uses some parallel sentences to catch its audience’s eye;

3) The body of the poster is like a Christmas tree, and the fonts are different. It aims to highlight the effect of the poster.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUFFET

Fancy learning British English in an enjoyable way!Fancy having some real British fish and chips in thi

s city!

TIME: Fri.Oct.9, 3:00-5:00 p.m.PLACE: Hilten Coffee Shop

Grammar in UseExercises:1.Complete the following sentences using

the comparative degree form.1) The boy plans his time better (well) and

more carefully (carefully) than ever before.

2) He earns more (much) money, but less (little) respect than he used to.

3) The earlier (early) you start, the sooner (soon) you’ll finish the work.

Grammar in Use

2. Correct the errors in the forms of comparative or superlative degree in the following sentences.

1)This is a very poor excuse I have ever heard.

2)The Yellow River is the second long river in China.

3)Christmas is the more important celebration than Thanksgiving Day.

1.This is the poorest excuse I have ever heard.

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.

Christmas is a more important celebration than Thanksgiving Day.

Group Activities:

Discuss the main ideas of each paragraph in Passage Ⅱ

Activity 1

Activity 2

Write down the summary of this passage according to those main ideas.