全新版大学英语综合教程第三册Unit5.ppt

Text A  Writing Three Thank-you Letters Pre-reading Questions Cultural Notes Text Structure Language points Text Analysis Review Pre-reading Questions ---Can you say something about the Thanksgiving day? ---If you think you need to express your thanks, who would you like to thank? And For what? ---Are holidays a good time to express gratitude? Which holidays are the most appropriate? Cultural Notes Thanksgiving: 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. It 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. Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberries. 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 Macy’s 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. Thanksgiving is considered as the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents. 2.Pilgrims The term is referred to the 102 English people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Their group included 35 Puritans whose aim was to create a safe religious community in the New World. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, and they established the Plymouth colony. They arrived at