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Unit 5How to
CelebrateHolidays []
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Objectives
• To get to know the brief history of some major holidays
• To grasp the main purpose of this writing
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• To understand the author’s literary( 文学的 ) writing style
• To be able to write letters of gratitude
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Lead-in Activities
Discussion• Do you think people are too busy to spend
many important occasions with their families?
• Last winter, many migrant workers who wanted to go home were stuck in the train stations in South China due to the snowstorm, what is your opinion on that?
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• People have a great number
of means to spend holidays,
such as traveling, camping,
partying, etc. What is your favorite way to celebrate holidays?
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Writing Three Thank-you Letters
• By Alex Haley,( American writer of Roots)
published on November21, 1982 by Parade Magazine
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Words and expressions
• Para1
• Under way– in motion or operation, having started and making progress
Eg. The nationwide medical reform is now under way.
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Cultural Notes• Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the forth Thursday in November.
For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas.
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• Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America.
In 1620 the ship Mayflower arrived, bringing 150 people, among whom many died of hunger and coldness.
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• Today people celebrate thanksgiving to remember these early days.
• The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinners with foods that come from North America.
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• In the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were sage 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.
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The Pilgrims
• The English Puritans 清教徒 who went to America and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• pilgrims 朝圣者
eg. The pilgrims are on their way to Mecca.
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Para 1• Most holds…the other holds
--the ‘hold’ on a ship 货舱
• Padded racks 垫过的架子 a padded seat/padded envelop
a jacket with padded shoulders
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Para4
• Afterdeck 后甲板
• Draught [drα:ft] 气流
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Para 3
• …put everything away…
--remove something to a place where it is usually stored
Eg. The kids are asked to put the toys away in the cupboard.
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Para 5
• I go to thinking about Thanksgiving.
Get/go to + sth/doing sth
--begin to deal with or give serious thought to
Eg. I have got to wondering why I took this course.
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Para 6
• In quest of
--looking for/searching for/seeking
Eg. I went to the school library in quest of Roots.
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Para 6
• Reverse
-- turn around to the opposite direction; exchange the position of
Eg. Why don’t you reverse the order so that I play first and she plays second?
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Para 8
• Yet my mind continued turning the idea over.
--think about; consider
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Para 10
• I realized, swallowing hard…
--often because of being nervous or frightened. Here the author tried to control his sad emotions by doing it.
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Para 10
• So they were forever beyond any possible expression of gratitude form me.
--they cannot receive my gratitude forever as they have passed away.
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Para 10
• Cabin 船舱;机舱
• Cabinet 储藏柜
• The Cabinet 内阁
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Para 11
• genuine –faithful; sincere
• Statement –sth that is said or written, esp. formally and officially
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Para 11
• Grammar school
--a type of secondary school which provides academic (contrasted with technical) courses
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Para12 • On one’s behalf/on the behalf of sb
--for sb; in the interests of sb; as the representative of sb
Eg. He delivered a speech on the behalf of all the graduates on Graduation Day.
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Para13 • Diminish—make or become smaller
or less
Eg. Time will not diminish our friendship
• so immersed in
-- so absorbed in; engaged in deeply
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Para 15
• the equal of which I had not found since
--since then I hadn’t found any cooking as good as hers
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Para 17• Sometimes, when we were at sea, a
mil ship would rendezvous and bring us mail from home.
rendezvous n. point of assembling
/v. to assemble
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Para 17• We accorded topmost priority.
accord
--grant
The headmaster accorded me permission to attend the seminar.
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Para 18
• Two hundred-odd shipmates came pounding up on deck…
two hundred or so
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Para 19
• Humble
Being modest by lowering oneself
Eg. …my humble house…
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Para 22• Undergo –go through, experience
Eg. No one can force you to undergo a medical examination.
Swift—rapid, prompt
Eg. Because of the swift, enormous growth of the urban areas many farmers left their villages in quest of work.
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Para 23• … a finished page would consume
hours…
--cost 耗费
Eg. This job is extremely time-consuming.
• --who she used to diaper
--change diaper 换尿布
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Writing Strategy--how to write thank-you letter
• Read the four sample thank-you letters on p184
• Seek the features about writing thank-you letters and take a look at the writing strategy on p185
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Assignment• To read text B Where Is Home?
• To write three thank-you letters in the name of our author to the three people he mentioned in the article
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Requirements• Your three thank-you letters should
be written in accordance with the requirement on P185.
• You need to use unrepeated words to express you gratitude to the three people.