外教社大学英语B1U8

《实nit 8 Festivals
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Question 1: Have you ever celebrated Christmas? How was the celebration like? Ask the students to recall the most memorable Christmas they have had and share their experiences with the class. Question 2: Do you have any idea how Christmas is Hints celebrated in Western countries? Christmas is on December 25th, but the Christmas holiday usually starts from the night before — Christmas Eve — and lasts one or two weeks. Special things: well-decorated Christmas trees; Father Christmas (Santa Claus) Special foods: roast turkey, plum pudding, pumpkin pie
Unit 8 Festivals
Objectives In this unit, you will — read a story about a memorable Christmas; — learn the names of some popular festivals;
— see how New Year’s Day is celebrated in the United States;
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Unit 8 Festivals
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American homes are decorated with holly and mistletoe, and most have a Christmas tree hung with electric lights, tinsel, baubles, and strings of popcorn and candy canes. The children expect Father Christmas (Santa Claus) to bring them presents on Christmas Eve. Christmas is a time for eating and drinking too, and dinner usually includes roast turkey, goose, duck or ham served with cranberry sauce, plum pudding or pumpkin pie followed by nuts and fruit.
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established a national observance of Father’s Day to ____ be (4) on the third Sunday of June, coming almost held after Mother’s Day had been sixty years (5) ____ established. Today, Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor our fathers, but all men who act as fatherlike figures.
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B. Fill in the blanks of the following passage according to what you have just heard.
Mrs. John B. Dodd of Washington first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted __________ a special day (1) to honor her father, William Smart, who remained___ single after his wife died. Mr. Smart was left to six raise (2) children all by himself. Mrs. Dodd wanted Father’s Day to be celebrated on the first Sunday in _______ birthday June, her father’s (3) . But it wasn’t until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June Father’s Day. In 1972, President Richard Nixon
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3. New Year’s Day: New Year’s Day, the first day of a brand-new year, is celebrated on January 1st. It is customary for people to celebrate the first few minutes of the new year with family and friends. In the United States, people begin celebration on December 31, New Year’s Eve. People may have masquerade balls, where guests dress up in costumes and cover their faces with masks and unmask at midnight. Near midnight people may gather in Times Square in the heart of New York City or watch television. At 11:59 p.m., one minute before midnight, a lighted ball drops slowly from the top to the bottom of a pole. People count down
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2. Flaming Pudding: Pudding is a traditional dessert for Christmas dinner, which usually combines sugar, milk, flour, and plums. When the pudding is made, people may pour hot rum or whiskey around the pudding and ignite it, making it flaming pudding.
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Unit 8 Festivals
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at the same time as the ball drops. When it reaches the bottom, the New Year sign lights up. People hug and kiss, and wish each other “Happy New Year!” On January 1st, Americans visit friends, relatives and neighbors and wish them the best for the year ahead and may write down their New Year’s resolutions, though most of them are broken or forgotten by February!
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Unit 8 Festivals
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1. Christmas: Christmas, set on Dec. 25th, is historically a religious festival which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, but nowadays it has become a non-religious holiday. Generally the holiday starts from the night before, Christmas Eve, and may last until New Year’s Day. The majority of Americans celebrate Christmas with the exchange of gifts and greetings and with family visits.