M2U2（9分钟）

Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.

Thanksgiving.

1.Thanksgiving is an American festival.

2.It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

3.It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends.

4.People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.

5.We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century.

6.While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter.

7.The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn.

8.The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.

9.We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner.

10.The kitchen is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food.

11.We lay the table, and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food.

12.so we remember why we celebrate the festival.

13.We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year!

14.We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well.

15.When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.

16.The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate.

17.During the festival,there are plenty of other things to see and do.

18.We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

19.The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s store.

20.Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season,and we start shopping for presents.

21.Football is also important at Thanksgiving,with many teams playing games.

22.Like many Americans,we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.

生词表：

T:have celebrated  已经开始庆祝

festival  节日

since  自从

pioneers 拓荒者

1.Thanksgiving 感恩节

American 美国的 

2.fourth  第四个

Thursday  周四

November 十一月

3.special dinner 特殊聚餐

among ...之间 

4.short speeches 简短的致辞

5.first  第一个

pioneers  拓荒者

England   英格兰

seventeenth century 17世纪

6.Atlantic  大西洋

landed  登陆

worse than  更糟糕 

7.local 当地的

the Native Americans  美洲印第安人

corn  玉米

8.following year 第二年 

9.Thanksgiving  感恩节

traditional 传统的

10.kitchen  厨房

crowded 拥挤的

prepare 准备 

11.lay  摆放

12.remember 记得

festival 节日

13.too much 太多

once a year  一年一次

14.tell stories  讲故事

as well 也

15.wash  洗

dishes 盘子

16.travel  旅游

celebrate 庆祝

17.during  在...期间

plenty of  很多

18.watch  观看

Parade  大游行

19.goes along  沿着

store 商店

20.presents 礼物

21.important  重要的

teams 球队 

22.like 像

television  电视

enjoy ourselves 过得愉快 

汉语译文：

自从第一批拓荒者来到美国，我们就开始庆祝这个节日。

感恩节

1.感恩节是一个美国节日。

2.人们在11月的第四个星期四庆祝它。

3.这是家人和朋友共同吃一顿特殊晚餐的时间。

4.人们作简短的致辞,为食物而感恩。

5.自17世纪首批来自英格兰的拓荒者乘船抵达美洲大陆以来,我们就一直庆祝这个节日。

6.当他们横渡大西洋时,很多人死了,而登陆之后,他们的第一个冬天比英格兰的任何一个冬天都要糟糕。

7.当地人,也就是美洲印第安人,教这些拓荒者如何种植玉米。

8.第二年他们一起享用新收获的食物,共同欢庆(丰收)。

9.我们今天仍然以吃一顿传统的晚餐的方式来庆祝感恩节。

10.厨房总是我们家里最拥挤的房间,因为我们所有人都在帮忙准备食物。

11.我们摆放餐具,然后在吃饭前,我父亲因食物表示感恩.

12.因此我们都记得为何我们要庆祝这个节日。

13.我们通常吃得太多,但是一年只有一次!

14.我们常常谈论很多而且在饭后也讲故事。

15.当结束时,所有人都帮忙洗盘子。

16.当家人和朋友相聚庆祝节日时,这也是一个旅游旺季。

17.在节日期间,有很多其他可看的东西和可做的事情。

18.我们住在纽约市,所以去观看梅西感恩节大游行。

19.游行会走过好几条街,并最终在著名的梅西商店结束。

20.感恩节是圣诞节假期的开始,我们开始购买礼物。

21.橄榄球在感恩节期间也很重要,很多球队都打比赛。

22.像很多美国人一样,我们通常在电视上观看比赛,而且过得很开心。