一、重点词汇词组 god
神,上帝 sweetie
可爱的人 leader
领导者 immigrant
移民
settler
殖民者,移居者 myth
神话
belief
相信,信念 religion
宗教
celebration
庆祝,祝贺 succeful
成功的 feast
盛宴 prayer
祈祷
二、重点词组
1.have sb over招待邀请某人
2.give thanks to sb for sth因某事向某人致谢
3.It’s（a）time for sb to do sth .是某人做某事的时间了 4.get together聚集到一起 5.a bit of 一点儿
6.be thankful to sb for sth因某事而感激某人 7.in one way or another以各种方式 8.search for寻找
9.more than a little bit不止一点儿 10.describe „ as „ 把„„描述为„„ 11.soon after在„„之后不久
12.have problems with与„„有矛盾；在„„方面有问题 13.break out突然发生，爆发 14.in fact事实上
15.be surprised to do 对做某事感到吃惊 16.take place 发生
17.be similar to 与„„相似
18.offer prayers to sb向某人祈祷 19.in the beginning在开始，在起端 20.provide sb with sth 向某人提供某物
21.be grateful to sb for sth因某事而感激某人 22.bring pleasure to sb给某人带来欢乐
23.teach sb a leon给某人一个教训 24.share sth with sb与某人分享某物 25.agree on sth在某事上达成共识
三、重点难点分析
1.My mom’s having some of our friends over for Thanksgiving .我妈妈将邀请一些朋友来家里过感恩节。
have „ over的意思是“招待（某人）来家里、邀请（某人）的意思。”这个句子还可以用have „up表示同样的含义。试比较：
My mother is having some of our friends up for Thanksgiving 2.We give thanks to God for all that we have got .我们因所得到的东西而向上帝感恩。 give（one’s）thanks to sb for sth的意思为“因为某事而向某人致谢”，表示同样意思的类似词组还有: thank sb for（doing） sth be thankful to sb for sth 例如: We must thank my teacher for helping me a lot .我必须感谢老师给我那么多的帮助。
We are thankful to the young boy for giving as the meage .我们感谢这个小孩子给我们这个信息。
3.The Great Spirit decided to teach her a leon , she would have no face , nor could she talk to the people , the birds , or the animals of the forest .大神决定给她一个教训：她没有脸，也不能和人、鸟或森林中的动物讲话。
teach sb a leon的意思是“给某人一个教训”例如: The accident which was caused by carelene taught him a leon forever .由粗心引发的事故给他一个永久的教训。
I’ll teach you a good leon. 我要好好教训你一顿.nor +助动词/情态动词/系动词+主语是倒装句，表示“也不”，肯定句用so。 例如: I haven’t been there , nor has he .我没出去过那里，他也没有。 四.语法分析
Americans have been celebrating Thanksgiving in one way or another since the 1600 s .美国人自17世纪以来一直以这种或那种方式庆祝感恩节。
have been celebrating为动词celebrate的现在完成进行时。所谓现在完成进行时就是指
“一个动作从过去某时开始，一直持续到说话时刻还在进行”。 由have / has been + v- ing 构成.试比较: 五.习题检测与解析 I.Change sentences 1.The woman thanked the man for saving her son .（同义句） The woman
the man who
her son .2.The old man seemed to believe in the God strongly .（同义句） the old man
a strong
the God.3.She didn’t want a little bread to eat .（同义句） She
bread to eat .4.The owner had the dog look after his house .（被动语态） The dog
look after his house .5.I would’ t like to destroy the quiet environment .（倒装句、并列句）
He wouldn’t like to destroy the quiet environment .I wouldn’t like to destroy the quiet environment , I
he like to destroy the quiet environment .II.Close Test.Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven 1 off the ground.You cannot jump any higher because the earth 2 you hard.The pull of the earth is 3 gravity.You can easily 4 out the pull of the earth.If you weigh 5 , you will know how 6 gravity is pulling you.Since there is gravity, water runs downhill.When you 7 a ball into the air, it falls back down.Because of gravity you do not fall off the earth 8 it turns around.Then, can you get 9 from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented.The spaceship will go so fast that it can get rid of the earth’s gravity and 10 you into space.1. A.foots B.foot C.feet
D.feets 2. A.pulls B.push C.make
D.hits 3. A.calling B.called C.told
D.spoke 4. A.find
B.found C.looked D.way 5. A.you
B.your C.yours D.yourself 6. A.much
B.many C.heavy D.long 7. A.are thrown B.throw C.throwing D.threw 8. A.as
B.and C.because D.or 9. A.off
B.away C.lost
D.left 10. A.move
B.bring C.carry D.throw III..Read the following paage and fill in the blanks The, Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring.Though there are some sayings about its origin ,( 起源)，all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast (野兽) that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time.People were very afraid.One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this.To Nian he said, “I hear say that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemy (敌人)?” “Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth.People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.After that, the old man, who was a god (神), rode on the beast Nian and left.Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life.Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.From then on ,every year at the beginning of spring, people “Guo Nian”.The word “Guo Nian” means “Go through the Nian safely”.Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people.However (但是), people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the colour and the food make the New year very enjoyable.1).The Chinese New Year is also called__________.A.The Beginning of Spring
B.The Spring Festival C.The New Spring
D.The Beast Nian 2) .How did the old man stop Nian from eating people? A. By putting red paper-cuts on windows.
B.By eating up beasts.C.By talking to him.
D.By riding on him.3)..Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other colour? A.Because Nian liked the colour red.B.Because the colour red could kill Nian.C.Because the old man liked the colour red.D.Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.4) .The best title of this paage is______.A. The Origin Of The Chinese New Year B. The Old Man And The Beast Nian C. How To Go Through The Nian Safely D. What Nian Was Like 5).Which of the sentences is true? A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.B. Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals.C. Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.D. Nian doesn’t like to use his own mind 答案及解析: I.1.gave , thanks , to , had saved
2.It , seemed , that , had, belief , in 3.wanted , much 4.was had to 5.nor, would , he , Neither , nor , would II.1-5 CABAD 6-10 ABABC 第1题，foot的复数形式是feet。
第2题，pull\"拉\"，push\"推\"，你不能跳得很高，那是由于地球在\"拉\"你。 第4题，该句的意思是，\"你很容易会发现地球的拉力\"。Find out是固定搭配\"发现、找出\"的意思。
第7题，这是讲的一种普遍状态，所以应该用动词的一般现在时。 第9题，从空格后面的from我们知道应该用get away\"远离\"。 III.1).根据常识可知B为“春节”
2).从第二自然段的
3、4行可知，是通过谈话告知Nian这种怪兽的。 3).从文中第三自然段最后一句话可知是D。 4).全文讲的是中国“年”的由来，所以选A。
5).该是根据全文采用排除法，A，并非一次吃尽所有动物；B，讲话中并未提到farm an animals; C, Nian怕的是红纸。
