,Giving Thanks,-2012年11月20日,Writing Three Thank-You Letters,Part1 Global Reading,What western festivals have you known?,Christmas Day Saint Valentines Day Easter April Fools Day Halloween Thanksgiving Day,Lets watch a video. And then share with us how do you celebrate Thanksgiving Day and express your gratitude?,The ways we celebrate Thanksgiving Day are various. Today we will go to learn about how Alex Haley expressed his gratitude. Before reading, lets know some proper names of the article.,Proper Names Alex Haley 亞歷克斯黑利 USS United States Ship 美國軍艦 Murzim 軍市一（軍艦名，原為星名） Tulagi 圖拉吉島（位于所羅門群島南部的島嶼） Pacific (the P) 太平洋 Thanksgiving (Day) 感恩節(jié) (美國節(jié)日，指每年11月的第4個星期四),Proper Names Pilgrim （移居美洲的）英國清教徒 Simon A. Haley 西蒙A黑利 Pine Bluff 派恩布拉夫（美國地名） Cynthia Palmer 辛西婭帕爾默 the Rev. Lonual Nelson 洛紐爾納爾遜牧師 Pete 皮特 （Peter的昵稱，耶穌十二門徒之一）,Summarize ： Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War II. On an especially lonely day to be at sea-Thanksgiving Day -he began to give serious thought to a holiday that has becomed.,Summarize ： For many Americans, a day of overeating and watching endless games of football. Haley decided to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving by writing three very special letters.,Structure of the text: Turn to page 145, we know that the text can be divided into four parts. But do you know the reason of the structure and the main idea of each part? Now think of them and write down.,Structure of the text Part One (1-9) On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before.,Structure of the text Part Two (10-16) The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother.,Structure of the text Part Three (17-23) The writer got three letters in reply. Part Four (24-26) The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it.,Part2 Detailed Reading,Answer the questions, and you will know more about the article.,Giving Thanks,1.According to the whole article，who have impressed the writer most during his life ? What have they done for the writer ?,Answer the questions, and you will know more about the article.,Giving Thanks,2.It must have taken me a half hour to sense that maybe some key to an answer could result from reversing the word “Thanksgiving” - at least that suggested a verbal direction, “Giving thanks.（para6） ？How do you understand the red words？,Answer the questions, and you will know more about the article.,Giving Thanks,Id always just accepted what theyd done, taken all of it for granted. Not one time had I ever bothered to express to any of them so much as a simple, sincere “Thank you.”（para9） 我向來對他們所做的一切受之泰然，認(rèn)為是理所應(yīng)當(dāng)。我一次也沒想過要對他們中的任何一位真心誠意地說一句簡單的謝謝。 It wanted to show the importance of thank-you.,Answer the questions, and you will know more about the article.,Giving Thanks,3. How do you understand para6 and para9 , what are their functions in the article? They serve as a connecting link between the preceding and the following. 承上啟下,Answer the questions, and you will know more about the article.,Giving Thanks,4. whats the main ideas of the article? How do you understand ? How most human beings go about longing in secret for more of their fellows to express appreciation for their efforts. para24 Find the good - and praise it. para26,Giving Thanks,Father The Rev.Nelson Grandmother,Giving Thanks,Father （paragraphs 13and21）,Giving Thanks,The Rev.Nelson （paragraphs 14and22）,Giving Thanks,Language study,Giving Thanks,Part1: Transformation: write this sentence in other form,1. I was one of the Murzims several cooks and， quite the same as for folk ashore，this Thanksgiving morning had seen us busily preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey. I was one of the Murzims several cooks at that time. On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, we just like people on land, were busy with preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey.,Giving Thanks,2. So many times I have felt a sadness when exposed to modern children so immersed in the electronic media that they have little or no awareness of the marvelous world to be discovered in books. I have often felt sorry, when I see modern children so addicted to electronic media that they cant find the pleasure in the books.,Giving Thanks,I thanked her for the years of eating her good cooking, the equal of which I had not found since.,I thanked her for the years of eating her good cooking , since then I hadnt found any cooking as good as hers.,Giving Thanks,Part2: Vocabulary,Delicately adv. 纖細(xì)的；微小的；精美的 1）in a delicate manner 2）finely shaped features 3）her fine drawn body Eg. This booklet is delicately made.,Giving Thanks,Upon prep. 1)在上 The small ripple split upon the beach. 2）緊接著；在后立即 Upon finishing homework Mary rushed out to play with friends. 3）逼近；接近 Christmas is almost upon us again. 4）根據(jù) We acted upon his instructions. 5）（走）上；（爬）上 He climbed upon his horse.,but,Giving Thanks,I find my thoughts upon how much you have done for me, but I have never stopped and Upon 要怎么理解？ （P140 段落12）,Giving Thanks,Graduated 逐漸發(fā)展 In fact, this graduated into a family habit of after-dinner quizzes at the（P140 段落 13）,Giving Thanks,And briefly I recalled for each of them specific acts performed on my behalf.,Specific 明確的 具體的 Briefly 短暫地 簡單地 On ones behalf for sb. In the interests of sb, 為了(某人)的利益，為了（某人） 而我短暫地回顧了他們?yōu)榱宋叶龅狞c(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴.,Giving Thanks,Part3: sentences,Not one time had I ever bo