1. 李春艳 Book four Unit 8 Thanksgiving
Lesson 30 (give a title for this story)
李春艳

2. Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving Day

3. What are the people holding?
Balloons like turkeys

4. Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving Day

5. Listen to the tape and tell what the paragraph is about
Main idea:
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
A false story
What happened after the first thanksgiving
The true story of how the thanksgiving tradition started

6. Merry Christmas (to you).
Thank you, and the same to you.
(Thanks, and you too.
Merry Christmas)

7. western holidays Jan.1st New year's day Mar.12th Easter
Apr.1st April fool's day
The second Sunday in May Mother's day
The fourth Thursday of November ---thanksgiving day
Dec.25th Christmas day

8. What’s the Chinese festival
The Spring Festival

9. Do we have a similar tradition in China?
How do we express our thanks for all that we receive?

10. What do you know about Mid-Autumn Festival?
When
The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
Where
China
How
Family members get together to eat mooncakes and other delicacies; people look up at the full silver moon and think of their dear ones far away

11. Do you like western holidays or chinese festivals better?
debate