1、Unit 5Giving Thanks In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. On that day, Americans give thanks for the blessings they have enjoyed during the year. Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely

2、connected with the earliest history of the country. 在美國(guó)，每年11月的最后一個(gè)周四稱為”感恩節(jié)”，在那天，美國(guó)人為每年得到的上天賜福表示感激,感恩節(jié)是美國(guó)國(guó)定假日中最地道、最美國(guó)式的節(jié)日，而且它和早期美國(guó)歷史最為密切相關(guān)。 People will bring together their families and friends to have a feast Thanksgiving dinner.Delicious FoodText A Part One 1-9On Thanksgiving Day 1943, the writer c

3、ame up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before.Part Tow 10-16The writers three thank-you letters Part Three 17-23The writer got three letters in reply.Part Four 24-26The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it.Thank him for teaching the writer from

4、 boyhood to love books and reading.Thank him for his morning school prayersThank him for teaching the writer how to tell the truth, to share, to be forgivingTells his son how he, as a teacher and father, felt content with him.About his retirement with self-doubt, and the reassurance the letter broug

5、ht to him.Expresses her loving gratefulness for her grandsonText B The Power of GratitudeThis is a scientific experiment 1.Record your thanks (Take a gratitude journal)2.See the patterns (The happiness that comes from the action itself,not the result of it.)3.Catch the boomerang （Gratitude,when expr

6、essed to others,almost always comes back around.)4.Seize the moment (Reach out to others;share something）What can we dospecific 意思是具體的、特定的、明確的。special 意思是特殊的、專門的，強(qiáng)調(diào)某事物的特殊性 或特殊用途。particular 意思是特殊的、特別的。強(qiáng)調(diào)事物的獨(dú)特性、 突出性。especial 是 special 的舊式的正式用語(yǔ)，用于強(qiáng)調(diào)。specific, special, especial ， particular均有“特殊的、特別的”的意

7、思。swift 是指速度很快，運(yùn)動(dòng)平穩(wěn)或輕捷靈巧而毫不費(fèi)力。prompt 指迅速及時(shí)，常含快得令人愉悅的意味。rapid 用以描繪運(yùn)動(dòng)本身的速度，表示速度驚人。quick 指即刻發(fā)生，常用來(lái)表示反應(yīng)敏捷，也可指速度 的快。swift，prompt，rapid ，quick均有“快的、迅速的”的意思?？键c(diǎn)分析 - 短語(yǔ) All the way 自始至終 and the rest 等等 any way 無(wú)論如何 By way of 經(jīng)由,通過(guò)的方法 by virtue of 依靠,借助于 get to sth./doing sth. 開(kāi)始考慮, 做事 in quest of 尋求,探求 so mu

8、ch as 甚至 turn over 思考 考點(diǎn)分析 - 句子我信步走去，一邊深深呼吸著空氣，一邊慢慢地踱著步，頭上仍戴著那頂白色的廚師帽。 在這個(gè)長(zhǎng)句中有三個(gè) -ing 分詞：breathing、walking 和 wearing。breathing 為 made my way out 的伴隨狀語(yǔ)，walking 與 while 連用表示與 breathing 這一動(dòng)作同時(shí)發(fā)生，wearing 為 walking 的伴隨狀語(yǔ)。I made my way out there, breathing in great, deep draughts while walking slowly abou

9、t, still wearing my white cooks hat.and my reading of their letters left me not only astonished but more humbled than before.leave 常用于結(jié)構(gòu)：leave sb. + adj./past participle，adj./past participle（此處為 not only astonished but more humbled than before）為賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。 我讀了信，既覺(jué)得震驚，又深感卑微。 Grateful to those who reprimanded you ,because he contributed to your patience! Grateful to those who abandoned you ,because he taught you to be independent! Grateful to those who deceive you ,because he enhanced your knowledge!