Give thanks

The Indian sent five deer.
President Obama’s Address Watch a video clip and fill in the blanks.
prosperity and in For centuries, in peace and in war, in _________ adversity, Americans have paused at this time of year to gather with loved ones and give thanks for life’s blessings. This week, we carry on this________ distinctly American tradition. All across our country, folks are coming together to spend time with family, to catch up with old friends, to cook and enjoy a big dinner — and maybe to watch a little football in between.
Giving Thanks
Text A Writing three ThankYou Letters
• Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday. • Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

Thanksgiving DayIt's Thanksgiving morning, 2007, and before I start wail ing about what isn't right in my life, I think I should give thanks for what is right. First of all, of course, would be my husband, children and their children, without whom life would be empty for me. I often think how sad it would be, to be alone in this world. Then I thought back to the days when my children were finally giving me some long-awaited grandchildren. That, I hoped, guaranteed I'd have little ones around for a lot of years to give me lots of love and hugs. I thought back to my stress-free feelings at that time...Grandchildren have a way of bringing life back into our lives. Mine do - all fifteen of them. In a world of so many lonely people, I feel blessed that my life is filled with happy, energetic progeny; all so different, yet defined by drops of my DNA. I often look at them with utter amazement - that from my genes (okay, maybe a few others) these rarefied beings sprang forth.When our children get married, how we yearn for that first grandchild. How we look with envy (and secretly dislike) our friends who made the Big G before we did. Those mean-spirited grandmothers who whip out strings of pictures as long as a football field; how they drone on and on about their MensaClub-intellect grandchildren, and prattle on about the little cherub's accomplishments, ad nauseam.But, oh, when ours do come along, it's so different. No grandchild has ever been as beautiful at birth, as attentive and wide-eyed; even the birth weight and length become things to crow about. All of a sudden we're sporting a backpack stuffed with pictures in every conceivable pose known to man.But, aside from this constant need to push pictures of our grandchild into our friend's faces, there is something else grandmothers have in common. After interviewing many women on the feelings they experienced at their grandchild's birth, the final consensus was this: we all had an overwhelming emotional pull, but also a feeling of complete stress-free contentment.Did we feel this same emotional pull when our children were born? Well, if we did it was smothered under anxiety and the fear of what to do with this baby when the nurse told us to get up so someone else could occupy the bed.I think I've come up with a reasonable answer for this stress. As young mothers giving birth, we came face to face with this small blob of protoplasm and had no clue where to start. They might as well have put a blindfold over oureyes when they handed us this warm, stuffed blanket and wheeled us toward the hospital exit: "Goodbye. Good Luck!"Unfortunately, babies don't come with How-To books. There's no user's manual with instructions on operating this howling little person. No tag dangling from a tiny pink toe with instructions on care.Now enter the grandmother. Here is this same tiny blob of protoplasm, only now it doesn't fall on grandma's shoulders to see that this child survives, walks, talks, eats, sleeps, matures into a perfect citizen, and is socially acceptable. We leave the hospital after visiting hours full of emotion, full of love, but absolutely free of stress.As the baby grows from infant to toddler, we hold them close to inhale their milky-moist breath, search their faces for any resemblance of our own children, ourselves, our DNA. And it is totally stress-free. We get to love them, cuddle them, spoil them, and then send them home to the responsible party from whence they came.At the end of a visit, how we hate to give up these soft, precious creations of God. We can taste their hello and goodbye kisses long after they've delivered them. How we look forward with such anticipation to see them again. We allow them to do things we never allowed our own children to get away with, which is pointed out to us by our children on a regular basis.And, if this child develops traits not to our liking, well, of course we are duty-bound to tell their parents how we would have handled that in our day.But, alas, children grow. And, we are only humans - albeit older humans. I doubt there's a grandparent who will ever admit to this, but after a weekend of running after the precious little toddlers, tripping over their toys, watching our spotless homes fill with smudges, drips and scuffs, the inimitable words of the late Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. come to mind as the taillights disappear down the street: "Free at last, free at last. . ."Fast-forward a few years, and guess who takes credit for all the grandchildren's accomplishments? Of course - we do. Where else would that child have inherited that porcelain skin, that thick head of hair, that high I.Q.?Fast-forward again. As we age, so do our grandchildren. But our love is unflagging. Now it seems there is scarcely any time for grandma. But we know we can catch a peek at them on a baseball diamond, soccer field, or class play, if only just to crow to the stranger sitting next to us "...that's my grandchild!"Next in this voyage to adulthood comes the dating game. Grandma Who? We might get calls every now and then asking if they can drop by to show us a new prom dress or a tux, their school pictures or report cards. Can we sew up a quickie little item for a school play or dance class? - it won't take long, Grammy. Or, "...ah Grams, got any extra bread?" As I head for the kitchen it dawns on me ... oh, that kind of bread - then I head for my purse.I had an eye-opener on how one of my grandchildren views me: I was attending a ball game where my youngest grandson was playing. At the end of the game he came running up to me oozing sweat and smiles. "Grams, did you see the great throws I made? Did you see my home runs?""I did, honey. You were great. Are you going to keep playing baseball?""Heck yeah," he answered, without hesitation. "When I'm older I'm gonna play Pro ball."I was most impressed. "How wonderful," I said. "You know professional ballplayers make a lot of money. You can take care of Grams in my old age."He thought about that for a second, looked me straight in the eye and replied, "But Grams, you're already old and I'm only eight!"Oh, all right, maybe I'll have to depend on some of my older grandchildren to help me in my dotage. But, I thank God everyday that I have them to depend on - for stress-free love.难忘感恩节那是2007年感恩节早上，在我后悔抽泣生命中出现的错的之前，我认为应该先感恩生命中对的事。

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感恩节期间美国城乡都要举行化装游 行、喜剧表演、射击、打靶等体育比赛。 晚上家人围坐在一起吃传统的烤火鸡和 南瓜馅饼的感恩宴。
火鸡是感恩节的传统主菜。它原是栖 息于北美洲的野禽，后经人们大批饲养， 成为美味家禽，每只可重达四五十磅。 按照食谱，一直20磅左右的火鸡要烤上 4个小时，直到火鸡完全熟烂了。它需要 整只烤出，鸡皮烤成深棕色，肚子里还 要塞上许多拌好的食物，如碎面包等。 烤火鸡的汁，会被用来制成粘稠的肉酱， 伴上甜甜的果酱作为火鸡的调料。
Thanksgiving Day
What to eat? ____________
How to make it?
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how to make turkey
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Finally, cut… into… and eat…
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Listen and tell the main idea of each paragraph. (快速阅读，说出每段大意) The introduction of Thanksgiving

Module 4 Unit 1 知识清单一、重点单词1、Thanksgiving ( Thanksgiving Day ) 感恩节补充：thank 谢谢，感谢；give 给，给予2、flag 旗，国旗补充：复数形式为flags。

Flag还可以作为动词，意为“标示”。

近音词 flat 公寓；近形词 bag 包。

3、Flag Day （美国）国旗制定纪念日4、fly （使）（旗帜）飘扬补充：fly还可以意为“飞，飞翔”，作名词意为“苍蝇”。

Fly第三人称单数形式为flies，过去式为flew。

5、special 特殊的，特别的补充：special还可以意为“重要的，特设的”；specially 副词，意为“特别地，专门地”。

6、meal 餐补充：复数形式为meals；have meals 用餐；cook meals = cook a meal做饭。

形近词 meat 肉。

7、sound 听起来补充：第三人称单数形式为sounds；sound还可以作为名词，意为“声音”。

Sound great 听起来很棒。

形近词 round 圆形的。

look 看起来； smell 闻起来。

8、football （美式）橄榄球补充：football（英式）足球。

foot 脚； ball 球。

baseball 篮球；volleyball 排球。

二、短语积累1、my favourite festival 我最喜欢的节日2、thank you 谢谢你3、say thank you for…对……说谢谢4、fly the flag 升旗5、sing songs 唱歌6、tell me more about 告诉我更多关于……7、American festivals 美国的节日8、have a special meal 吃一顿特别的饭9、a big family dinner 一顿丰盛的家庭晚宴10、football game 足球比赛11、on TV 在电视上12、talk about 讨论13、at Christmas 在圣诞节三、句型总结1、表达自己最喜欢的节日：节日名称+ is my favourite festival。