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1、4Unit5HolidaysandFestivalsPART1ListeningandSpeakingPART2ReadingPART3GrammarPART4TranslationPART5WritingPART6EnjoyYourseObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,thestudentsareexpectedto▲usethebasiclanguageandskillsnecessarytomake,acceptorrefuseinvitations.▲retellthemainideaofthepassage.▲usethetypesandu
2、sagesofnounclausesincontext.▲makeagreetingcardtoafriend.▲translateasentencebychangingtheclauseorder.BackgroundknowledgeAbriefintroductiontowesternfestivalsValentine’sDayFebruary14isValentine'sDay.Althoughitiscelebratedasalovers’holidaytoday,withthegivingofcandy,flowers,orothergiftsbetweencoup
3、lesinlove,itoriginatedin5thCenturyRomeasatribute(礼物,颂词)toSt.Valentine,aCatholicbishop(主教).BackgroundknowledgeForeighthundredyearspriortotheestablishmentofalentine’sDay,theRomanshadpracticedapagan（异教徒的）celebrationinmid-Februarycommemoratingyoungmen’sriteofpassage（通过仪式）tothegodLupercus.Theceleb
4、rationfeaturedalotteryinwhichyoungmenwoulddrawthenamesofteenagegirlsfromabox.Thegirlassignedtoeachyoungmaninthatmannerwouldbehissexualcompanionduringtheremainingyear.BackgroundknowledgeInanefforttodoawaywiththepaganfestival,PopeGelasiusorderedaslightchangeinthelottery.Insteadofthenamesofyoung
5、women,theboxwouldcontainthenamesofsaints.Bothmenandwomenwereallowedtodrawfromthebox,andthegamewastoemulate（仿效）thewaysofthesainttheydrewduringtherestoftheyear.Needlesstosay,manyoftheyoungRomanmenwerenottoopleasedwiththerulechanges.InsteadofthepagangodLupercus,theChurchlookedforasuitablepatrons
6、aintoflovetotakehisplace.TheyfoundanappropriatechoiceinValentine,who,inAD270hadbeenbeheaded（斩首）byEmperorClaudius.BackgroundknowledgeClaudiushaddeterminedthatmarriedmenmadepoorsoldiers.Sohebannedmarriagefromhisempire.ButValentinewouldsecretlymarryyoungmenthatcametohim.WhenClaudiusfoundoutabout
7、Valentine,hefirsttriedtoconverthimtopaganism.ButValentinereversedthestrategy,tryinginsteadtoconvertClaudius.Whenhefailed,hewasstonedandbeheaded.DuringthedaysthatValentinewasimprisoned,hefellinlovewiththeblinddaughterofhisjailer.Hisloveforher,
