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1、Unit2SectionBPeriod1(1a—1d)Canyounameanyforeignfestivals?ChristmasHalloweenThanksgivingAprilFool’sDaySt.Valentine'sDayFreeTalkThanksgivingDayThanksgivingDayisanAmericantraditionalholiday,fallingonthefourthThursdayinNovember,tocelebratetheharvest.Thetraditionalfood
2、areroastingturkey,cornandpumpkinpieswithice-cream.AprilFool’sDayisanoldcustomcelebratedeveryyearonthefirstdayofApril.Popularsincethe19thcentury.Onthatdaypeopleplaypracticaljokesandhoaxesoneachother.SaintValentine'sDay(orValentine'sDay)isaholidayobservedonFebruary1
3、4eachyear.Itiscelebratedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld,althoughitisnotaholidayinmostofthem.Halloweenisayearlycelebrationobservedinanumberofcountrieson31October.ChristmasisanannualcommemorationofthebirthofJesusChristandawidelyobservedculturalholiday,celebratedgenera
4、llyonDecember25bymillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld.ChristmasAprilFool’sDayHalloweenSt.Valentine’sDayThanksgivingFourthThursdayinNovember2aTrytomatcheachdaywiththecorrectdate.February14thApril1stOctober31stDecember25thSpeakingofChristmas,whatdoyouthinkof?FreeTalkSanta
5、ClausChristmastreegiftsreindeerChristmascardWhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?WhowroteAChristmasCarol?Itispopularin2bReadandanswerthequestions.blackcat3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?ItispopularinAChristmasCarolisanovelbyEnglishauthorCh
6、arlesDickens,firstpublishedon19December1843.IttellsthestoryofbitteroldmiserEbenezerScroogeandhistransformationresultingfromsupernaturalvisitsbyJacobMarleyandtheGhostsofChristmasesPast,PresentandYettoCome.Thenovelmetwithinstantsuccessandcriticalacclaim.WhileAChrist
7、masCarolbringstoreadersimagesoflight,joy,warmthandlife,italsobringsstrongandunforgettableimagesofdarkness,despair,coldness,sadnessanddeath.Scroogehimselfistheembodiment(体现)ofwinter,and,justaswinterisfollowedbyspringandtherenewaloflife,sotooisScrooge’scold,pinchedh
8、eartrestoredtotheinnocentgoodwillhehadknowninhischildhoodandyouth.Scroogeisunfriendlytoothers.JacobMarleyusedtoworkedtogetherwithScrooge.JacobMarleyandS
