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1、Unit14 FestivalsⅠ.TeachingAims:1.Talkaboutfestivals,customsandhabits.2.Usethemodalverbs“must”,“haveto”and“havegotto”.3.Practiseexpressingandsupportinganopinion.4.Writeaninvitation.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformation:1.HistoryofMother'sDayIntheU.S.,Mother'sDayisaholidaycelebratedo
2、nthesecondSundayinMay.Itisadaywhenchildrenhonortheirmotherswithcards,gifts,andflowers.FirstobservanceinPhiladelphia,in1907,itisbasedonsuggestionsbyJuliaWardHowein1872andbyAnnaJarvisin1907.Althoughitwasn'tcelebratedintheU.S.until1907,thereweredayshonoringmotherseveninthedaysofancientGreece.Inth
3、osedays,however,itwasRhea,theMotherofthegodsthatwasgivenhonor.Later,inthe1600's,inEnglandtherewasanannualobservancecalled“MotheringSunday”.ItwascelebratedduringJune,onthefourthSunday.OnMotheringSunday,theservants,whogenerallylivedwiththeiremployers,wereencouragedtoreturnhomeandhonortheirmother
4、s.Itwastraditionalforthemtobringaspecialcakealongtocelebratetheoccasion.IntheU.S.,in1907AnnaJarvisfromPhiladelphia,beganacampaigntoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Jarvispersuadedhermother'schurchinGrafton,WestVirginatocelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondanniversaryofhermother'sdeath,the2ndSundayofMay
5、.ThenextyearMother'sDaywasalsocelebratedinPhiladelphia.Jarvisandothersbeganaletter-writingcampaigntoministers,businessmen,andpoliticiansintheirquesttoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Theyweresuccessful.PresidentWoodrowWilson,in1914,madetheofficialannouncementproclaimingMother'sDayanationalobserva
6、ncethatwastobeheldeachyearonthe2ndSundayofMay.ManyothercountriesoftheworldcelebratetheirownMother'sDayatdifferenttimesthroughouttheyear.Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia,andBelgiumcelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondSundayinMay,asintheU.S.2.TheOriginofChristmasThenameChristmasisshortfor“Christ
7、'sMass”.AMassisakindofChurchservice.Christmasisareligiousfestival.ItisthedaywecelebrateasthebirthdayofJesus.TherearespecialChristmasservicesinChristianchurchesallovertheworld.ButmanyofthefestivitiesofChristmasdonothaveanythingtodowithre
