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1、UNIT5WRITINGTHREETHANK-YOULETTERSBackgroundInformationThanksgivingDay(感恩节)ThanksgivingDayisthemosttrulyAmericanofthenationalHolidaysintheUnitedStatesandismostcloselyconnectedwiththeearliesthistoryofthecountry.PepolecelebrateitonthefourthThursdayofNovembereveryyear.In1620,thesettlers,orPilgrims
2、,theysailedtoAmericaontheMayflower,seekingaplacewheretheycouldhavefreedomofworship.Afteratempestuoustwo-monthvoyagetheylandedatinicyNovember,whatisnowPlymouth,Massachusetts.BackgroundInformationThanksgivingDay(感恩节)ThePilgrimsofPlymouthRockheldtheirthanksgivingin1621asathreeday“thankyou”celebra
3、tiontotheleaderoftheWampanoag(万帕诺亚格人)Indiantribeandtheirfamiliesforteachingthemthesurvivalskillstheyneededtomakeitintheworld.ItwastheirgoodfortunethatthetraditionoftheWampanoagswastotreatanyvisitortotheirhomeswithashareofwhateverfoodthefamilyhad,evenifsupplieswerelow.BackgroundInformationThank
4、sgivingDay(感恩节)TheAmericantraditionofThaksgivingrevolvearoundahugeandlavishmeal,usuallywithTurkeyasthecenterpiece.ForthosewhodonotlikeTurkeyrkey,aroastedorprimeribiscommon.Inmanyhomesfamilymemberswilleachmentionsomethingtheyareverythankfulfor.MainideaTheauthorservedinthecoastguardduringtheworl
5、dwarII.OnathanksgivingDayatsea,hedecidedtocelebratethetruemeaningofthanksgivingbywritingthreeveryspecailletters.TEXTANALYSISToWhomThelettersiswritenTohisfather;Tohisgrammarschoolprincipal;Tohisgrandma.TEXTANALYSISTheReasonsFather:TheRev.Nelson:Hehadimpressedupontheauthorfromboyhoodtolovebooksa
6、ndreading.Theauthor’sloveofbooksneverdiminishedandlaterledtheauthortowardwritingbooks.Theauthortoldhimwhateverpositivethingshehaddonesincehadbeeninfluencedatleastinpartybyhismorningschoolprayers.TheReasonsTEXTANALYSISGrandma:Sheusedtoteachtheauthorhowtotellthetruth,toshare,andtobeforgivingandc
7、onsiderateofothers.TEXTANALYSISTheirresponsesFather:Hisfathershowedthatafterhavinghelpededucatemanyyoungpepole,henowfeltthathisbestresultsincludedhisownson.TEXTANALYSISReverendNelson:Hewrotethattheauthor’sletterhadbroughthimwelcomereass
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