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1、英美国家概况TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUnit18TheFederalHolidaysTheUnitedStatesofAmericaThinkaboutthesequestionsbeforewestart:1.WherewasthefirstplacetocelebrateGeorgeWashington’sbirthday?Howdidithappen?2.HowdidtheMemorialDaybecomeanationalholiday?3.WhataboutthepicnicsonLaborDayinAmerica?4.Whendidthefirst“off
2、icial”ThanksgivingtakeplaceinAmerica?Whataboutit?Warming-upActivitiesContentsFederalHolidaysGeneralIntroductionⅠⅡⅢThefederalholidaysintheU.S.A.NewYear’sDay(January1st);BirthdayofMartinLutherKing,Jr.(3rdMondayinJanuary);Presidents’Day(3rdMondayinFebruary);MemorialDay(LastMondayinMay);IndependenceDay
3、(July4th);LaborDay(1stMondayinSeptember);ColumbusDay(2ndMondayinOctober);VeteransDay(November11th);ThanksgivingDay(4thThursdayinNovember);ChristmasDay(December25th).ⅠGeneralIntroductionⅡThefederalholidaysNewYear’sDayBirthdayofMartinLutherKing,Jr.Presidents’Day123ⅡThefederalholidaysMemorialDayIndepe
4、ndenceDayLaborDay456ⅡThefederalholidaysColumbusDayVeteransDayThanksgivingDay789ChristmasDay101.NewYear’sDayTypeofHoliday:Calendar/SeasonalDateofObservation:January1WhereCelebrated:Australia,BritishIsles,NorthandSouthAmerica,Europe,Scandinavia,andinallcountriesusingtheGregoriancalendarSymbolsandCust
5、oms:Baby,First-footing,FootballGames,Gifts,Pig,ResolutionsRelatedHolidays:ChineseNewYear,Dewali,Hogmanay,Nawruz,NewYear’sEve,Oshogatsu,RoshHashanah,Saturnalia,Sol,Songkran,Tet1.NewYear’sDayCelebratingthefirstdayoftheyearonJanuary1isarelativelymodernpractice.January1stisalsoknownasEmancipationDay.Th
6、eDutchwhocametosettleinNewYorkintroducedthecustomofmakingcallsonNewYear’sDay,andbythe1840s,visitingonNewYear’sDaywasawidespreadpracticeamongthemiddleclassesinAmerica.ThecustomofmakingmoresecularNewYear’sresolutionscameintovogueattheturnofthetwentiethcentury.2.BirthdayofMartinLutherKing,Jr.TypeofHol
7、iday:Historic,NationalDateofObservation:ThirdMondayinJanuaryWhereCelebrated:ThroughouttheUnitedStatesandU.S.territories,andbymorethan100nationsaroundtheworldSymbolsandCustoms:“IHaveaDream”Speech2.MartinLuth
