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1、Unit2SectionBPeriod1(1a—1d)Canyounameanyforeignfestivals?ChristmasHalloweenThanksgivingAprilFool’sDaySt.Valentine'sDayFreeTalkThanksgivingDayThanksgivingDayisanAmericantraditionalholiday,fallingonthefourthThursdayinNovember,tocelebratetheharvest.Thetraditionalfoodareroastingturkey,cornandpum
2、pkinpieswithice-cream.AprilFool’sDayisanoldcustomcelebratedeveryyearonthefirstdayofApril.Popularsincethe19thcentury.Onthatdaypeopleplaypracticaljokesandhoaxesoneachother.SaintValentine'sDay(orValentine'sDay)isaholidayobservedonFebruary14eachyear.Itiscelebratedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld,al
3、thoughitisnotaholidayinmostofthem.Halloweenisayearlycelebrationobservedinanumberofcountrieson31October.ChristmasisanannualcommemorationofthebirthofJesusChristandawidelyobservedculturalholiday,celebratedgenerallyonDecember25bymillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld.ChristmasAprilFool’sDayHalloweenSt.V
4、alentine’sDayThanksgivingFourthThursdayinNovember2aTrytomatcheachdaywiththecorrectdate.February14thApril1stOctober31stDecember25thSpeakingofChristmas,whatdoyouthinkof?FreeTalkSantaClausChristmastreegiftsreindeerChristmascardWhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?WhowroteAChristm
5、asCarol?Itispopularin2bReadandanswerthequestions.blackcat3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?ItispopularinAChristmasCarolisanovelbyEnglishauthorCharlesDickens,firstpublishedon19December1843.IttellsthestoryofbitteroldmiserEbenezerScroogeandhistransformationresultingfromsupernaturalvisit
6、sbyJacobMarleyandtheGhostsofChristmasesPast,PresentandYettoCome.Thenovelmetwithinstantsuccessandcriticalacclaim.WhileAChristmasCarolbringstoreadersimagesoflight,joy,warmthandlife,italsobringsstrongandunforgettableimagesofdarkness,despair,coldness,sadnessanddeath.Scroogehimselfistheembodiment
7、(体现)ofwinter,and,justaswinterisfollowedbyspringandtherenewaloflife,sotooisScrooge’scold,pinchedheartrestoredtotheinnocentgoodwillhehadknowninhischildhoodandyouth.Scroogeisunfriendlytoothers.JacobMarleyusedtoworkedtogetherwithScrooge.JacobMarleyandS