全新版大学英语3 Unit 5 课文

Unit5GivingThanks

IntheUnitedStates,thefourthThursdayinNovemberiscalledThanksgivingDay.Onthatday,Americansgivethanksfortheblessingstheyhaveenjoyedduringtheyear.ThanksgivingDayisthemosttrulyAmericanofthenationalHolidaysintheUnitedStatesandismostcloselyconnectedwiththeearliesthistoryofthecountry.

在美国，每年11月的最后一个周四称为”感恩节”，在那天，美国人为每年得到的上天赐福表示感激,感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。

Peoplewillbringtogether

theirfamiliesandfriendstohaveafeastThanksgivingdinner.DeliciousFoodTextA

TextB考点分析目录CONTENTSTextAPartOne1-9OnThanksgivingDay1943,thewritercameupwiththeideaofexpressinghisgratitudetopeoplewhohadhelpedhimbefore.PartTow10-16Thewriter'sthreethank-youlettersPartThree17-23Thewritergotthreelettersinreply.PartFour24-26Thewriterwisheseveryonetofindthegoodandpraiseit.Thankhimforteachingthewriterfromboyhoodtolovebooksandreading.ThankhimforhismorningschoolprayersThankhimforteachingthewriterhowtotellthetruth,toshare,tobeforgiving…Tellshissonhowhe,asateacherandfather,feltcontentwithhim.Abouthisretirementwithself-doubt,andthereassurancetheletterbroughttohim.ExpressesherlovinggratefulnessforhergrandsonTextBThePowerofGratitudeThisisascientificexperiment

1.Recordyourthanks

(Takeagratitudejournal)2.Seethepatterns

(Thehappinessthatcomesfromtheactionitself,nottheresultofit.)3.Catchtheboomerang

（Gratitude,whenexpressedtoothers,almostalwayscomesbackaround.)4.Seizethemoment

(Reachouttoothers;sharesomething）Whatcanwedo考点分析---词汇【辨析】considerable&considerate

considerable

意为“相当大的，相当多”Aconsiderablenumberofpeopleobjecttothegovernment’sattitudetoimmigration.

相当多的人反对政府在移民问题上的态度。considerate

意为“体贴的，考虑周到的”

It’sconsiderateofyoutocometoseemetoday.

今天你来看我想得真是周到。

【辨析】reveal,disclose,expose均有“暴露，揭露，透露”之意。reveal

主要指无意的使人知道某事或提供事物的某些迹象证据。

disclose

指把有意隐藏的东西公布于众，

expose将被隐藏，被掩盖地事情公之于众。specific

意思是具体的、特定的、明确的。

special意思是特殊的、专门的，强调某事物的特殊性

或特殊用途。

particular意思是特殊的、特别的。强调事物的独特性、