初中英语人教版九年级07

[05:09.42]to live with French settlers in Canada.
[05:14.17]Some were not so lucky.They were sold as slaves in the south of the country.
[05:24.62]However,the story is not all sad.
[05:29.59]In fact,the first Thanksgiving was a time of celebration.
[05:35.83]William Bradford,one of the leaders of the settlers,
[05:41.58]invited an Indian named Squanto and his family to dinner.
[05:47.51]These Indians had helped the settlers to become better farmers.
[05:53.38]The Indian leader,his family and many others were also invited.
[05:59.86]Everyone gave thanks for a successful harvest and ate a great feast for three days
[06:07.91]Today,Thanksgiving lasts only one day
[06:13.26]but American families still get together every autumn to give thanks
[06:20.42]and have a big meal with friends and neighbours.
[06:25.88]Lesson 31 1 Read and answer
[06:38.32]You may be surprised to learn
[06:42.78]that some Indian groups had six Thanksgiving festivals every year.
[06:49.03]The first was in early February.
[06:53.10]It celebrated the harvest of a juice from special trees.
[06:58.85]The second took place in the early spring.
[07:03.21]It celebrated the planting of seeds in the ground.
[07:08.25]The third Thanksgiving was celebrated in the late spring
[07:13.82]for the first fruit of the season.
[07:18.07]The next was in the summer to give thanks for the corn.
[07:23.12]The fifth festival came in late autumn to celebrate the harvest.
[07:29.59]The last took place during the winter to give thanks for another safe year.
[07:35.84]Lesson 32 2 Dictation
[07:47.70]1.This is an Indian prayer of thanks.
[07:54.04]Listen to the tape as you read the text and write in the missing words.
[08:01.49]2.Form a small group and read the text aloud.
[08:08.33]3.Then choose one person to read it to the rest of your class.
[08:15.91]Gwa!Gwa!Gwa!Now the time has come!Hear us,Great Father of the Sky!
[08:27.38]We are here to _1_the truth,for you want only truth.
[08:36.94]We are your children,Great Father of the Sky.
[08:42.58]Now begins our _2_.
[08:46.84]With this fire and smoke we _3_ our prayers to you.
[08:53.92]Now in the beginning you_4_ us with all we need on earth.
[09:01.28]You said:I shall make the earth for the people to live on.
[09:08.13]They shall look to the earth as their mother and they shall say,
[09:14.89]"It is she who gives us much." We are_ 5_ for the earth and each other.
[09:24.87]So this is why we have come here today to give you thanks.
[09:31.22]Now see the smoke from the _6_.It rises high into the sky.
[09:41.20]We will eat food from our hard work.
[09:46.45]You have given us a world to grow many things.
[09:52.09]You give us the _7_ Corn.It keeps us _8_.Now it grows colder.
[10:04.16]But it will be warm again in the spring and life will return to us.
[10:11.42]We_9_you and we are thankful.The_10_from the fire rises again.
[10:21.45]See the _1l_ and hear our words
[10:26.70]4.Read
[10:31.27]Many,many years ago,Sister Corn wanted to bring more pleasure to her people.
[10:39.92]She had already made the shoes they wore.
[10:44.36]Now she wanted to make something different.
[10:48.83]So she asked the Great Spirit if she could make little people of cornhusk.
[10:54.79]The Great Spirit agreed.
[10:59.93]Then Sister Corn began the hard work and made a very beautiful young corn woman.
[11:07.69]One day this woman went into the forest and looked at herself in a clear lake.
[11:14.04]She saw how beautiful she was and became very proud and naughty.
[11:20.28]Soon people became unhappy,
[11:25.14]so the Great Spirit told the woman not to be so proud,but she didn't listen.
[11:31.80]The Great Spirit decided to teach her a lesson:
[11:36.84]she would have no face,nor could she talk to the people,
[11:43.69]the birds,or the animals of the forest.
[11:48.94]She must walk around the earth forever looking for something to do
[11:54.71]to get her lovely face back again.
[11:59.36]To this day,the Indian people do not put any face on their corn husk dolls.
[12:07.82]Words and Expressions 8
[12:16.18]God                  sweetie              cranberry            leader