今天是11月23日，周一，马上开始本周的课程。大家说英语2009年11月23日课程学习笔记
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（Andrea老师的开场白）
Hi everyone, and welcome to a new week of learning together right here at the mall. My name is Andrea.
In this week, we’re talking about a very special holiday. The holidayis Thanksgiving. And the title of today’s lesson is Happy Thanksgiving.Happy Thanksgiving.
We have many happy things to talk about together this week.
Friends, here is your Find It Question for today’s lesson: what can Jason do on Thursday?


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Information Desk ( Christina老师的讲台 )
1、 Thanksgiving    名词n.感恩节
2、 holiday    名词n.节日；假日
3、 American   形容词adj.美国的
4、 country   名词n.国家
5、 turkey   名词n.火鸡；火鸡肉
感恩节在美国是一个重要的节日，通常是11月的第四个星期四。

Conversation A（在对话中，Emma、Pam、Amy、Jack、Tom、Jason等都会经常出现）
Pam: Hi, Jason. What are you doing for Thanksgiving ?
Jason: I don’t know, Pam. When is Thanksgiving?
Pam: Thanksgiving is this Thursday.
Jason: Oh. I’m not working on Thursday.
Pam: I know. Thanksgiving is a holiday. Many people get the day off.
Jason: I’m glad. I can sleep more on Thursday.
Pam: But what about Thanksgiving.
Jason: I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.
本段对话中，What are you doing for Thanksgiving ?其实就是What are your plans for Thanksgiving?
本段也给出了今天问题的答案，Jason can sleep more on Thursday.
day off 休假;休息日
Conversation B
Pam: Why don’t you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Jason: Thanksgiving is an American holiday. I don’t know much about American holidays.
Pam: Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving too. But they don’t celebrate on the same day.
Jason: We don’t celebrate this holiday at home.
Pam: That’s too bad. I love Thanksgiving.
Jason: Why do you love it?
本段中的at home,其实是指“在故乡；在家乡”的意思。
Conversation C
Pam: I really love Thanksgiving food. I love turkey. Do you like turkey?
Jason: I guess so.
Pam: I also love my family’s Thanksgiving customs. We do them every year.
Jason: You can celebrate this holiday with your family. I am happy for you.
Pam: Jason, you can celebrate with us. Tom and Amy are coming too.
Jason: Really? OK, thanks.

Information Desk
在中文日常讲话中，我们常说过生日、过节、过新年，在对应的英文中，这个“过”一般译成celebrate.

Word Power(周一例行节目)
This week, we’re having Thanksgiving dinner. You’re invited it. AtThanksgiving dinner, most people eat turkey. A turkey is a big bird.Turkey tastes very good.
turkey   名词n.火鸡肉；火鸡
Many people also eat stuffing with turkey. Stuffing is made of bread and vegetables.
stuffing   名词n.塞物;(塞于鸡鸭腹中的)填料;装馅
You can also put gravy on your turkey and stuffing. Gravy is a kind of sauce. Gravy adds a special flavor to your food.
gravy  名词n.肉汁;(作调味用的)卤
You can also eat your turkey with cranberry sauce. Cranberry sauce is red and it’s made from cranberries.
cranberry   名词n.蔓越橘;小红莓;曼越莓;酸莓
What else can you eat at Thanksgiving? You can eat mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes taste great.
mashed potatoes  名词n.土豆泥
Corn is a yellow and white vegetable. You can eat your corn with nothing on it. Or you can put some butter on it.
corn   名词n.【美】【澳】【加】玉米
Now it’s time for dessert. Most people have pie for dessert forThanksgiving. There are different kinds of pie. You can have apple pie,cherry pie or pumpkin pie. Which do you like the best? I like apple pie.
pie   名词n.派(酥壳有馅的饼);馅饼
Hmmm, I am full. I hope you enjoy our Thanksgiving dinner. Remember allthese words the next time you celebrate Thanksgiving, and you’ll haveword power.

Calendar Phrase
What are you doing for Thanksgiving?感恩节时你要做什么？

今天的对话中，还有一个句式要熟练运用:
You can . . . with your . . .
例句有：You can celebrate your birthday with your friends.

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