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四年級英語下冊《Let's Read More》
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St,Patrick's Day
St,Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland.
People wear green clothes on that day.
Who is St.(Saint)Patrick?
St,Patrick is a wise man and good teacher.
At that time,people in the country are having a hard time.
The farmers cannot grow more food.
People are hungry.
So,they ask St.Patrick for help.
This is a clover.It can make your land better.
Thank you！
He shows them clovers and how clovers can make their hand better.
The farmers learn from his teaching.
Their land gets better.They can have more food.
The people are very happy.

St,Patrick's Day
圣帕特里克節(jié)
圣帕特里克節(jié)（St,Patrick's Day）是每年的3月17日，是為了
紀(jì)念愛爾蘭守護(hù)神圣帕特里克。
這一節(jié)日5世紀(jì)末期起源于愛爾蘭，如今已成為愛爾蘭的國慶節(jié)。
圣帕特里克的傳統(tǒng)顏色為綠色。

St,Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland.
圣帕特里克節(jié)是愛爾蘭的一個節(jié)日。
People wear green clothes on that day.
在那一天人們穿上綠色的衣服。
Who is St.(Saint)Patrick?
誰是圣帕特里克？
St,Patrick is a wise man and good teacher.
圣帕特里克是一位智者，一位好老師。
At that time,people in the country are having a hard time.
在那個時候，農(nóng)村里的人們生活的很艱難。
The farmers cannot grow more food.
農(nóng)民們沒有好的收成。
People are hungry.
人們都在挨餓。
So,they ask St.Patrick for help.
所以，他們向圣帕特里克尋求幫助。
This is a clover.It can make your land better.
這是一片三葉草。它能讓你們的土地變得更好些。
Thank you！
謝謝你！
He shows them clovers and how clovers can make their hand better.
他向他們出示了三葉草，以及三葉草如何讓他們的地變得更好些。
The farmers learn from his teaching.
農(nóng)民從他們那里學(xué)到了許多。
Their land gets better.They can have more food.
他們的土地變好了起來，他們能收獲更多的食物。
The people are very happy.
人們非常開心。

Activity
Circle the correct answer.
On St,Patrick's Day people wear(blue,white,green)clothes.
St,Patrick is a (farmer,teacher,doctor).He find that the
farmers are(happy,hungry,lazy)and have little food.
He uses(clovers,milk,grapes)to make the land(good,better,best)
for growing food.
Guess,Check and Learn
a hard time|grow|food|clover|better

Reading for knowledge
People eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day in America.
Do you know why?
在美國人們在感恩節(jié)吃火雞。
你知道為什么嗎？
Thanksgiving is a day to remember some American people in history.
They sailed from Britain to reach America.The called in the New World.
It was a long time ago.
感恩節(jié)是一個紀(jì)念一些歷史上的美國人的日子。
他們從英國航行到達(dá)美國。
他們稱它為新世界。
那已經(jīng)是很長時間以前了。
Ameticans worked hard to make a new life in the New World,but it was
difficult.
美國人在新世界里努力工作去創(chuàng)造新生活，但是這是很困難的。
Many of them died in the winter.But they were successful.
他們中的許多人在冬天死去。但是他們成功了。
In the next autumn,they had a celebration on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate
the harvest and other blessings of the past year.
在第二年秋天，他們在感恩節(jié)這天慶祝，感謝上帝給他們收獲和生命。
They went to the forest to hunt and they got some turkeys.
Then they roasted the turkeys for dinner.
他們?nèi)ド掷锊东C，得到了一些火雞。然后他們烤了火雞作為晚餐。
Today,people in America still enjoy eating turkeys during Thanksgiving.
今天，美國人仍然喜歡在感恩節(jié)期間吃火雞。
來歷
感恩節(jié)（Thanksgiving Day）,原意是為了感謝印第安人，后來人們常在這一天感謝他人。
時間
自1941年起，感恩節(jié)是在每年11月的第四個星期四，在這一天起將休假兩天，都要和自己
的家人團(tuán)聚。
感恩節(jié)在每年11月22-28日之間。
感恩節(jié)是美國國定假日中最地道、最美國式的節(jié)日。

感恩節(jié)大菜
烤火雞（roast turkey）
南瓜餡餅（pumpkin pie）

Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving
is a time to remember...
our blessings and make good cheer
with all those who are so dear!

Do a survey in your class about Chinese festivals.What is the favourite festival
in your class?
Festivals  Favourite Festival
1 Spring Festival
2 Mid-Autumn Festival
3 Mother's Day
4 Children's Day
homework
1、聽錄音，理解St.Patrick's Day。
2、收集有關(guān)St.Patrick's Day相關(guān)資料。