课程内容
四年级英语下册《Let's Read More》
Let's Read More
Stories
from
Around
the
World

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
圣帕特里克节
圣帕特里克节（St,Patrick's Day）是每年的3月17日，是为了
纪念爱尔兰守护神圣帕特里克。
这一节日5世纪末期起源于爱尔兰，如今已成为爱尔兰的国庆节。
圣帕特里克的传统颜色为绿色。

St,Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland.
圣帕特里克节是爱尔兰的一个节日。
People wear green clothes on that day.
在那一天人们穿上绿色的衣服。
Who is St.(Saint)Patrick?
谁是圣帕特里克？
St,Patrick is a wise man and good teacher.
圣帕特里克是一位智者，一位好老师。
At that time,people in the country are having a hard time.
在那个时候，农村里的人们生活的很艰难。
The farmers cannot grow more food.
农民们没有好的收成。
People are hungry.
人们都在挨饿。
So,they ask St.Patrick for help.
所以，他们向圣帕特里克寻求帮助。
This is a clover.It can make your land better.
这是一片三叶草。它能让你们的土地变得更好些。
Thank you！
谢谢你！
He shows them clovers and how clovers can make their hand better.
他向他们出示了三叶草，以及三叶草如何让他们的地变得更好些。
The farmers learn from his teaching.
农民从他们那里学到了许多。
Their land gets better.They can have more food.
他们的土地变好了起来，他们能收获更多的食物。
The people are very happy.
人们非常开心。

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?
在美国人们在感恩节吃火鸡。
你知道为什么吗？
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.
感恩节是一个纪念一些历史上的美国人的日子。
他们从英国航行到达美国。
他们称它为新世界。
那已经是很长时间以前了。
Ameticans worked hard to make a new life in the New World,but it was
difficult.
美国人在新世界里努力工作去创造新生活，但是这是很困难的。
Many of them died in the winter.But they were successful.
他们中的许多人在冬天死去。但是他们成功了。
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，他们在感恩节这天庆祝，感谢上帝给他们收获和生命。
They went to the forest to hunt and they got some turkeys.
Then they roasted the turkeys for dinner.
他们去森林里捕猎，得到了一些火鸡。然后他们烤了火鸡作为晚餐。
Today,people in America still enjoy eating turkeys during Thanksgiving.
今天，美国人仍然喜欢在感恩节期间吃火鸡。
来历
感恩节（Thanksgiving Day）,原意是为了感谢印第安人，后来人们常在这一天感谢他人。
时间
自1941年起，感恩节是在每年11月的第四个星期四，在这一天起将休假两天，都要和自己
的家人团聚。
感恩节在每年11月22-28日之间。
感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日。

感恩节大菜
烤火鸡（roast turkey）
南瓜馅饼（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、听录音，理解St.Patrick's Day。
2、收集有关St.Patrick's Day相关资料。