新思路大学英语读写译第三册第二版 课件 Unit 5.pptVIP

New Vision College English Reading, Writing Translation Book Ⅲ Happiness and Gratitude 中国人民大学出版社 Unit Five Objectives After learning the unit, the students will be able to know about the spirit of happiness and the power of gratitude; grasp the main ideas of Text A, Text B and Text C; master the key words, expressions and useful sentence patterns. 中国人民大学出版社 Warm-up How much do you know about Mother’s Day? What do you think of your mother? Tell us something about her. Give some comments on the relationship between children and parents. 中国人民大学出版社 Unit Five Happiness and Gratitude 中国人民大学出版社 Text A A Mother’s Perspective 中国人民大学出版社 Part One: Background Information Part Four: Exercises Part Three: Detailed Study of the Text Part Two: New Words, Phrases and Expressions Text A Text A A Mother’s PerspectivePart One Background Information (1) Mother’s Day （母亲节） Mother’s Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that the birthday of Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, the “mother of Mother’s Day”, would become the National Mother’s Day of the United States. And from then on, the second Sunday in May would be Mother’s Day in memory of the work Mrs. Jarvis had done to bring families together after the Civil war. 中国人民大学出版社 Text A A Mother’s PerspectivePart One Background Information (2) It reminds people of the influence mothers have had in the making better citizens. On Mother’s Day, much attention is given to the important part that each mother plays in giving her children a sense of what is right and what is wrong, what is good behavior and what is bad. If the observances of Mother’s Day can even in a small way remind mothers of this, then this day will help both the families and the whole country. 中国人民大学出版社 Text A A Mother’s PerspectivePart Two New Words, Phrases and Expressions (1) 中国人民大学出版社 bleak adj. unpleasantly cold and damp 阴冷的，阴郁的，令人沮丧的 blink v. to shut and open one