Unit14FestivalsⅠ.TeachingAims:1.Talkaboutfestivals,customsandhabits.2.Usethemodalverbs“must”,“haveto”and“havegotto”.3.Practiseexpressingandsupportinganopinion.4.Writeaninvitation.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformation:1.HistoryofMother'sDayIntheU.S.,Mother'sDayisaholidaycelebratedonthesecondSundayinMay.Itisadaywhenchildrenhonortheirmotherswithcards,gifts,andflowers.FirstobservanceinPhiladelphia,in1907,itisbasedonsuggestionsbyJuliaWardHowein1872andbyAnnaJarvisin1907.Althoughitwasn'tcelebratedintheU.S.until1907,thereweredayshonoringmotherseveninthedaysofancientGreece.Inthosedays,however,itwasRhea,theMotherofthegodsthatwasgivenhonor.Later,inthe1600's,inEnglandtherewasanannualobservancecalled“MotheringSunday”.ItwascelebratedduringJune,onthefourthSunday.OnMotheringSunday,theservants,whogenerallylivedwiththeiremployers,wereencouragedtoreturnhomeandhonortheirmothers.Itwastraditionalforthemtobringaspecialcakealongtocelebratetheoccasion.IntheU.S.,in1907AnnaJarvisfromPhiladelphia,beganacampaigntoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Jarvispersuadedhermother'schurchinGrafton,WestVirginatocelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondanniversaryofhermother'sdeath,the2ndSundayofMay.ThenextyearMother'sDaywasalsocelebratedinPhiladelphia.Jarvisandothersbeganaletter-writingcampaigntoministers,businessmen,andpoliticiansintheirquesttoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Theyweresuccessful.PresidentWoodrowWilson,in1914,madetheofficialannouncementproclaimingMother'sDayanationalobservancethatwastobeheldeachyearonthe2ndSundayofMay.ManyothercountriesoftheworldcelebratetheirownMother'sDayatdifferenttimesthroughouttheyear.Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia,andBelgiumcelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondSundayinMay,asintheU.S.2.TheOriginofChristmasThenameChristmasisshortfor“Christ'sMass”.AMassisakindofChurchservice.Christmasisareligiousfestival.ItisthedaywecelebrateasthebirthdayofJesus.TherearespecialChristmasservicesinChristianchurchesallovertheworld.ButmanyofthefestivitiesofChristmasdonothaveanythingtodowithreligion.ExchanginggiftsandsendingChristmascardsarethemodern用心爱心专心1waysofcelebratingtheChristmasintheworld.ThebirthofJesushadastory:Mary,avirgin,wasbetrothedtoJoseph.Beforetheycametogether,shewasfoundwithchildoftheHolySpirit.Joseph,herhusband,wasmindedtoputherawaysecretly.Whilehethoughtaboutthesethings.Gabriel,anangeloftheLordappearedtohiminadreamandtoldhimnottobeafraidtotakeMaryaswife.AndMarywillbringforthaSon,andheshallcallhisname.Jesus,forhewillsavehispeoplefromtheirsins.BeforeJesusbirths,therewentadecreefromCaesarAugustus,thatalltheworldshouldbetaxed.AndthistaxingwasfirstmadewhenCyreniuswasgovenorofSyria.Soallwenttoberegistered,everyonetohisowncity.JosephalsowentupoutofGalilee,outofthecityofNazareth,intoJudea,tothecityofDavid,whichiscalledBethlehem,becausehewasofthehouseandofthelineageofDavid,toberegisteredwithMary,hisbetrothedwife,whowaswithchild.Soitwasthatwhiletheywerethere,thedayswerecompletedforhertobedelivered.AndshebroughtforthherfirstbornSon,andwrappedhiminswaddlingcloths,andlaidhiminamanger,becausetherewasnoroomforthemintheinn.Andthat,ChristmasisthefeastofthenativityofJesus,ison25th,Decembereveryyear.ButnobodyknewtheactualbirthdayofJesus.AndtheChristmashasbecomepopularwhenChristmascardsappearedin1846andtheconceptofajollySantaClauswasfirstmadepopularinnineteenthcentury.TheFirstPeri...
