Go for it J9 thanksgiving get-together with a bear Thanksgiving is an American holiday. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the US. On this special day, families get together to thank God for the autumn harvest. Turkey and apple pie are Thanksgiving food for every family.When, what to do, what to eat?(豐收) How do you connect with others?write a lettersend an e-mailhave a call 1. Your father does business with others 2. Larry writes to his friends3. Betty wants to ask some friends to come to her birthday party4. Sam wants to say thank-you to Betty for her party1a5. Mum can t be at home when you return from school, she wants you to cook dinner for the familyHow many different kinds of letters can you think of? notesinformal letters to friendsbusiness lettersinvitations1a (非正式的) How is a letter different from an article? List three differences.1.2.3. Letters need addresses.Letters need greetings at beginning and end.Letters use informal language.1b If you dont understand a word or a phrase in English, ask yourself what part of speech it is. It might be a noun, a verb or a preposition, for example. Knowing what it is can help you understand better. And it allows you to use the new English word or phrase correctly in the future. 1. Whats wrong with Liz Smith?2. What is “Animal Helpers”?3. What does Miss Li do for “Animal Helpers”?4. What does Lucky usually help Liz to do?5. Why does Liz think “Lucky” is the good name for her dog?Because she feels very lucky to have him.She can t use her arms or legs well. “Animal Helpers” is an organization set up to help disabled people.She donates some money to help the disabled people.He can understand her different instructions, for example, he can help Liz fetch things. Luckily Fill in the blanks with the correct words, please pay attention to the parts of speech.1. _ (lucky), he found a seeing-dog for his blind friend.2. Thank you very much for your kind _ (donate).3. How _(amaze)! A snake showed him the way.4. The cat could understand different _(instruct).5. The trained dolphin can catch a ball _(easy). 6. I really need a _(help) for my job.donationamazing instructioneasilyhelper Use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.SUBJECT VERB OBJECT/PREDICATEMiss Li can fetch unable to move well.Liz Smith trains money to “Animal Helpers”.Lucky donated animals like Lucky.“Animal Helpers” is things for disabled people. be used , cheerup, be appreciated, set up, disabled people, helpout, run out of, fillwith disabled people1. Thomas has a lab_ by himself.2. Most people can t imagine how _ make a living.3. He often sings songs to _ me _.4. The money _ well _ to help the sick kids.5. Your kind donation _ greatly _.6. Everyone feels thirsty because we ve _ water.7. He _ me _ of trouble.8. The lovely son _ his mother _ warm feeling. set upcheer upis usedis appreciatedrun out ofouthelped filled with A. Which people in the world need help? How can we help them?B. What animals often help people? How do they help?C. If you are a volunteer for “Animal Helpers”, what do you want to train different kinds of animals to do?D. If you were the richest person in the world, who would you most like to help, and how? Which people in the world need help?How can we help them? What animals often help people? How do they help? If you are a volunteer for “Animal Helpers”, whatdo you want to train different kinds of animals todo? If you were the richest person in the world, who would you most like to help, and how? Animals are our friends and helpers. We should get on well with them.Try to help others.Say thank-you for everything good you have. a. Write a short reply to Liz Smith. In your letter:1. Offer to help her more.2. Say why you are able to help.3. Say what you could do to help._ _ _ _ Dear Liz, I was so happy to receive your letter. Thank you very much for writing to tell me about Lucky. I would really love to come and visit you one day and see how Lucky helps you. Id also like to help you some more because I have some extra time at the moment. Perhaps I could help you at home, or do some work for Animal Helpers. Id enjoy watching them train the animals too. Ill call them one day soon. Here is my phone number: 468-3852. Please call me so we can arrange a time for me to visit. Best wishes, Ming Li b. Write a thank-you letter to somebody who has ever helped you. 1. disabled adj. 殘疾的2. organization n. 組織3. fill v. 裝滿4. pleasure n. 愉快5. blind adj.盲的6. deaf adj.聾的7. unable adj.不能的8. cannot =cant 不能9. imagine v. 想象10. shut v. 關(guān)上 (門(mén),窗等) 1. carry v. 搬運(yùn)2. specially adv. 特別地3. fetch v. (去)拿來(lái),請(qǐng)來(lái)4. support v. 支持,幫助5. appreciate v. 感激6. donation n.捐贈(zèng)物,捐款7. donate v.捐贈(zèng) help (sb.) out 幫助(某人)解決困難 at once 馬上 part of speech 詞性pronoun n. 代詞adverb n. 副詞preposition n. 介詞conjunction n. 連詞 Explanation1. Id like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. “Animal Helpers”動(dòng)物助手,一個(gè)幫助殘疾人而建立的組織。 thank sb. for 為而感謝某人 e.g. Thank you for your flowers to me. set up引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)省去關(guān)系代詞 that 的定語(yǔ) 從句。 e.g. Thomas has a lab set up himself. 2. Being blind, deaf, unable to walk, or use your hands easily is something that most people cannot imagine. 此句中 “being”是動(dòng)名詞做主語(yǔ)。謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單 數(shù)。 “that most people cannot imagine”是定語(yǔ)從句, 修 飾 something。3. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to help me out. help out 意為 “使某人脫離困境”可分開(kāi)使用。 e.g. Nobody helped me out when I lost my job. 4. You see, Im only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation! 此句中的be able to 意為 “能夠做的事”, 可用 can替換,主語(yǔ)為物時(shí)一般都使用can, can沒(méi)有將來(lái) 時(shí)和完成時(shí), 也不能用于其他助動(dòng)詞后面, 所以常 用 be able to do 來(lái)替換。 because of 是介詞短語(yǔ), 表原因, 后面接名詞或代詞 賓語(yǔ)。because 是連詞, 詞后常接從句。 A poem It is the deepest appeal that is based on love. It is the most vital cause that is out of voluntary will. It is the noblest behavior that is devoted to helping others. The language of dedication is the most communicative language of mankind.