全新版大学英语综合教程第三册UNIT5-3

（单词翻译）

　　1.Read aloud paragraphs 21-23 and learn them by heart.
2.Read aloud the following poem:
Giving Thanks
Author Unknown
For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor¹ well done,and the barns that are heapde,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb(蜂窝),
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home--
Thanksgiving!Thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning(灵巧)and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that hope and affection have brought--
Thanksgiving!Thanksgiving!
For the homes that with purest affection are blest(bless的过去分词),
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the"Land of the Free"--
Thanksgiving!Thanksgiving!
3.Read the following quatations.Learn them by heart if you can.You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.
Life is a festival only to the wise.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
To give thanks in solitude² is enough.Thandsgiving has wings and goes where it must go.
--Victor Hugo
Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
--Kahlil Gibran
I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story.The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins,the anticipation³ of familiar turns it takes,the familiar moments of suspense,and the familiar climax⁴ and ending.
--Fred Roqers
4.Read the following humorous story for fun.You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.
It was the first time the blonde was eating Thanksgiving dinner without her family.Trying to re-enact the tradition,she prepared a dinner for herself alone.The next day,her mother called to see how everything went.
"Oh,mother,I made myself a lovely dinner,but I had so much trouble trying to eat the turkey!"said the daughter.
"Did it not taste good?"her mother asked.
"I don't know,"the blonde said.“It wouldn't sit still!"