Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated the third Thursday of November each year in the United States. (It is also celebrated in Canada, but not on the same day) It is based on the story of the first Thanksgiving feast (a large dinner) shared between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans (or Indians). Only 50% of the Pilgrims who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts survived the first winter. That spring, the Natives showed them how to farm, hunt, and fish. The exact date of the first Thanksgiving is unknown, but it's purpose was for everyone to give thanks for the harvest and each other. This tradition continued, and George Washington declared the first feast of Thanksgiving as a country in 1777, during the Revolutionary War. Now Thanksgiving means eating turkey, pumpkin pie, celebrating good times with family and friends, and being American!We ended class by watching Season Five's episode #9: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap of How I Met Your Mother. It reinforced the idea that Thanksgiving is about family for Americans.
We will have the final on Monday, November 21st, at 8 am. Please inform me of any scheduling conflicts. Topics covered will include:
- Tourism Marketing Presentation - Various topics, see related blog post.
- Internet Vocabulary
- How to Describe Celebrities - we played a version of Times Up and it's to test what you learned by playing it in English.
- Speed Dating - make sure you are familiar with how to introduce yourself, and ask an introductory question to someone else.
- Questions - I'm going to be looking for examples of questions you could ask in a work situation. I will also be looking for questions in response to an article.
- Thanksgiving - be able to give a brief explanation of the meaning of Thanksgiving
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