Unit 10 Labor Day Part 2. Can you say anything about Labor Day? What day is Labor Day? What do people usually do on this day?

Unit 10 Labor Day

Part 2

Can you say anything about Labor Day?What day is Labor Day?

What do people usually do on this day?

words study:

1 accomplish: 完成，实现2 desire: 渴望，希望3 purpose: 目的，意图4 mean: 意味，用意5 wonder: 想知道6 mention: 提到，说到7 parade: 游行8 mark: 标志9 contribution: 贡献

He died in the morning after being shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln16th President of the U. S.

You can have anything you want—if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be. do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

— Abraham Lincoln

You can grow up to be anything you want to be if you really want to and you work hard at it.

1 Why mention this quote when the passage is

about Labor Day?

2 What is the day of the Labor Day in the US?

3 How long is the history of the American Labor Day?

Because everyone grows up and gets a job.

The first Monday in September.

Over 100 years.

Read the passage and fill in the table:

When? What did they do? Why?

In 1882

In 1887

In 1894

Five states declared Labor

Day a state holiday.

People had a parade in New York city.

Help the working class.

Congress passed a law which made Labor Day a national day.

1 What does Labor Day mean for most children in

America?

2 What is the difference between the two countries about the Labor Day?

Labor Day marks the beginning of the new school,

a time for learning the things that you will later use

When you get a job.

The difference between the two countries is the date.

In America, Labor Day is ________ on the first

Monday in September. During the last long

weekend of summer, people often swim, fish, grill

and watch the _______.

celebrated

parades

In China, Labor Day falls on May 1st ________ the

beginning of a vacation. Millions of Chinese will

________ home and abroad. The prices of flight

tickets, hotel rooms become _________ higher. To

avoid traffic, some of them may ________ before the

___________ holiday begins.

marks

travel

really

set out national

1 over 多于 ( 时间，数量，花费等 )

This dictionary has over 30, 000 entries.    这本词典收词 3 万多条。

Labor Day is a national holiday that is over 100 years old.

1. The Great Wall has a history of over 2,000

years.

2. There are over 200 students attending this

lecture.

3. It costs over 10 dollars.

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2 . pass: 通过 ( 考试、检查等 ); 使及格 ; 批准 ( 议案等 ) 。The bill was passed in 1908. 这项议案是一九○八年通过的。 He passed in German, but failed in English. 他德语考试及格了 , 但英语没及格。

In 1894, Congress passed a law which made Labor Day a national holiday.

pass: 传递，传达，传（球） Please pass me the salt.

1. The street was so crowded that cars were

unable to pass through.

2. The bill was passed and became a law.

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3 make 1.成为 , 变成 ; 成为 ... 的成员I will make a good basketball player.我会成为一个好的篮球运动员。2. 使成为 ; 使作为I‘ve made the dictionary my best teacher. 我把字典当成我最好的老师。

1. She made him her assistant.

2. Americans made Labor Day a national

holiday over 100 years ago.

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4 set out: 开始 , 规划 , 出发

She set out at 5:00 in the morning.

You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

她早晨 5 点就出发了。

5 set out to do sth.( 着手做… ..)

上周他着手做一架模型飞机。He set out to make a model plane last week.

6 hold to sth. 坚持… , 紧握…

我仍然坚持自己的意见。 I still hold to my views.

Labor Day also marks the beginning of the new

school year. 7 mark the beginning of ….

标志着…的开始 The Chinese have several days off for the Labor

Day holiday.

8 have several days off 有几天的假期

9 So + be / 助动词（ do/does/did 等） / 情态动词（ can/must/will 等） + 主语 表示“某某也如此”（与前句的情况一样） 。

Americans celebrate the contributions of worker.

So do the Chinese.

我能游泳，他也能。 I can swim. So can he.

他跑得快，她也是。 He runs fast.

So does she.

我妈妈是老师，他妈妈也是。My mother is a teacher.

So is his mother.

How do people in China celebrate this holiday?

1 When is the Women’s Day?

2 What do people do on that day?

3 How do you feel?