新编英语教程3 Unit 2 背景知识
background knowledge
Unit 2 Unwillingly on Holiday
Important holidays in the western country
1. New year’s Day
1) the origin of . New year’s Day
2) New Year’s Eve
3) Customs on ) New Year’s Eve
4) New Year’s Celebrations
2. Candlemas Day (Groundhog Day, February
1) Candlemas Day is a Roman Catholic festival celebrating the purification of the Virgin Mary after she gave birth to the infant Jesus
2) From the Middle Ages on, country folk believed that on this day hibernating animals left their dens to inspect the state of the sky .For some unknown reasons, the weather on this late-winter day was traditionally thought to indicate the reverse of what was to come
3. Valentine’s Day (February 14)
1) the origin of Valentine’s Day
a. February 14 became known as a lover’s holiday because
