viernes, 25 de noviembre de 2011

Thanksgiving Festival

Thursday, 24th. of November is "Thanksgiving Day" in the USA. Let's learn a little more and take advantage of the festivity to learn and practice some English. First we'll have a look at this video which tells us the origins of this festivity:
The First Thanksgiving - 1 Translation(s) | dotSUB
Now, we'll read a story about different aspects of this celebration and answer some questions about it.
Apart of giving thanks, food is the other 'star' of the day. We'll learn some words and expresions related to typical 'Thanksgiving' dishes. Let's start by remembering part of an episode of "Friends" in wich Rachel has prepared a special "Traditional English Triffle" (Click HERE to watch)