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Chapter 6 Leisure Life,Part Two American Leisure Life,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Learning Focus,American Newspapers Television The Internet American Football Basketball Thanksgiving Day Halloween,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Before You Read,Warm-up What are Americas favorite sports? _ What do Americans do in their leisure time? _ How do Americans spend their holidays? _,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Leisure Life,Mass Media Mass communications are inexpensive and immediately available to everyone by means of advanced technology. Sports There are many organized teams in sports such as baseball, American football, soccer, golf, basketball, tennis, and other group sports. Holiday American holidays can be divided into national holidays, religious holidays, or special days.,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Mass Media,Newspapers USA Today The New York Times The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Mass Media,Of all the newspapers, the widest circulation paper in the United States is USA Today averaging over copies every weekday.,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Mass Media,Television ABC The Internet,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Sports,Football Preseason Regular season Post-season AFC NFC,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Sports,The two conferences for American football are the （AFC), and the NFC which stands for (NFC).,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Sports,Basketball All-Star game play-off games NBA,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Sports,Baseball The baseball pre-season now begins in February. The regular season begins at the beginning of April and ends in October.,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Sports,Which one of the following sports was invented by a physical education teacher? (a) Football (b) Baseball (c) Basketball (d) Tennis,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,Christmas Day Celebrated on December 25 Santa Claus Reenacts the Christmas story Christmas hymns are sung. Christmas trees Turkey,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,Thanksgiving On the fourth Thursday in November Express thanks Decorate homes with colored “Indian” corn Roast turkey with stuffing Sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,Halloween All-Hallows-Eve Jack-o-lantern Trick-or-treating,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,New Years Day January 1 New Years Eve Final countdown Making New Years resolution,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,Valentines Day Celebrated on February 14th Heart and Cupid, the symbols of Valentines Day Cupid, the son of Venus, the goddess of love will shoot his arrows into peoples hearts and the people who are shot will fall in love.,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Holidays,Which one of the following is NOT a religious holiday? (a) Easter (b) Halloween (c) The Fathers Day (d) Christmas,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Summary,British Mass Media Sports Holidays What are the similarities and differences between them?,American Mass Media Sports Holidays,An Introduction to British and American Culture,Thank you!,