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1. What is the favourite sports entertainment on Thanksgiving Day in the USA?
2. What happens to the turkeys which are chosen by the President?
3. Why was it decided to celebrate Thanksgiving at the end of November?
4. How can people make the house ready for the autumn holiday?
5. Why did the turkey become the main dish for the Thanksgiving dinner?
6. What is the day after Thanksgiving known for?
7. Why is Thanksgiving celebrated on different dates in different countries?
A. The people of Canada celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October every year. It is celebrated to thank God for the past harvest and pray for the coming year. The United States, however, celebrates Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year. The reason behind the difference is geographical: autumn starts earlier in Canada than in the USA.
B. Thanksgiving is the right time to decorate homes. You can add some autumn-colored pillows to the sofa, light a candle and arrange some yellow or orange flowers in a vase. Special message boards have become very popular recently. As guests arrive for Thanksgiving, let them write what they are thankful for on a paper leaf and pin it up on the board. Paper leaves can be cut from scrapbooks and painted in autumn colours.
C. Lots of Americans cannot imagine Thanksgiving afternoon without watching TV. This tradition began in 1934. The reason was a great match between two football teams – the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears. That game turned out to be really exciting. Since that time, matches have been held every year (except the years of World War II) on Thanksgiving Day and have become very popular.
D. Once, President Truman chose a turkey on Thanksgiving Day and sent it back to the farm. That happened in 1947. Since that time it has become a tradition. Nowadays the President selects two turkeys and frees them in front of a large crowd. Then the turkeys are sent to a farm house to let them live in peace.
E. Some people use Thanksgiving Day and the day after to visit their families or friends. Others use this day to go shopping. The Americans call the day after Thanksgiving ‘Black Friday’. It first got its name in 1960 in Philadelphia. Many people visited the city for shopping. It was overcrowded and the local people considered it a bad black day. Nowadays ‘Black Friday’ means the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
F. In 1863 Sara Hale, an editor and writer, wrote a letter to President Lincoln and advised him to proclaim a national day of Thanksgiving. She selected the last Thursday in November because, as she said, the harvests were finished, the elections were over and people were back from their summer vacations. She even suggested a list of dishes for the traditional holiday menu. President Lincoln liked her idea and declared a national holiday, Thanksgiving Day.
1. Where were the tourists from?
2. Who visited two art galleries and some museums during the week's stay in Moscow?
3. What did the English tourists do during their week's stay in Moscow?
4. What did the English tourists visit during their week's stay in Moscow?
5. How many art galleries and museums did the English tourists visit during their week's stay in Moscow?
6. When did the English tourists visit two art galleries and some museums in Moscow?
7. What city did the English tourists visit two art galleries and some museums during their week's stay in?
I personally feel that school ages are the perfect time to make friends. Only then you can live without problems and responsibilities. You can communicate with contemporaries and get pleasure from it. By the way, children can detect lie and meanness better than adults. That is why, friendship in such a young age is the most sincere.
But when you grow up, you find new interests, new priorities and old friends lose value in your eyes. Moreover,you and your friends can choose different life's roads and this fact destruct your relationships at all.
But instead of all facts, you shouldn't forget about the idiom "A friend is never known till needed." No matter how and where you met your friend: at school or university, pab or cafe, you will always detect :your" person, who will be your anchor during the whole life.