ThanksgivingDayisaveryspecialdayforpeopleintheUnitedStates.TheycelebrateitonthelastThursdayinNovember.CanadiansalsocelebrateThanksgivingDay,buttheydoitonthesecondMondayofOctober.InBritain,wherethisfestivaliscalledHarvestFestival,peoplecelebrateitearlierintheyear,inSeptember.

Aharvestisthefruityoutakefromthetreesandthecropsyoutakefromtheground.InNorthAmericaandBritain,harvesttimeformostfruitandcropsisintheautumn.InthesecountriesandotherChristianplaces,peoplegivethankstoGodonaspecialdayoftheyear.TheythankGodforthegoodthingsthathavehappenedduringtheyearandforthegoodharvesttheyhavehad.Peopleusuallytakesmallboxesoffruit,flowers,andvegetablestotheirchurchestoshowtheirthanks.

Thefirstthanksgivingservice(儀式)inNorthAmericatookplaceonDecember4th, 1619when38Englishpeople,arrivedinAmericatomaketheirhomeinthenewcountry.TheyheldthisservicenottothankGodfortheharvest,buttothankGodfortheirsafejourneys.Thenextyear,manymoreEnglishpeoplearrived.Theyhadabadwinter,butfortunatelytheharvestwasgood.theydecidedtocelebrateitwithabigmeal.Theyshotandkilledsmallanimalstoeatandcookedevery­thingoutsideonlargefires.About90Indiansalsocametothemeal.Everyoneateattablesoutsidetheirhousesandplayedgamestogether.Thefestivallastedthreedays.

AThanksgivingDaycelebrationwasheldeveryyearforalongtime,butnotalwaysonthesamedayoftheyear.Then,in1789,PresidentGeorgeWashingtonnamedNovember26thastheDayofThanksgiving.In1863,PresidentAbrahamLincolnchangedthedate,andsaidthatthelastThursdayinNovembershouldbeThanksgivingDay.

Nowadays,NorthAmericansaroundtheworldgettogetherwiththeirfamiliesonthisdaytoeatgoodfoodandhaveahappytime.

42.IsThanksgivingDaycelebratedonthesamedayinNorthAmericancountries?

43.WhendidthefirstthanksgivingservicetakeplaceinNorthAmerica?

44.WhomadethelastThursdayinNovemberThanksgivingDayintheUSA?

45.Whatdoestheword“fortunately”meaninChinese?

46Translatethesentence"TheythankGodforthegoodthingsthathavehappenedduringthe

yearandforthegoodharvesttheyhavehad."intoChinese.

1.No,itisn’t. 回答一般疑問句用Yes或No回答。

2.OnDecember4th, 1619. 細節題。見第3段第一句。

3.PresidentAbrahamLincoln細節題。見第4段最后一句。

4. 幸運地　詞義猜測題。根據前后的轉折關系可推測出。

5.翻譯：他們感謝上帝在這一年中賜給他們的好運和給他們帶來的好收成。

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