听力试题

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed，listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings，the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

Thanksgiving Day

答案详解

【听力原文】

Thanksgiving Day，/is a legal holiday observed annually in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. /In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday in October. /Most people celebrate,/ Thanksgiving by gathering with family or friends for a holiday feast./Thanksgiving was first celebrated by Pilgrims and native Americans in colonial New England in the early 17th century. /Today Thanksgiving is mainly a celebration of domestic life，/ centered on the home and family. /Thanksgiving parades often feature children dressed in Pilgrim costume, /complete with tall hats, dark clothes，/ and shoes with large silver-colored buckles. /In keeping with the idea of celebrating a plentiful harvest, /preparing and eating a large meal is a central part of most Thanksgiving celebrations. /The meal usually includes the pumpkin pie, cornbread, roasted turkey, etc. / These simple foods recall the old virtues of the Pilgrims, /emphasizing the natural gifts that greeted early settlers in their adopted homeland.

【核心词汇】

buckle a.搭扣，皮带扣

feast n.盛会，宴会

observe v.庆祝，欢庆

Pilgrim n.清教徒

virtue n.美德

center on 以......为中

fall on 落到；轮到

Thanksgiving Day 感恩节