Unit 13 : Festivals

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.

The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. The traditional "first Thanksgiving" is the celebration that occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621. The Plymouth celebration occurred early in the history of what would become one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. The celebration became an important part of the American myth by the 1800s. This Thanksgiving, modeled after celebrations that were commonplace in contemporary Europe, is generally regarded as America's first. Elementary school teacher Robyn Gioia has argued that the earliest attested "thanksgiving" celebration in what is now the United States was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.

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Thanksgiving is usually celebrated with an evening party with family and friends with the turkey meat. In Canada and the United States, it is an important day for family reunion together, and people often travel far to return home. People usually stay four days for the holiday weekend in the United States: they are off work or school on Thursday and Friday of that week. Thanksgiving is usually held at home, unlike the American Independence Day or Christmas, the holidays that many public institutions (such as fireworks or busk). In Canada, it is a three-day weekend, they usually stay on the second Monday of October every year.

V. Change the following sentences into the passive voice or active voice.

1. Does Egypt export cotton to many countries ?

IS COTTON EXPORTED TO MANY COUNTRIES BY EGYPT?

2. The Christmas trees were decorated and put at the front doors.

THEY DECORATED AND PUT THE CHRISTMAS TREES AT THE FRONT DOORS.

3. Somebody must do something for these poor men.

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE FOR THESE POOR MEN.

4. Did Jack London write the novel "Martin Idon"?

WAS THE NOVEL ''MARTIN IDON'' WRITTEN BY JACK LONDON?

5. A new supermarket is going to be built next year.

THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A NEW SUPERMARKET NEXT YEAR.

6. They have just built a new church near my house.

A NEW CHURCH HAVE JUST BEEN BUILT NEAR MY HOUSE.

7. People speak French and English in Canada.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARE SPOKEN IN CANADA.

8. Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

THE TELEPHONE WAS INVENTED IN 1876 BY BELL.

9. People say that he is the best doctor.

HE IS SAID TO BE THE BEST DOCTOR.

10. His painting will be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.

NEW ARTS GALLERY WILL EXHIBIT HIS PAINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME.