father day

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Father'sDay父亲节

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Father'sDay父亲节

AnAmericanCreation一个美国人的创意

Readthetextbelowanddotheactivitythatfollows.阅读下面的短文，然后

完成练习:

Father'sDayisafairlynewcelebrationintheBritishcalendarcomparedwith

Mother'sDay,whichhasbeenaverypopularandwell-celebratedfestivalinthe

UKforaverylongtime.

TheoriginsofthecelebrationareAmericananditwasinspiredbythe

veteranoftheUSCivilWar

edsixchildrenalone

withoutremarrying,whichwasundoubtedlyunusualbackinthodays.

Hisdaughter,SonoraDodd,realidwhenshewasanadultwhatherfather

ntheearly1900sandshewasactually

atchurchoneday,listeningtoarmononMother'ughtthere

shouldalsobeaFather'sDaycelebration.

Andsothetraditionwasborn,onthethirdSundayeveryJune,clotothe

anniversaryofSonora'sfather'ntooktheideaofFather'sDay

fromtheAmericancelebrationandithasbeencelebratedofficiallysincethe

1970s.

Father'sDayisneverquitesuchthebigcommercialeventthatMother'sDay

is,probablybecauithasn'tdo

BritishpeopledoforFather'sDay?

Well,dwouldprobably

ople

dobuyprentsaswell.

PopulargiftsforDadsareprobablyties,chocolatesorsocksbecautheare

thingsthatDadscanalwaysueveniftheydon'un-up

toFather'sDay,orindeedMother'sDay,therewillbeadvertsontheTVgiving

opswillbefullofmugsor

pensandsimilarmerchandiwith'World'sGreatestDad'writtenonthem.

SomefamiliesmightdothingstogethertocelebrateFather'sDaylikegoingfor

cialtreat,BritishpeoplemightgivetheirDadabitofarest–

makehimacupoftea,orevenwashhiscarandmowthelawntomakehim

feelreallyappreciated.

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Glossary词汇表

celebration-庆祝origins–起源

inspiredby–受启发veteran–退役

CivilWar–内战raid–养育了

remarrying–再婚undoubtedly–毫无疑问的

sacrificed–牺牲rmon–传教

officially–正式地commercial–商业性的

inexistence–存在therun-up–…即将到来之际

adverts–广告gadgets–小器具，小玩意

mugs–杯子merchandi–商品

treat–款待mowthelawn–除草

gQuiz阅读测验

Arethentencestrueorfal?Circlethecorrectanswer.

以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。

'sDayhasbeencelebratedintheUKforhundredsofyears.

True/Fal

DoddgottheideaforaFather'sDaycelebrationwhileshewasat

churchoneday.

True/Fal

'/Fal

'sDayismuchmorecommercialthanFather'/Fal

argiftideaforFather'/Fal

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Members家庭成员

Readthedefinitionsofthedifferentfamilymembersandtrytomatch

themupwiththewordsintheboxesbelow.下面的单词都是与家庭成员有关的

词汇。请选词填空。

ther/father'sbrotherwouldbeyour_______.

other/sister'sdaughterwouldbeyour_______.

cle/aunt'schildwouldbeyour_______.

sband/wife'smotherwouldbeyour_______.

mother/fatherremarries,thentheirhusband/wife'sdaughterwould

your_______.

cousin

uncle

niece

step-sister

mother-in-law

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日期

Matchthewrittendateswiththedateswritteninnumbers.请将下列日期

与与其相对的表达方式对应起来。

1.30thMarch,teeneightyfive

ineties

rtiethMarch,nineteensixtyeight

ixteenhundreds

rdofAugust

Nowcompletethentencesputtingthecorrectwordfromabovein

thegaps.从上面日期中选择正确答案.

Dionwasbornon_______.

pearedied_______.

tmarriedin_______.

'sbirthdayison_______.

herwasborn_______-he'stwelvenow.

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arch单词搜索

TrytofindthewordsassociatedwithFather’sDayinthepuzzlebelow.

anbewrittenhorizontally(J),

vertically(L)ordiagonally(P)

请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与父亲节有关的英语单词来。

共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的(J)垂直的(L)或对角的(P)形式出现。

fgcommercial

emegadgetkum

celebration

ersrooejunts

lcommeruciau

ehftgednapin

babfatherxod

lnvodrosicwa

rdnkgeeronby

misacardccok

zsocktbrufkp

yexmerchacbs

fathercelebrationJunecommercialsocks

cardgadgetSundaymerchanditreat

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Answers答案

gQuiz阅读测验

Arethentencestrueorfal?Circlethe

correctanswer.

'sDayhasbeencelebratedintheUKfor

DoddgottheideaforaFather'sDay

celebrationwhileshewasatchurchoneday..

True

'sDayisonthecondSundayofJune

'sDayismuchmorecommercialthan

Father'

argiftideaforFather'sDaywouldbeapair

Members家庭成员

Readthedefinitionsofthedifferentfamily

membersandtrytomatchthemupwiththe

wordsintheboxesbelow.下面的单词都是与家庭成员

有关的词汇。请选词填空。

ther/father'sbrotherwouldbeyouruncle.

other/sister'sdaughterwouldbeyour

niece.

cle/aunt'schildwouldbeyourcousin.

sband/wife'smotherwouldbeyour

mother-in-law.

mother/fatherremarries,thentheir

husband/wife'sdaughterwouldyourstep-sister.

日期

Matchthewrittendateswiththedateswritten

innumbers.请将下列日期与与其相对的表达方式对应起

来。

1.c2.d3.a4.e5.b

Nowcompletethentencesputtingthecorrect

wordfromaboveinthegaps.从上面日期中选择正确

答案.

Dionwasbornon30thMarch,1968.

pearediedinthe1600s.

gotmarriedin1985.

'sbirthdayison3rdAugust.

herwasborninthe90s-he'stwelvenow.

arch单词搜索

commercial

mgadget

celebration

rjs

cuu

hnn

afatherd

nrsa

deoy

icardc

stk

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