Thanksgiving – Hálaadás – Hallás utáni értés
Thanksgiving listening gap filling exercise
Thanksgiving
Listen and fill the gaps:
(A hanganyagért kattints az ikonra)
Thanksgiving is a very 1.) _______________ holiday. It is also called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the fourth 2.) _______________ in November every year. It used to be a religious holiday to give 3.) _______________ to God.
There are 4.) _______________ versions of the origins of this holiday. One is thanks for the early settlers arriving in 5.)_______________ safely. On December the 4th, 6) _______________, a group of 7.) _______________ pioneers arrived at a place called Berkeley Hundred, in Virginia. The group made a promise that the 8.) _______________ of their arrival should be a „day of thanksgiving” to God.
The 9.) _______________ version is the thanks given to Native Americans for 10.) _______________ the pilgrims how to catch eels and grow corn in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 11.) _______________, President Roosevelt made Thanksgiving a federal holiday.
The main event of any Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving 12.) _______________. It is traditional to have baked or roasted 13.) _______________. This is usually accompanied with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fall 14.) _______________, cranberry sauce, and gravy. 15.) _______________ pie is the most commonly eaten dessert.
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for 16.) _______________. It is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for most 17.) _______________ and colleges, and many businesses and government workers get three or 18.) _______________ days off.
Thanksgiving is also the unofficial signal for Christmas preparations to begin. Once Thanksgiving 19.) _______________, stores fill their shelves with Christmas goods. It is also a 20.) _______________ time to be a turkey.
to celebrate – ünnepelni religious – vallási God – Isten origin – eredet settler – telepes to arrive – megérkezni arrival – érkezés safely – biztonságosan pioneer – úttörő to make a promise – ígéretet tenni Native Americans – amerikai őslakosok pilgrim – zarándok to catch – elkapni, fogni (halat) eel – angolna to grow – termeszteni federal holiday – szövetségi ünnep main event – fő esemény baked – sült (sütőben) roasted – sült (zsiradékon) to accompany – kísérni mashed potatoes – burgonyapüré sweet potatoes – édesburgonya fall – ősz cranberry sauce – áfonya szósz gravy – szaft pie – pite government worker – állami alkalmazott a day off – szabadnap unofficial signal – nem hivatalos jel preparation – készülődés store – üzlet, bolt goods – áru(cikkek)
