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American Thanksgiving Day
The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. /In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. /The colonists who had settled there had left England /because they felt denied of religious freedom. /They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean. /The ship which carried them was called Mayflower. /The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. /There were bad stomas. /They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. /The Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. /Their religious practices were no longer a source of criticism by the government. /They learned to adjust their fanning habits to the climate and soil. /When they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, /they invited their neighbors, the Indians, /to join them in dinner and a prayer of gratitude for the new life.

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这篇短文听写的难点在于专有名词的听记。American Thanksgiving Day，Plymouth，Massachusetts，England， Mayflower，The North Atlantic，Puritans和Indians都要求拼写无误(要注意首字母的大写)，如果实在拼写不出，可以按照读音规则试一试，因为专有名词多半是符合读音规则的。最重要的还是在平时练习中重视常见的专有名词，多多记忆。