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United States Thanksgiving
In a 1789 proclamation, President George Washington called on the people of the United States to acknowledge God for affording them “an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness” by observing a day of thanksgiving. Devoting a day to “public thanksgiving and prayer,” as Washington called it, became a yearly tradition in many communities.
Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863. In that year, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln made his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. He asked his fellow citizens “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise...”
It was not until 1941 that Congress designated the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, thus creating a federal holiday.
However official, the idea of a special day for giving thanks was not born of presidential proclamations. Native American harvest festivals had been celebrated for centuries, and colonial services dated back to the late 16th century. Thanksgiving Day, as we know it today, began in the early 1600s when settlers in both Massachusetts and Virginia came together to give thanks for their survival, for the fertility of their fields, and for their faith. The most widely known early Thanksgiving is that of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts, who feasted for 3 days with the Wampanoag people in 1621.
Turkey has become the traditional Thanksgiving fare because at one time it was a rare treat. During the 1830s, an eight-to-ten-pound bird cost a day’s wage. Even though turkeys are affordable today, they still remain a celebratory symbol of bounty. In fact, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ate roast turkey in foil packets for their first meal on the Moon.
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19. The turkey has become traditional at Thanksgiving because
a) it was the biggest bird available.
b) its species was rarely found then.
c) it used to be prohybitively expensive.
d) it was eaten by astronauts on the Moon.
e) its meat was a symbol in other celebrations.
20. According to the text, the current Thanksgiving holiday was officially established by
a) the Pilgrims in the 1600s.
b) the Congress in 1941.
c) ordinary people in the 1830s.
d) the Wampanoags in 1621.
e) George Washington in 1789.
21. The word “it” at the end of the first paragraph refers to
a) “an opportunity”.
b) “a yearly tradition”.
c) “a day of thanksgiving”.
d) “a form of government”.
e) “their safety and happiness”.
Respostas
Resposta:
21: An opportunity
Explicação:
Como visto acima o texto fala sobre a oportunidade um pouco antes da palavra it. Noticia-se que, antes do emprego do it, a oportunidade é explicada, e depois referida novamente com o emprego de it.
Seguem abaixo as respostas para cada uma das questões acerca do texto sobre o dia de Ação de Graças nos Estados Unidos da América:
19) b) Its species was rarely found then.
20) b) The congress in 1941
21) c) A day of thanksgiving
Comprehension
Para que possamos compreender corretamente esse texto acerca do Dia de Ação de Graças, primeiramente precisamos compreender algumas palavras chave que o texto nos fornece, seguem algumas delas:
- Turkey
- Holiday
- Native
- Thanksgiving
- Happiness
Todas essas palavras possuem um significado específico que precisa ser conhecido previamente pelo estudante para que ele possa responder as questões corretamente, uma vez que essa forma de análise textual é conhecida como skimming.
A análise textual por meio de técnicas é muito comum de ser utilizada quando não se conhecem todas as palavras dentro de um texto, podendo dessa forma entender o texto de forma plena através do contexto no qual as palavras chave estão inseridas.
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