2 Топика по иностранному языку \english\ (работа 1)
Thanksgiving Day
There
is one day a year when all Americans stay home with their families
and eat a big dinner. This is Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims
celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621. The
pilgrims sailed to America on board the "Mayflower" ship
for religious freedom. They were among the first European settlers in
America.
There were people living in America before the pilgrims arrived.
These people were the Native American Indians.
The pilgrims first winter in the New World was very difficult. They
had arrived too late to grow many crops. Without fresh food half of
the pilgrims died. The following spring the Indians taught the
pilgrims how to hunt, fish, plant and survive in America. The crops
did well and in the fall of 1621 pilgrims had a great harvest. They
were thankful and decided to celebrate with a Thanksgiving feast.
They prepared a dinner of turkey, corn, beans and pumpkins. They
invited their Indian friends to share this feast. The Indians brought
food for the feast too (they even brought popcorn! ). Americans still
celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the fall. It is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday in November. Turkey is still the main dish and
pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
What will future people be like
Some
people think that the world will change a lot. The cities will become
bigger. They will be more beautiful. There will be more parks and
trees in them.
Some people say that there won't be many people in the cities and the
cities will become smaller but there will be more farms. More people
will live in the country, and they will grow food for all the world.
People will be taller and more clever. Some people think that men
will be two metres tall, and women will be as tall as men. They say
men and women will wear the same clothes but in different colours.
Pupils will not go to school. They will have computers at home and
the computers will help them to learn everything.
At weekends people will go to the moon and other planets. They will
have a good time there. They won't read many books. They will mostly
watch television and get news from computer networks. And they will
learn many things from nature. All people will enjoy their life.