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1、WritingThreeThank-youLettersOriginThanksgivingiscelebratedintheUSonthefourthThursdayinNovember.ItisassociatedwiththetimewhenEuropeansfirstcametoNorthAmerica.In1620theshiptheMayflowerarrived,bringingabout150peoplewhotodayareusuallycalledPilgrims.WhatpeoplecallthefirstThanksgiving,tha
2、tis,thePilgrims’celebrationoftheirharvestin1621,wasn’taThanksgivingtothem.BackgroundinformationSpecialmealThemostimportantpartofcelebrationisatraditionaldinnerwithfoodsthatcomefromNorthAmerica.Themealincludesturkey,sweetpotatoesandcranberries.Theturkeyisfilledwithstuffingordressing,
3、andmanyfamilieshavetheirownspecialrecipe.Dessertispumpkinmadeintoapie.CelebrationSchools,officesandmostbusinesscloseforThanksgiving,andmanypeoplemakethewholeweekendavacation.therearespecialtelevisionprogramsandsportsevents.ThenextdaymanypeoplegoouttoshopforChristmaspresents.AlexHale
4、y(1921-1992)Journalist,NovelistTheauthorwasborninIthaca,NewYorkonAugust11,1921,andrearedinHenning,Tennessee.Theoldestofthreesonsofacollegeprofessorfatherandamotherwhotaughtgradeschool,HaleygraduatedfromhighschoolatfifteenandattendedcollegefortwoyearsbeforeenlistingintheUnitedStatesC
5、oastGuardin1939.Heseveredtheretill1959.Haley'sgreatestsuccesswasRoots.MainideaTheauthorservedintheCoastGuardduringWorldWarⅡ.OnaThanks-givingdayatsea,hebegantogiveseriousthoughttotheThanks-givingdaythathasbecome.ThushedecidedtocelebratethetruemeaningofThanks-givingbywritingthreethank
6、-youletterstohisfather,tohisgrammarschoolprincipalandtohisgrandmother.Moreover,theauthorexpressedhiswishforworldpeaceandhumanbeingsfindingthegoodandpraisingit.TowhomThereasonsresponsesFather(SimonA.Haley)HeimpressedupontheauthorfromboyhoodtolovebooksandreadingHefeltthathisbestresult
7、sincludedhisownsonRev.LonualNelsonTheauthorwasinfluencedbyhismorningschoolprayersHetoldtheauthorthathehadretiredandwasbroughtwelcomereassurancebytheletterGrandmother(CynthiaPalmer)Sheusedadozenwaystoteachtheauthorhowtotellthetruth,toshareandtobeforgivingandconsiderateofothersShehast
8、akencareoftheauthor
