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1、大兴InmanycountriesaroundtheworldMay1isaholiday.LaborDay,orWorkers’Day,isaninternationalholidaythathonorsworkingmenandwomen,andthejobstheydo.Duringthelate1880s,inmanypartsoftheworld,peopleworkedforfourteentosixteenhoursadayinfactories,andearnedverylittlemon
2、ey.IntheUnitedStatesandCanada,workingpeoplegottogethertotrytomaketheirworkplacesbetter.ThesegroupsofpeopleformedUnions.Theunionleadersaskedcompanydirectorsforshorterworkdaysandhigherpays,butmanyofthemdismissedtheideas.OnMay1,1886,menandwomenintheUnitedSta
3、tesandCanadastoppedworkandmarchedthroughcitiesandtownstotryandforcebossestoletthemworkaneight-hourday.InthecityofChicago,severalpeoplediedinfightswiththepolice.Overthenextfewyears,peopleincitiesaroundtheworldstoppedworkingeveryMay1tohonorworkerseverywhere
4、.Bytheearlytwentiethcentury,thefirstofMaywasanationalholidayinmanycountries.IntheUnitedStatesandCanada,May1isnotaholiday.NorthAmericanscelebrateLaborDayonthefirstMondayinSeptember.TodayintheUnitedStates,LaborDayismostlyabouthavingfun.Peopleenjoyalongweeke
5、nd,andoftencelebratebyhavingbarbecuesorpicnicswithfriendsorfamily.InmanypartsoftheUnitedStates,LaborDayisalsothelastdayofsummervacationandstudentsreturntoschoolthenextday.64.IstheLaborDayanothernameforWorkers’Day？________________________65.Whoformedthefir
6、stUnions?_______________________________________________66.Whendidpeoplefirststopworkforaneight-hourday?_______________________________________________67.HowdoestheNorthAmericanscelebratetheirLaborDay?________________________________________________68.Wha
7、tdoesthepassagemainlywanttotellus?______________________________________________顺义Reading isveryimportant.WorldBookDayfallsonApril23everyyear.Itencouragespeople,especiallyteenagers,todiscoverthepleasureofreading.Itisalsothedaytohonorgreatwriters.Manycount
8、riescelebrateWorldBookDay.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooksatamuchlowerpricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland.Ithasbeendoneeveryyearsince1998.WorldBookDayisalsocelebratedinChina.WenJiabao,PremierofChina,i
