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gobble/ˈɡɒb(ə)l/:to eat something quickly and often noisily.
giblets /ˈdʒɪbləts/: the liver, heart, and neck of poultry (=chickens etc) that you remove before you cook it.
drumstick /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/: the lower part of the leg of a chicken or other bird, cooked and eaten as food.
Answers:
ReplyDeleteExercise 1
Team A
1. When is Thanksgiving (Day)? 2. When did the first settlers/people from England arrive in North America? 3. What is pumpkin pie? 4. Who helped the settlers/people from the Mayflower? 5. Who decided (in 1941) that Thanksgiving should be on the fourth Thursday in November? 6. What accompaniments/things do Americans (often) eat with turkey at Thanksgiving? 7. When did the Mayflower arrive in North America? 8. Where did Courage go to live?
Team B
1. What (meat) do Americans usually eat at Thanksgiving? 2. Who decided (in 1863) that Thanksgiving should be on the last Thursday in November? 3. When did the settlers/people from the Mayflower have a feast? 4. Who did the settlers/people from the Mayflower invite to the feast? / Who helped the settlers? 5. How did the Native Americans help the settlers/people from the Mayflower? 6. When was President Obama’s first Thanksgiving / turkey pardoning as President? 7. What was the name of the turkey President Obama pardoned? 8. What did many of the settlers/people from the Mayflower die from (during the first winter)?
Exercise 2 1. settlers 2. take 3. celebration 4. forward 5. survive 6. first 7. moment 8. November 9. arrived 10. pie 11. weekend 12. anniversary
If the sentences have been completed correctly, Stars and Stripes will read from top to bottom.