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    What do American children think of Thanksgiving? This is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}two of them wrote.

    Once we were at my grandparents' home at Thanksgiving and we went to the store {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(get) a turkey,  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they didn't have any, so we had to get a live one. When we went to kill it, it had gone! There was nothing left except feathers. That year we had to eat chicken instead {#blank#}4{#/blank#}turkey.

——Eleanor, 15 years old

    Thanksgiving is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}excellent day. It {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(celebrate) because we are thankful for things that other people do. At Thanksgiving, you {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(main) eat turkey, fruit and vegetables. You can stay at home with your family and have fun with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.Thanksgiving is one of the most important {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(holiday) in the USA. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621. Each year, it is on the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(four) Thursday of November.

——Joss, 14 years old

Dear Mom and Dad,

    Greetings from Hawaii! It has so beautiful sunshine here! We{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have) a great time now.

    This week we {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) in Honolulu," the capital of Hawaii. It has the most famous beach, WaiKiKi. The water is very clear {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the waves(波浪) are very high. It's good for surfing(冲浪), So it's full of people. I learned surfing {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Tony last month. Yesterday we went surfing in the sea and it was such great {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (funny)! We had a wonderful {#blank#}6{#/blank#} there. Tony is a very good surfer and he's also{#blank#}7{#/blank#} good teacher. So I can surf very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) now.

    Next week I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (return) home. And I will give presents to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} .That's it for you now. I miss you, Mom and Dad.

Love,

Sarah