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    The Father's Day is a day for fathers. The idea for the Father's Day {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start) in 1909. A woman named Sonora Dodd thought about {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have) a Father's Day while she was listening to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Mother's Day speech at church. She wanted {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) her father, William Smart, a special day.

    Mr Smart's wife died while she was giving birth {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their sixth child. He raised the baby and his other five children on a farm.

    When Sonora Dodd became an adult, she understood {#blank#}6{#/blank#} kind and loving her father was while he was raising his six children alone. She believed her father worked very hard to make sure his children were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (health) and strong.

    The first Father's Day celebration was held {#blank#}8{#/blank#} 19 June. 1910. Since then, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (three) Sunday in June became a national Father's Day in America. In early times, people wore red roses to show respect for fathers {#blank#}10{#/blank#} were still living and white flowers for fathers that had passed away. Today, Americans celebrate Father's Day in many different ways. No matter how the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is loved.

How are American families different from Chinese ones?

    In some ways American families are very different from Chinese ones, and in other ways they are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} same. For example, American families enjoy family dinners. They support and love each other just {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Chinese families do. The {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(different) come from culture, however. Many Chinese students are surprised to learn that American teenagers are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(allow) to make many decisions {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their own, and the parents want their children to leave home at eighteen.

    In most American families, children are encouraged to make their own {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(choose) at a young age. They start with small choices and gradually larger ones until they graduate from high school. That is when they face {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(big) decision of their lives: what to do next. Parents and family will help with the choice, but the children themselves make the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finally) decision.

    Americans seldom move back into family homes {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they get older. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, they prefer to have their own lives for as long as possible. It is important to remember that these are cultural differences, and that Americans see this as part of the culture.