Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in Canada, and it is held on the second Monday in October. On Thanksgiving Day, all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores are not open for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （生意）. Many people have a day off on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （第二）Monday of October.

    They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit their {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （亲戚）and friends.

    Many people also prepare a special meal to eat in the dining room or in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （花园）. If someone invites you to his or her home during the Thanksgiving festival, they will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （招待） you well. And you had better bring the host a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （礼物）to thank him or her.

    The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （短期的）autumn vacation. The most popular Thanksgiving activities include: going outside to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （欣赏）the beautiful colors of the Canadian autumn, hiking, and fishing. On weekends, football fans may {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （躺）on the sofa and watch the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches.

    Zhou, the father of a student in Nanjing, was sitting at home one day. All of a sudden, he realized he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (很少) spoke to his son's teachers all term. He wasn't even invited to a parents' meeting!

    Zhou decided to ask his son. The answer his son gave him was a big shock. Zhou's son paid a man 50 yuan and asked him to be his "father" at a parents' meeting!

    "I did badly in my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (考试) and I didn't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (敢于) to tell my father about that," says the boy. " My father is always {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (骄傲的) of me. I didn't want to make him feel angry.

    This boy is not the only student to do that. Six of his classmates have used their money to do that, too. Most of them played the trick because they were afraid of being punished for getting bad {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (得分).

    Teachers say that parents are to blame (对……负有责任) for kids' buying "fathers". "Parents are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (要求) too much of their children," they say. "Sometimes many students {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (未能做到)，and they don't know how to face their parents then.

    Students should make friends with their parents. Experts on teenagers say that is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (确切地) the best way to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( 对付) with this problem. Then students will be able to have heart to-heart talks with their parents. These talks will be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (有帮助的) to solve the problem.