There are many legal (法定的) holidays in the US. Here are some of them.

    It is a legal holiday, and all banks and schools are closed. Many people invite their friends to come to their homes or visit them in the afternoon or evening.

    Although Washington was born on February 22nd, his birthday is now celebrated on the third Monday of February. Some states in America celebrate Lincoln's birthday on February 12th. They, the most famous presidents of America, were both born in February.

    This holiday remembers many service members, men and women, who died for their country. Americans celebrate Memorial Day with services in cemeteries and churches.

    America's great national holiday, Independence Day, falls on the fourth of July. It was on this day that the colonists (殖民地居民) announced their independence from England. They had to fight hard for the next seven years to win this independence.

    This holiday honours (向……表示敬意) the working people of

America. There are different sorts of celebrations and speeches on this day too.

People go to all kinds of places to enjoy the fine weather at the end of summer.

Daming: Hello, this is Daming. Who's that?

Betty: This is Betty. I want to visit your home town 一 Liaocheng. Can you give me some suggestions?

Daming: What do you want to know?

Betty:

Daming; Yes, you are right. It's usually very hot in summer.

Betty:

Daming: I think you'd better come in October.

Betty:

Daming: Because the weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change colour then.

Betty:

Daming: You can visit many places of interest here, such as Dongchang Lake and Guangyue Tower,

Betty: Thank you for your suggestions. I'm looking forward to visiting Liaocheng.

一 Well, it all ________________ the weather.

一 I have lived in Beijing since 2015.

一 Three months.

一 ____________________

Dear Michael,

    How's your vacation? I'm visiting my uncle in Spain. He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia. in Spain.

    Yesterday, I had great fun. My uncle took me to the Tomato Festival in Bunol, which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives. You have probably never heard of this festival before. Neither had L. The Tomato Festival is called "La Tomatina" in Spanish. It was the biggest and messiest (最混乱的) tomato fight in the world. When we first got t0 the square where the festival took place, it was very crowded with people from all around the world, and many trucks were carrying tomatoes. My uncle told me the number of the people here was around 38,000 and this was more than four times the population of Bunol.

    The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten. Then everyone, including me, started throwing tomatoes at each other. I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran, moved, bent down, or turned around. Tomatoes must be squashed before people threw them in order not 10 hurt anybody.

    After a little while, the streets, people and nearby buildings were splashed with red, There was no winner in this fight, but we all had fun. As soon as a second banger was beaten. people stopped throwing.

    I really had a great time. I wish you were here too. I hope I can hear from you.

With love,

Linda

The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. American children of all ages give their mothers something special. It is the day children, young and old, try to show their love to mothers, It is the day to celebrate motherhood and to thank her for all small and big things she has done for her children. However, do you know that Mother's Day celebration is not a recent thing?

England was the first country to set a day to mothers. In the United States, Mother's Day became an official holiday in 1914. An American woman, Anna, asked governors to set a festival for mothers for their love. And they set the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later all the other states celebrated it.

On Mother's Day morning, some American children serve their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children will give their mothers presents which they have made themselves or bought in shops. Adults give their mothers red carnations (康乃馨), the official Mother's Day flowers. If their mothers left the world, they might bring white carnations to their grave sites (基地). This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On the special day, family members do not want mothers to cook dinner!