1. Hello, Mr... Err... Mr - I'm sorry, I have forgotten your name. 2. News has just come in of an earthquake in Southern Mangrovia. According to the first reports the quake struck just after midnight last night. 3. Alice has bought a new car. - Really? Where did she get the money? 4.I have often wondered what he does for a living. 5.He was ill before Christmas, but he has been fine since then. 6.Things have been difficult since Sharon lost her job. 7.Paul has been keen on music since childhood. 8.Have you two met before? David, this is Ann. 9.Have you seen Jane by any chance? There's a letter for her. 10. This is the only occasion that I have seen wearing a tie.
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04.08.2020
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions after harvests and at other times. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated. In the English tradition, days of thanksgiving and special thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII and in reaction to the large number of religious holidays on the Catholic calendar. Before 1536 there were 95 Church holidays, plus 52 Sundays, when people were required to attend church and forego work and sometimes pay for expensive celebrations.