The International Workers’ Day, sometimes 【小题1】 (call) Labour Day or May Day, is not only a celebration of workers’ rights, but also a seasonal celebration in many countries. The holiday is a 【小题2】（celebrate) of laborers in about 90 countries.

People 【小题3】 (observe) this holiday since 1920 to show their 【小题4】 (aware) of protecting the working class【小题5】 exploitation (剥削). In China, people don’t need to go to work from May 1st until May 3^rd, many of 【小题6】take this opportunity to meet up friends 【小题7】 go for short trips, with no specific public events during the holiday.

A recent report was issued by the China Tourism Academy,【小题8】 (say) that the number of domestic (国内的) tourist trips will reach about 4.55 billion,【小题9】 increase of 73 percent year on year. “China’s tourism market has embarked on a track of recovery this year. And we will see a 【小题10】 (continue) ‘travel frenzy (狂热)’ during the May Day holiday,” said Li Huigin, a tourism expert with the China University of Geosciences.

Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the 【小题1】 (four) Thursday in the month of November every year, is essentially 【小题2】 harvest festival. It is a time characterized with lots of fun and great interest, gifting, family feasting, community 【小题3】 (pray) etc.

Thanksgiving is most celebrated in the 【小题4】 (country) of America and Canada,   【小题5】 witnesses a lot of great warmth among their residents. It is a time to thank both God for a generously-harvest 【小题6】 your fellows for their continuous support and care.

Parades and fairs, eating 【小题7】 restaurants, shopping are a permanent part of the festive 【小题8】 (celebrate). Football game is 【小题9】 (close) associated with thanksgiving celebration in America. Football matches 【小题10】 (organize) every year to mark the occasion.

Special Days Around the World

Teachers’ Day

【小题1】 people in many countries celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5^th October, in Argentina it is on 11^th September — the anniversary of the death of former president, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento in 1888. What Sarmiento believed passionately in was the importance of education: He wrote ‘Schools are the very basis of civilization’. Children traditionally write poems for their teachers and give them an apple, make a cake or buy flowers. In Vietnam, Educator’s Day is in November. Many students visit their former teachers in their homes 【小题2】(give) them presents, or give news about themselves. And at some schools in India, senior students become teachers, and teachers become students for the day!

World Book Day

In many countries, Book Day 【小题3】(fall) on 23^rd April every year. It originated in Catalonia in 1923 when booksellers decided to honour the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, who died on that day in 1616. In 1995, World Book Day became an international event, 【小题4】(celebrate) reading and books. People exchange presents — usually a book and a rose. There are also events such as writing competitions, and in Madrid there is a public reading of Cervantes’s 【小题5】(great) work — Don Quijote — which lasts 48 hours! In the UK and Ireland, all schoolchildren receive a £1 book token (礼品券), and many children now dress up as 【小题6】 favourite character from fiction!

Respect for the Aged Day

Grandparents’ Day is popular in many countries, but in Japan, a country where nearly 30 percent of the population are over 60, older people 【小题7】(treat) with special respect. The third Monday of September is ‘Respect for the Aged Day’, 【小题8】 became a national holiday in 1966. Everyone has a day 【小题9】 school or work and people organize celebrations for the older people of the village or community where they live. Young people dress up in traditional clothes. They sing and dance and there will be a meal specially 【小题10】(prepare) for the older people. Nowadays, people also visit relatives and the older people in their families, for a three-day weekend.