In the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. This is a day to the things we have, which we do with a great . For my family, we usually it at our house, with , uncles, and cousins joining us. Our relatives usually come before three and four in the afternoon. We with snacks in the living room, where one of my aunts always brings , which always gets eaten quickly.
For the , we have , , , , and stuffing, which we all eat together in our dining room. We have a few vegetarians in our family, so we’ve recently started including a stew made with root vegetables.
For dessert, we have a variety of pies, including apple, , strawberry rhubarb, and my favorite: pumpkin chiffon pie, which my dad makes. This is a version of pumpkin pie where the filling is mixed with meringue to make it fluffy.
In recent years, my dad has organized a 5k event on this day that we participate in, which always makes the food feel earned, as it involves running five kilometers early in the morning.
Some of my cousins stay with us . We are also from work and school the day afterward. Sometimes we go somewhere for the day, sometimes we don’t. That night, we always get from an Indian restaurant. I always look forward to seeing at Thanksgiving. It’s always a great reminder that I have all these people me, which is especially important right now.
Listen to the whole recording. What is it about?Écoute tout l'enregistrement. De quoi parle-t-il ?
- Kevin's family
- Kevin talks about the food, a sports event and
The facts: listen again and choose.Les faits : écoute encore et choisis.
- The relatives arrive
- One of his aunts always brings
- For the vegetarians, they have recently added
- Kevin's favourite dessert is
- The 5k event is
- The day after Thanksgiving,
- That night, they get take-out from
Reading between the lines: what can you understand, even if it is not said?Lire entre les lignes : que peut-on comprendre, même si ce n'est pas dit ?
- The food feels « so much more earned » because
- Kevin's family
- The shrimp cocktail « always gets eaten quickly »:
- « Especially important right now »: Kevin is probably
Listen and drag the missing words into the text.Écoute et fais glisser les mots manquants dans le texte.
Your turn (on a sheet of paper).À toi (sur une feuille).
On a sheet of paper, compare Kevin's Thanksgiving with a family celebration you know. Write 8 to 10 lines: what is similar, what is different, and which tradition you would like to adopt (the 5k run? the take-out the day after?).
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