请根据所提供材料中的要求撰写一篇150词左右的英语短文。You want to sell some of your furniture. You think a friend of yours might like to buy it from you. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, 1) explain why you are selling your furniture;2) describe the furniture;3) suggest a date when your friend can come and see the furniture. You do not need to write the address. Begin your letter as follows:Dear
下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。The Origin of Mother's DayIn the U. S. Mothers'Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observance was in Philadelphia in 1907.26Although it wasn't celebrated in the U. S. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even inthe days of ancient Greece. 27 Later, in the 1600's, in England there was an annual observance called“Mothering Sunday". 28 On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along tocelebrate the occasion. Mother's Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. The next year Mother'sDay was also celebrated in Philadelphia. Jaris and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. ____29____President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held eachyear on the 2nd Sunday of May. ____30____Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on thesecond Sunday in May, as in the U. S. A. Mother's day should not be just another day with a few flowers thrown in. B. In those days, however, it was Rhea, the Mother of the gods that was given honor. C. Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughoutthe year. D. They were successful. E. It was celebrated during June, on the fourth Sunday. F. It is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.
Task 116. Paragraph① 17. Paragraph ② 18. Paragraph③ 19. Paragraph④ 20. Paragraph⑤ A. What does the Calorimeter Look Like Inside?B. What Program Was Designed for the Experiment?C. What Is a Calorimeter?D. Try to Find out Why People Gain and Lose WeightE. How do the Volunteers Kill the Time?F. Why did Nicola Join in the Experiments?
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