2020春人教版八年级英语下册Unit10 拓展阅读训练

2020年新目标八年级下册Unit10 拓展阅读训练 — 扩宽视野，启迪心智 韩老师 A. Almost every child likes sweet things，such as candies，chocolate，ice cream and desserts．But do you know there is a holiday called Sweetest Day in the USA? Does it mean people can eat lots of sweets on that day? Sweetest Day is a popular holiday for Americans．People celebrate it on the third Saturday in October．On that day，people show their love to the elderly，children，their good friends or anyone else they want to help．Orphans（孤儿）and patients can also enjoy people’s greetings．In fact，anyone may get a gift on that day．It is just a day that offers people a chance to show their love and care to others． How did the holiday originate（起源）?Here is a story．In 1922，a very kind man in Cleveland，a city in Ohio of America，thought that many poor people in the city needed care from others．He wanted them to be happy and he hoped they would find people always remembered them and cared about them．So he gave them boxes of