Americansplanpartiesformanyreasons.Asinothercultures,manyAmericansattendpartiesforweddingsandreligiousornationalholidays.ButsomepartiesareespeciallyAmerican.Forexample,agroupofneighborsmaygatherontheirstreettoeatfood,playmusicandvisitwithoneanother.Thisiscalledablockparty.Awomanmightinviteagroupofwomentoapartycalledababyshowerforafriendwhoisabouttogivebirth.Guestsbringpresentsforthenewbaby. Americansalsoattendtailgateparties.Atailgateisthebackendofatruckorothervehiclethatopensdown.ThetailgatepartiesareabigpartofsportscultureintheUnitedStates.Friendsbringfoodanddrinktoasportsevent.Theyeattogetherintheparkingareaofthesportsstadium. Birthdaypartiesarealsoverypopular.Manyparentsorganizeapartyfortheirchildaroundatheme.Birthdaypartiesusuallyincludegiftsandabirthdaycakewithcandles.InmanypartsoftheUnitedStates,cupcakeshavebecomeapopularreplacementforcakes. Birthdaypartiescanbelowcostorverycostly.Someparentstaketheirchildren’sbirthdaypartiesveryseriously,evenwhenthechildistooyoungtofullyunderstandthecelebration. OnegroupofparentsstartedawebsitecalledBirthdaysWithoutPressure.Theydecidedthatsomeparentswereundertoomuchsocialpressuretoplancostlypartiesfortheirchildren.ThegroupseesthismovementasanexampleofAmerica’scultureof“toomuchstuff”.Thegroup’swebsitegivessuggestionsonhowtokeepbirthdaycelebrationssimple,meaningfulandfunwithoutspendingalotofmoney.Theiradvicemaybeveryhelpfulduringthisperiodofeconomicrecession(萧条). 小题1:Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage? |
A.Reasonsforparties |
B.Birthdayswithoutpressure |
C.Americanparties |
D.Differentpartiesintheworld |
小题2:Howmanykindsofpartiesdoesthepassagemention?A.5.B.6.C.7.D.8.小题3:Eatingtogetherintheparkingareaofthesportsstadiumbelongsto_________parties.A.blockB.babyshowerC.sportsD.tailgate