What Thanksgiving Day Means to People in US

1.permit vt.允许,容许

例句:These stores do not permit sales of alcoholic beverages.
      这些商店不准出售含酒精饮料。

      The ticket permits three people to go into the exhibition .
      这张票允许三个人参观展览会。

2.brine vt.浸入盐水

3.combine vt.使结合,使联合;兼有,兼备;使化合

例句:It would be more profitable to combine the two factories.
      把这两家工厂联合起来更能赚钱。

4.land vt.使上岸,使登陆

例句:He landed by parachute.
      他跳伞着陆。

5.survive vi.幸存, 活下来

例句:These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
      这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

      None of Shakespeare's plays survives in its original manuscript form.
      莎士比亚剧本的真迹已流失殆尽。

6.concept n.概念,观念,思想

例句:This is a concept we in the West find difficult to grasp.
      这是我们西方人觉得难以理解的一个概念。

      That the earth is flat is an erroneous concept.
      认为地球是平的观念是错的。

7.particular a.特别的,特殊的,详细的,挑剔的,苛求的

例句:They depend on a particular historical situation.
      它们取决于特定的历史境况。

8.multiple a.多样的,复合的,复杂的

例句:The driver of the crashed car received multiple injuries.
      出事汽车的司机多处受伤。

9.acknowledge vt.承认;感激,答谢

例句:He grudgingly acknowledged having made a mistake.
      他勉强承认他做错了。

10.yield vt.生产,给予,同意,被迫放弃,放纵

例句:Seed that yields up to 300 Bushels per acre.
      每英亩能产三百蒲式耳的种子

1.The first thing that came to my mind was actually that's a lot of food!

come to my mind想到

例句:An idea has just come into my mind.
      我刚想到一个主意。

      The following questions and issues immediately come to my mind: 
      我顿时想到以下的问题。

2.We used to get together at my parents' house and all of my relatives would come over and we'd have a big dinner.

come over过来 过来,抓住

例句:My sister persuaded him to come over.
      我姐姐说服他来。

      I wish very much you could manage to come over.
      我非常希望你能来。

3.The study found that families in seventeen million households had difficulty getting enough food at times during the year.

have difficu lty doing做某事有困难。have difficulty/trouble/problem doing sth这几个短语的用法相同。

例句:We had difficulty (in) carrying out the plan.
      我们执行计划有困难。