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Unit Eight Holidays Further Information: Additional Words and Expressions Relationships casual friend 普通朋友 close friend 亲密朋友 buddy 密友，伙伴 net pal 网友 pen pal 笔友 mate 伙伴；同伴；配偶 lover 恋人 fiancé 未婚夫 girlfriend/boyfriend 女朋友 / 男朋友 colleague/workmate/co-worker 同事；工作伙伴 roommate 同屋者，室友 associate 合作人，同事 boss 老板，上司 staff 全体职员 employee 职工，雇员 relative 亲戚  Occasions banquet （通常指正式的）宴会；酒席 dinner party 宴会；晚餐会 birthday 生日 wedding 婚礼 graduation 毕业典礼 Mother’s day 母亲节 Valentines day 情人节 Fourth of July [美] 国庆节 Thanksgiving [宗] 感恩祈祷 confirmation [宗] 按手礼； 坚信礼  Common gifts scarf 围巾 glove 手套 pin 别针 fishing gear 钓具 doll 洋娃娃，玩偶 tie 领带 flower 花 candy 糖 book 书 Church Related Words Christmas carol 圣诞节颂歌 Bible 《圣经》 congregation 集会，[宗] 圣会 Communion/Eucharist 圣餐；（经过祝圣的）圣餐面包及酒 worship 崇拜，礼拜；做礼拜 sermon/preach 布道，讲道 hymn 赞美诗，圣歌 eggnog 一种蛋奶酒饮料 （用牛奶或奶油、糖和蛋搅拌而成，通常混有朗姆酒或白兰地等酒） ornament 教堂用品（指挂在圣诞树上的小装饰物） holly 冬青树 US Legal Holidays Holiday Date Celebrated New Year’s Day January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Third Monday in January American clergyman and Nobel Peace Prize winner, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. After his assassination in 1968, King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice. Inauguration Day 美国总统就职日 January 20 of each fourth year after 1965 Presidents’ Day 总统日 Third Monday in February Memorial Day 美国对阵亡战士的纪念日 Last Monday in May Independence Day 美国独立日 July 4 Labor Day 劳工节 First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October It was formerly celebrated on October 12, the day explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in the Wes