Unit5WritingThreeThankYouLetters分析和总结分析和总结.docxVIP

Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War ll. On an especially lonely day to be at sea -- Thanksgiving Day -- he began to give serious thought to a holiday that has become, for many Americans, a day of overeating and watching endless games of football. Haley decided to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving by writing three very special letters. 亚历克斯·黑利二战时在海岸警卫队服役。出海在外，时逢一个倍感孤寂的日子―― 感恩节，他开始认真思考起这一节日的意义。对许多美国人而言，这个节日已成为大吃大喝、没完没了地看橄榄球比赛的日子。黑利决定写三封不同寻常的信，以此来纪念感恩节的真正 意义。 Writing Three Thank-You Letters Alex Haley It was 1943, during World War II, and I was a young U. S. coastguards