The USA- culture
★ Labor Day (First Monday in September)
★ Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)
★ Veterans Day (November 11)
★ Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)
★ Christmas Day (December 25)
Interesting American traditions
★ Sunday family dinners
★ Baby showers
★ Wearing shoes in the house
★ Halloween
★ High school prom
New words
1. taboo- prohibited or restricted by social custom
2. lox- a fillet of brined salmon
3. hominy- coarsely ground corn used to make grits
4. grits- a porridge made from boiled cornmeal
5. gravy- a sauce made by mixing the fat and juices exuded by meat during cooking with stock and other ingredients
6. clam- a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size
7. chowder- a rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions
8. shaker- a member of an American religious sect, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming
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