Home Away From Home (2)

Living here definitely will give us the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of all four seasons. There are colorful flowers in spring and sunshine in summer. In autumn are red, orange and yellow leaves, and snow falls in winter. In mid-April, we went to the National Cherry Blossom Festival. This festival commemorates the gift of 3,020 cherry trees from Tokyo to Washington, D.C., in 1912. More than one million people attend every year.

We went on a Friday and joined the flocks of people already there. They walked around the Tidal Basin. They sat on the grass and took photos of the beautiful pink and white blossoms. We were able to capture the Washington Monument in the background with the cherry trees in bloom. Of course, we bought some magnets, mugs and T-shirts as keepsakes. We are very fortunate to have plenty of time to appreciate this place.

Info Cloud
house/home
house n.房子(只是建築, 比較冷冰冰的感覺)
home n.家(有溫馨的感覺)
- Make yourself at home. 把這裡當做你家
- All students go home for Christmas. 學生回家過聖誕節
home away from home 遠離家園的家，指賓至如歸。

Language Lab
definitely adv. 肯定地, 當然
without any doubt [= certainly]
- This restaurant is definitely the best in town.
這間餐廳絕對是這裡最棒的餐廳
- "Are you staying to watch the game?" "Definitely!"
你會留下來觀賽嗎? 那當然!
definite adj. 明確的, 肯定地
a definite conclusion 肯定的結論

commemorate v. 慶祝, 紀念 [memor字根有記憶的意思]
to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past
The festival was held to commemorate the birth of this artist.
這個慶典是為了慶祝這個藝術家的誔生
commemoration n.紀念, 紀念儀式
something that makes you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past
- Thousands participated in the commemoration of the battle.
數千人參加了這場戰爭的紀念儀式

flock n. 一群一群 (可指人或動物); 人群; 羊群 (飛禽、牲畜等的)
a large number of people
- a flock of tourists
- Flocks of fans gathered at the entrance of the stadium.
成群的粉絲聚集在運動場的入口
- You can find flocks of sheep in this beautiful green pasture.
你可以在這片美麗青翠的草原上，看到一群群的羊

keepsake n.紀念品
a small object that you keep to remind you of someone;
something that you keep to help you remember a person, place, or event : a memento or souvenir  
- I bought a miniature Eiffel Tower as a keepsake.
- Molly gave me a picture of her as a keepsake before she left.
Molly離開之前，給了我一張她的照片當做紀念品

capture v.
to record (something) in a picture, film, etc.

snow falls vs. snowfall

snowfall
an amount of snow that falls in a single storm or in a particular period of time [count]
an occasion when snow falls from the sky, or the amount that falls in a particular period of time

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