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После завоевания независимости и возникновения единого государства США первый президент страны Дж. Вашингтон предложил отмечать День благодарения как национальный праздник ежегодно 26 ноября. В 1864 году по окончании Гражданской войны А. Линкольн провозгласил последний четверг ноября каждого года Днём благодарения.

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After gaining independence and the emergence of a united state of the United States, the first president of the country, George Washington, proposed celebrating Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday every year on November 26. In 1864, after the end of the Civil War, A. Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November every year as Thanksgiving Day.

It is Saturday and finally I 1) ………… (have arrived) in Arequipa in the south-west corner of Peru after setting off from Quito ten days ago. I 2) ………… (have not / written) anything on my blog since last week and I 3) ………… (have already / filled up) the memory stick on my new digital camera. I 4) ……….. (have done) so much this week, it 5) ………… (was) truly incredible.
I 6) ………… (crossed) the border with Ecuador at Tumbes and 7) ………… (looked around) for a bit before taking a plane straight to lima. When I 8) …………. (got to) Lima, I 9) ………… (took) a bus to the centre and then a taxi to the hotel that I had booked. I 10) ………… (only / stopped off) in Lima for a day and then 11) ……… (jumped) on a bus straight down to Pisco and then Nazca. I 12) ………… (have always / had) a lifelong ambition to see the Nazca lines in the desert. I can honestly say that I 13) ………… (have never / seen) anything so amazing in my life.
In the middle of the desert, there are huge designs and drawings of shapes and animals that can only be seen from the air. I 14) ………… (joined) a group of five people from my hotel. We 15) ………… (took off) in a small plane and 16) ………… (circled) the Nazca lines. The pilot 17) ………… (tilted) the plane to the side so we could look straight down at the designs below. I 18) ………… (even / managed) to take some photos so click the link to have a look at my photo album! I must finish uploading all my photos soon because I 19) ………… (have not / done) them all yet and I need the space on my camera. There 20) ………… (have been) too many distractions this week!