Father's Day Gratitude Story: A Child's Heartwarming Experience Making a Card for Dad
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Tip: This site supports text-selection search. Just highlight any word.Learn English easily in just 1 minute every day! This website provides short English readings suitable for beginners, each accompanied by audio and the original text. The content is interesting and moderately difficult. By reading one article a day, you can develop a sense of the language and improve your reading and listening skills. Start your journey of English improvement now! Below is a beginner English reading practice collected by the Qicai website editor, Xiao Wu, featuring daily short English texts with listening content.
Today is Father's Day. I make a card for my dad. It has a big heart on it. Inside the card, I write, Dad, I love you.My dad is very busy, but he always finds time to play with me. He teaches me how to ride a bike and helps me with my homework.
On this special day, I want to say, Happy Father's Day. Dad, you are the best dad in the world.
That's all from Qicai website editor Xiao Wu, who collected this beginner English reading practice daily short text with listening content. We hope you gain something after listening!
- best
noun
1. the supreme effort one can make
e.g. they did their best
2. the person who is most outstanding or excellent
someone who tops all otherse.g. he could beat the best of them
Synonym: topper
- busy
verb
1. keep busy with
e.g. She busies herself with her butterfly collection
Synonym: occupy
- card
noun
1. one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
e.g. he collected cards and traded them with the other boys
2. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Synonym: circuit boardcircuit cardboardplug-inadd-in
3. a card certifying the identity of the bearer
e.g. he had to show his card to get in
Synonym: identity card
4. (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
e.g. the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate
Synonym: batting orderlineup
5. a list of dishes available at a restaurant
e.g. the menu was in French
Synonym: menubill of farecarte du jourcarte
6. (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
e.g. you have to turn in your card to get a handicap
Synonym: scorecard
7. a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
e.g. they sent us a card from Miami
8. a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
Synonym: calling cardvisiting card
9. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
e.g. a poster advertised the coming attractions
Synonym: posterpostingplacardnoticebill
10. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Synonym: wagwit
11. thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- father
noun
1. the head of an organized crime family
Synonym: don
2. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
e.g. his father was born in Atlanta
Synonym: male parentbegetter
3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
e.g. the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
the city fathers endorsed the proposal4. the founder of a family
e.g. keep the faith of our forefathers
Synonym: forefathersire
5. a person who founds or establishes some institution
e.g. George Washington is the father of his country
Synonym: founderbeginnerfounding father
- special
noun
1. a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
e.g. the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight
2. a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
e.g. they are having a special on pork chops
3. a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
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