Francesca picked up her seven-year-old son from school one afternoon. Isaac proudly showed his mother what he had made at school that day. It was a 1 made of brightly colored paper. "It's for Father's Day," Isaac explained. The card was cut into the shape of a man's dress shirt with a drawing of a 2. Inside the card,Isaac had 3the words "Happy Father's Day!"
Francesca didn't know much about Father's Day because it wasn't something 4 in her home country. So she 5 her neighbor Genny about it.
Genny told her that Father's Day,like Mother's Day, is a(n) 6 in the United States. It is always celebrated on the second Sunday in 7.People give fathers cards, presents, go out to eat at a restaurant, or do something special that day. "It's a day to 8 thankfulness to your father," Genny explained.
Francesca understood, but she also felt a little 9. While the Father's Day card Isaac made was nice, Isaac's father 10 wore a dress shirt or a tie.
Isaac's father, Tim, wore a uniform to work. On his days off, he liked to dress casually and 11.
Francesca had an idea. She went shopping the day before Father s Day to get her 12 a surprise. On Father' s Day morning, she and Isaac gave Tim a box wrapped (包着) up in nice paper. "Happy Father's Day!" Francesca and Isaac 13.
When Tim unwrapped the box, he 14 Inside the box was the Father 's Day card Isaac made in school. Also inside the box were a dress shirt and a tie. They were the same 15as the card Isaac made. Tim, Francesca and Isaac went next door to Genny's house for a barbecue. Tim wore the dress shirt and the tie.