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Independence Day in the United State is observed annually on the Fourth of July. For most communities throughout the nation, the traditional celebration includes parades down the main streets, picnics with hot dogs and lemonade, and, of course, a fireworks display at night. In some town across the country, however, special events are planned in honour of the occasion.

In Bristol, Rhode Island, fire engine teams from communities throughout New England compete in a contest to sqquirt water from their fire hoses. Flafstaff, Arizona hosts a huge three-day powwow, including a rodeo for twenty Native American tribes. The annual Eskimo games with traditional kayar races are held in Kotzebue, Alaska. Two auto races are always scheduled for the Fourth , including a four-hundred-mile stock car event at the Daytona Intrnational Speedway in Daytona, Florida, and an annual auto race up the fourteen-thousand-foot precipice at Pike’s Peak in Colorado.

Several small towns celebrate in other unique ways. Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of Mark Twain, invited the children to participate in fence-painting contest, re-enacting a scene from Twain’s novel Tom Sawyer. Lititz, Pennsylvania congregates in the LimitsSprings Park to light thousands of candles and arrange them in various shapes and imagines.

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“I will help you with the housework”, Mai said to me.

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He did not work hard. He failed the exam.

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The demand was so great. They had to reprint the book immediately.

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Only Mary scored high enough to pass this test.

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You will never eat there at the weekend unless you have made a reservation.

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The Matrix was released in 1999. It stars Keanu Reeves.

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Cats is one of the longest-running musicals in Britain. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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The sculpture represents the biblical King David. It was carved in the early 1500s.

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You can see Velazquez in this painting. He is standing in the background.

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A picture was stolen by art thieves. It was painted by Munch.