International Labor Day，also known as May Day，is 1）celebrated on the first day on May. There are ___1___ eighty countries celebrate this festival since 1 889. People may know thatMay Day is about having a rest on that day，but most of them don't know how this day ___2___ and the story behind it.

In the late of 18 century，the 2）cruel3）capitalists ___3___ make more money，they demanded their employers to work all day，but only paid them with low salaries. In America，the workers had to work at least 14 hours a

day，___4___，they even worked as long as 18 hours. Due to the unfair payment，the works knew that they had to stand up and ___5___ their rights，or all of them will die young. Then the workers started to go on 4）strike，demanded that the reasonable working hours should be 8 hours a day. However，the capitalists did not pay attention to the workers' demand. The workers had to fight for their rightsfor themselves. On May 1st，1886，theUnited States and Canada's worker unions got together to start ___6___ strike.After that day，the law had passed the rules that the workers' working hours would be 8 hours per day. This strike had made a difference. The worker did not need to 7 the long working hours with low payment.

Labor Day ___8___ 5）memorize the spirit of brave and show our honor to the former workers. Because they had make great contribution to today’s happiness.

1）celebrate ['sellbret] V.慶祝;祝賀;舉行宗教慶典;歌頌

2）cruel [kru：al] adj.殘酷的，殘忍的;使人痛苦的，讓人受難的;無情的，嚴(yán)酷的

3）capitalist ['kaepitalst] n.資本家;資本主義者; [口]有錢人，財主

4）strike [stralk]vi.罷工;打擊

5）memorize ['memaralz]vt.記住，熟記; [計算機(jī)科學(xué)]存儲，記憶

詞組加油站：

1. pay attention to的意思為“注意做……;重視做……”。后面可以直接加名詞、代詞或者動名詞，但是值得注意的是，這里的to是一個介詞，所以可以加動詞的ing形式。

如：I have to pay attention to doing my homework.

我必須重視做我的作業(yè)。

2.dueto意思是“由于，因?yàn)椤薄ueto只能用以引導(dǎo)形容詞短語，不可引導(dǎo)副詞短語。

如：Unfortunately，due to unforeseen circumstances，this year's shoW has been cancelled

遺憾的是，由于一些意外情況，今年的演出被取消了。

答案

1.more than 2. comes from 3. in order to 4. sometimes5. fight for 6. the biggest 7. suffer from 8. aims to