Mostpeoplelikehavingapicnic.Butwhatdoesthewordmean?Wheredoesitcomefrom?Whatisapicnic?
Formostpeopleapicnicisamealtheyeatoutsidethehomeusuallyinaparkbyariverorevensittinginacariftheweatheriscoldandwet.Atonetimehowever(66)peoplehadpicnicsathomeattheirowndinnertables.
ThewordpicniccomesfromtheFrenchwordspiquerwhichmeans“topick”or“take”andpique-nipuewhichmeans“asmallcoin”.(67)Everyonewhocametoapicnicbroughtsomethingtoeat.Theytookorpickedsmallpiecesoffoodfromeachplate.Theyhadapique-nique.ThiskindofmealwaspopularinBritainTheBritishusedtheFrenchwordsforitbutchangedtheletterstomake“picnic”.Thisisthewaywewriteittoday.
(68)Insomecountriestherearebigpicnicsonspecialdays.Lotsofpeoplegotoparksonthesepicnics.Formostpeoplehoweverapicnicisafamilyparty.Thefamilyputssomefoodanddrinkinabasketgetsinthecarandgoesofftoaniceplaceinthecountryorbythesea.
66.将划线句子改为否定句。
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67.翻译划线句子。
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68.将该句变为一般疑问句。
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