英语专业四级考试指南 test 5

　　　Americans like many people elsewhere in the world like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food,drink and conversation.Formal dinners in fine homes and hotals in US are much the same as formal dinnersanywhere inthe world.But as most people in the USA have no servants,their dinner parties at home trend to be informal.Guests may sit downat a table,or as many new small homes have no seperate dining room or very small dining space .
Guests can also sever¹ themselves and eat it in the living roomholding the place or trays or menus.and more enjoyable entertainment is the picnic .Americans are great picnics.and almost every family has a picnic basket.some invitations are often for a picnic at a park or inthe open countryside,and less hamburgers,hot dogs are cookedover a fire.Picnic food is usually cold.

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v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。