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29. The Thanksgiving Turkey
Of all the Thanksgiving symbols the turkey has become the most well known. The wild turkey is native1 to northern Mexico and the eastern United States.
The turkey has brown features with buff-colored feathers on the tips of the wing and on the tail. The male turkey is called a Tom2 and, as with most birds, is bigger and has brighter and more colorful plumage. The female is called a Hen and is generally smaller and drab in color. The Tom turkey has a long wattle (a fleshy, wrinkled, brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat) at the base of its bill and additional wattles on the neck, as well as a prominent tuft of bristles3 resembling a beard projecting downward from its chest.
The turkey was originally domesticated in Mexico, and was brought into Europe early in the 16th century. Since that time, turkeys have been extensively raised because of the excellent quality of their meat and eggs. Some of the common breeds of turkey in the United States are the Bronze, Narragansett, White Holland, and Bourbon Red.
Though there is no real evidence that turkey was served at the Pilgrim's4 first thanksgiving, in a book written by the Pilgrim's Governor Bradford, he does make mention of wild turkeys. In a letter sent to England, another Pilgrim describes how the governor sent "four men out fowling" returning with turkeys, ducks and geese.
Benjamin Franklin5 once said, "I wish the Bald Eagle6 had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a Bird of bad moral character; like those among Men who live by Sharping7 and Robbing, he is generally poor and very often lousy. The Turkey is a much more respectable Bird and withal a true original Native of North America. "

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Ⅰ. Fill in each blank according to what you've read:
Of all the symbols the turkey has become the most well known . The male turkey is called a , and the female turkey is called
a . The turkey was originally domesticated in . Turkeys have been extensively raised because of the excellent quality of their since the century. Benjamin Franklin once said that he wished turkeys but not had been chosen as the representative of the United States.
Ⅱ. Question :
Why did Benjamin Franklin think that the Turkey but not the Bald Eagle should be chosen as the representative of the United States?

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fold [fəuld]

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n. 折层,折痕
vt. 折叠,包,交叉,拥抱

 
extensively [ik'stensivli]

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adv. 广泛地,广阔地

 
base [beis]

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n. 基底,基础,底部,基线,基数,(棒球)垒,[化]碱

 
representative [repri'zentətiv]

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adj. 代表性的,代议制的,典型的
n. 代

 
additional [ə'diʃənl]

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adj. 附加的,另外的

 
pilgrim ['pilgrim]

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n. 朝圣者
Pilgrim: 1620年移居

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quality ['kwɔliti]

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n. 品质,特质,才能
adj. 高品质的

 
prominent ['prɔminənt]

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adj. 杰出的,显著的,突出的

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evidence ['evidəns]

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n. 根据,证据
v. 证实,证明

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eagle ['i:gl]

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n. 鹰
vt. (高尔夫)鹰击

 

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