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阅读理解。   
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。
下面是几条与节日有关的报道,首先请阅读这些报道的标题和插图:
A Father's Day Shortchanged? Humble History, Fewer Gifts
With Father's Day 2011 here, find out how the holiday started, why Dad
doesn't mind being shortchanged on gifts, and more.
B Why Mother's Day Horrified, Ruined Its Own Mother
Born of war, Mother's Day grew to horrify its own mother, whose fight to
fix the holiday "cost her everything, financially and physically."
C Valentine's Day Facts: Gifts, History, and Love Science
Where did Valentine's Day come from? What does it cost? And why do
we fall for it, year after year?
D Thanksgiving 2010 Myths and Facts
Before the big dinner, debunk the myths-for starters, the first "real" Thanksgiving
wasn't until the 1800s-and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.
E 4th of July Facts: 1st Fests, Number of Fireworks, More
How did Founding Fathers Celebrate 4th of July? How many 4th of July
fireworks explode each year? Answers and more.
F Earth Day at 40: What Good Is It Now?
After 40 years, outsourced activism is replacing traditional Earth Day activities,
and green's gone mainstream, experts say. So what's the point?

     以下是这些报道的简要内容介绍,请配对它们的标题。
1. Where did this most popular day for couples come from? And how does it come into beings,
year after year? Noel Lenski, professor of the University of Colorado, said the lovers' holiday
traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals held every year on February 15 and remained
wildly popular well into the fifth century A.D.
2. The first Earth Day in 1970 was a raucous, radical teach-in that helped spur clean-air, clean-water,
and endangered species legislation in the United States. Now, 40 years later, Earth Day is every day,
as the saying goes. The thing is, it's also everyday - environmentalism has become a routine with
greenness as much a marketing tactic as a moral pursuit.
3. Some 242 million turkeys were raised in the U.S. in 2010 for slaughter, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Last year's birds were worth
about U.S. $3.6 billion. Before the big dinner, debunk the myths, we need to know that the first
"real" U.S. Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.
4. Father's Day traditionally takes a backseat to Mother's Day, and, for the most part, dads are
cool with that, experts say. Nevertheless, as traditional roles around the house gradually change,
fathers are gaining more attention on their special day, at least as measured in the monetary value
of gifts estimated to be given on June 19, 2011, when the holiday will be celebrated in dozens of
countries.
5. Cookouts, fireworks, and, of course, a chance to wish Uncle Sam a big "happy birthday" -the day
means summer in full swing across the United States and beyond. Besides the founders of the US,
Fireworks, first authorized by Congress in 1777, are another legacy. More than 14,000 fireworks
displays light up U.S. skies each year.
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