Have you watched the Thanksgiving address of President Barack Obama? If not, here it is.
Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you've heard.
Today, like millions of other families across America, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will ____ down to share a Thanksgiving filled with family and friends – and a few ________ of food and football, too. And just as ________ have done in every Thanksgiving since the first, we’ll spend some time taking stock of what we’re thankful for: the God-given bounty of America, and the blessings of one another.
This is also a holiday that captures that ______ American impulse to give something of ourselves. Even as we speak, there are ________Americans serving at soup kitchens and food pantries; contributing to their communities; and standing guard around the world.
And in a _____ __________ that’s emblematic of what Americans have always done. We come together and do what’s required to make tomorrow __________ than today. That’s who we are.
Consider our journey since that first Thanksgiving. We are among the world’s youngest of peoples, but time and again, we have _______ and resiliently led the way forward. Against tough odds, we are a people who endure – who explored and settled a vast and untamed continent; who built a _________economy and stood against tyranny in all its forms; who marched and fought for equality, and connected a globe with our own science and imagination.
None of that __________ was predestined. ______of it came easily. Instead, the blessings for which we give thanks today are the product of choices made by our parents, and grandparents, and generations before – whose determination and sacrifice ensured a better future for us.
This holiday season, we must ____________ once more to do the same.
This is not the hardest Thanksgiving America has ever faced. But as long as many members of our American family are hurting, we’ve got to look _______for one another. As long as many of our sons and daughters and husbands and wives are at war, we’ve got to support their ______ and honor their service. And as long as many of our friends and neighbors are looking for work, we’ve got to do everything we can to _______ this recovery and keep our economy moving forward.
And we will. But we won’t do it as any one political party. We’ve got to do it as one people. And in the coming weeks and months, I hope that we can work together, Democrats and Republicans and Independents alike, to make progress on these and other _____________.
That’s why, next week, I’ve invited the leadership of both parties to the White House for a real and honest discussion – because I believe that if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.
For what we are called to do again today isn’t about Democrats or Republicans. It’s not about left or right. It’s about us. It’s about what we know this country is _________ of. It’s about what we want America to be in this new century.
A _________ nation that makes sure its children are the best-educated in the world. A healthy, growing economy that runs on clean energy and creates the jobs of tomorrow. A responsible government that reduces its deficits. An America where every citizen is able to go as far as he or she desires.
We can do all this, because we’ve ________ it before. We’re made of the same ______stuff as the travelers who sat down to the first Thanksgiving, and all who came after – who worked, and sacrificed, and invested, because they believed that their efforts would make the difference for us.
That’s who we are. We shape our own destiny with conviction,__________, and clear and common purpose. We honor our past and press forward with the knowledge that tomorrow will be better than today. We are Americans. That’s the vision we won’t lose sight of. That’s the legacy that falls to our generation. That’s the challenge that together, we are going to meet.
To every American, I am thankful for the privilege of being your President. To all our service members stationed around the world, I am honored to be your Commander-in-Chief. And from the Obama family to yours, have a very Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you.
*The end *
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