Monday, September 3, 2012

THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

Americans are celebrating the Labor Day holiday, a moment born as a salute to the nation's unionized workers that now has often morphed into a day of family gatherings marking the unofficial end of summer.

---------------This is my way to make it more understandable-----------------------

Americans are celebrating the Labor Day holiday, a moment
born as a salute to the nation's unionized workers
               (Ed group)
that now has often morphed into a day of family gatherings
                 (That clause)            
marking the unofficial end of summer.
               (Ing group)
----------------- 7 grammartical points----------------------- 
1.     Ed group giải thích chữ a moment. (apposition)
2.   A moment đồng nghĩa với the Labor Day holiday
3.   That clasue giải thích “the nation's unionized workers”
4.    Và marking giải thích “family gatherings”
  born as a salute to the nation's unionized workers =
5.     Which was  born as a salute to the nation's unionized workers
6.    
                 
marking the unofficial end of summer =
7.     Which          marks    the unofficial end of summer.

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