树童英语番禺【科普】感恩节来历.docxVIP

树童英语 番禺【科普】感恩节来历文化背景当时只有英国，没有美国。英国本土的清教徒对宗教改革不满意，又为了避免早受益迫害，102位清教徒便乘坐历史上有名的“五月花”号船，在一个寒冷的冬天到达美洲。90名印第安人给他们送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜，于是他们有了大丰收，便和这些印第安人一同庆祝，感谢上帝的带领，也感谢他们的帮助。这是历史上的第一个感恩节。 感恩节的由来Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United Stales and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。 During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring. All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every y-ear The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that dale until today.在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节反祝活动使定在这一天，直到今天。The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、采子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和南瓜馅饼，这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食品。Thanksgiving today is, in every sense， a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the years bounty