高中英语 Module 4 Carnival Behind the Turkey The Story of Thanksgivin Behind the Turkey The Story of Thanksgivin素材 外研版必修5.docVIP

PAGE  2014年秋高中英语 Module 4 Carnival Behind the Turkey The Story of Thanksgivin Behind the Turkey The Story of Thanksgivin素材 外研版必修5(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: ? I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember.? The story of the Thanksgiving holiday is our report this week. (MUSIC)?? VOICE ONE:?????? This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day.? Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November.? The month of November is in autumn, the main season for harvesting crops.? The writer O. Henry called Thanksgiving the one holiday that is purely American.? It is not a religious holiday.? But it has spiritual meaning.? Some Americans travel long distances to be with their families.? They eat a large dinner, which is the main part of the celebration.? For many people, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of a family gather.? The holiday is a time of family reunion. VOICE TWO: Alma Scott-Buczak gathers her family for Thanksgiving dinner every year.? She welcomes about thirty people to her home in northern New Jersey, near New York City. Guests sit at several tables.? Children eat together at their own table.? Most people who are invited are relatives.? But anyone can bring a friend.? Miz Scott-Buczak serves the traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.? But she adds a few special foods that are especially popular in some African-American homes, dishes like sweet potato pie and corn pudding. Before the meal begins, the people all say a few words about what they are most thankful for. VOICE ONE: The family of Ismaila Sanghua of Silver Spring, Maryland, also eats a large Thanksgiving dinner.? It comes just weeks after their big dinner that celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the observance of Ramadan.? Mister Sanghua was born in Sierra Leone.? He says the family began a Thanksgiving tradition because the children, ages nine through sixteen, wanted to celebrate an American holiday.??? VOA producer, writer and editor Subhash Vohra