中小学主题班会课件：主题班会感恩生活.ppt

Thanksgiving 感恩生活 2008年11月22日 星期四 天下课件： 　QQ： 1601152807 What do you know about Thanksgiving? When is Thanksgiving? Is it celebrated only in the USA? Who or What do people thank? 天下课件： 　QQ： 1601152807 Thanksgiving In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, sailed to America on the May Flower, looking for a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a two-month voyage they landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts in an icy November,. 天下课件： 　QQ： 1601152807 Thanksgiving During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation (hunger) or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring. 天下课件： 　QQ： 1601152807 Thanksgiving 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 they decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed(宣布) the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today. 天下课件： 　QQ： 1601152807 Thanksgiving 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, and other kinds of food. 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. Thanksgiving Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national yearly holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year s bounty and ask for continued[5] blessings. 感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、 最美国式的节日。中国是有着丰富文化 底蕴的文明古国，上下五千年的悠久历 史，佛道两教根深蒂固，勤劳的人民从 来崇尚孔孟之道，忠孝仁义传统道德观 念至高无上。“滴水之恩当涌泉相报”乃 中国人自诩的美德之一。我想，即使