感恩节英文thanksgivingday-PPT.pptVIP

Expressions on how to offer thanks thank sb. for doing sth give thanks to sb. for doing sth be thankful to sb. for doing sth be grateful to sb. for doing sth appreciate one’s doing sth owe thanks to sb. for doing sth Say thanks to your family! Say thanks to your teachers! Say thanks to your friends! Say thanks to the strangers! Say thanks to everyone! and…… What should we do? The day after Thanksgiving…… The day after Thanksgiving Day is the Black Friday! Why we call it Black Friday? Because its the beginning of the crazy shopping month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. On this day almost all stores are on HUGE sales. You have to wake up really early and fight off people to get really good deals on all the stuff you want to buy. We all know that Thanksgiving is on Thursday. So we call it Black Friday. ? Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. ? Thanksgiving is a unique American festival which started in 1621. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Finally in 1941, Congress declared that the holiday would be celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. Origin of Thanksgiving Food of Thanksgiving Celebration in America Activities of Thanksgiving What should we do? In Sep.1620, some pilgrims couldnt tolerate the rules of the church in England. So they sailed to Holland . It’s better, but they were not satisfied. To seek religious freedom, they begun the journey to America by the ship Mayflower. After 65 days, they set ground at Plymouth Rock on Dec.11,1620. Its winter then. But there was not enough food and its very cold, and they didn’t adapted to the environment. After the harsh winter, only 56 survived. The next year, with the help of the native