感恩节英文讲解.pptVIP

Customs 节日习俗 1 Parade 游行庆祝 Customs 节日习俗 2 Shopping 节日购物 　 每年感恩节后的第二天，被称作黑色星期五（Black Friday） BLACK FRIDAY Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season. Black Friday is the day many stores sharply discount high-priced items. As profits were once recorded in account books in black ink，while losses were recorded in red. So Its name shows retailers’ expectations of high sales， Black Friday is one of the most important days for retail chains because they depend on the holiday to turn a profit for the year. Black在这里代表的是财务状况进入佳境，记在帐本上的数字用黑色书写表示盈利，红色则表示亏损，所以才会有我们常用的“赤字”一说，而这里的business moves into the black自然就表示“生意好，有盈利”的意思了。 Customs 节日习俗 3、Games 节日游戏 感恩节宴会后，人们有时会做些传统游戏，比如南瓜赛跑是比赛者用一把小勺推着南瓜跑，规则是不能用手碰南瓜，先到终点者获胜。 pumpkin run. In this competition, people use a teaspoon pushing pumpkin run, your hands are not allowed to touch the pumpkin. Turkey 火鸡 Pumpkin pie 南瓜派 Sweet potatoes 红薯 Corn 玉米 What’s missing? 哪个不见了 What’s missing? 哪个不见了 What’s missing? What’s missing? What’s missing? What’s missing? What’s missing? What’s missing? When is the Thanksgiving Day? On the fourth Thursday of November History of thanksgiving In 1620，102 people sailed to America from Britain on the Mayflower. 1620年，102人乘坐五月花号船从英国 来到北美。 In first winter over half of them died of starvation or epidemics. 当年冬天来临时，半数人们饿死或病死。 Then the Indians taught them how to fish, farm, and hunt. 后来印第安人教他们捕鱼、种植、打猎。 In fall of 1621, they and Indians celebrated the good harvest and thank God. Then Thanksgiving Day comes into being. 次年秋天，清教徒和印第安人共同庆祝大丰收，并感谢上帝。感恩节就这样形成了。 Thanksgiving Day from this day on,将休假两天(two days off) No matter how busy，都要和自己的家人团聚 reunite. The custom of the Thanksgiving 感恩节是西方国家的传统节日(traditional festival)，合家团聚(All the family members get together)。在节日宴会上，有一道必不可少的特色名菜(specialty)——“烤鸡”(turkey)。 甜山芋(sweet potato )、玉蜀黍(maize )、南 瓜饼(pumpkin pie)、 红莓苔子果酱(cranberry