thanksgiving英文介绍
感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)的英文介绍 ：
感恩节：Thanksgiving Day
英文介绍：
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national
Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the
earliest history of the country.
In 1620,the settlers,or
Pilgrims,they sailed to America on the May flower,seeking a place where
they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage
they landed at in icy November,what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts.
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 year.
The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed
on that date until today.
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.
Everyone agrees
the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread
dressing to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts.
But as cooking varies
with families and with the regions where one lives,it is not easy to get
a consensus on the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.
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 year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued
blessings.
感恩节的由来
感恩节的由来可追溯到美国建立之前欧洲早期向美洲大陆移民。
当时英国有一批对教会的宗教改革不彻底而造成对他们迫害感到不满的102名清教徒乘坐“五月花号”木帆船经历65天来到美洲大陆。
他们到达的时间是在冬季，并且缺少物质，生存条件非常恶劣，相继有50人失去生命。第二年春天，当地的印第安人发现了他们并送来了很多生活必需品，还教他们狩猎、捕鱼、耕种玉米、南瓜和饲养火鸡等。在印第安人的帮助下，这一年秋天，他们获得了大丰收。
移民们为了感谢大自然的恩赐和印第安人的帮助，燃起篝火举行了很盛大的庆祝活动，并宴请了印第安人。印第安人带来了五只鹿、玉米、南瓜、火鸡等礼物参加。
庆祝活动共持续了3天，还举行了摔跤、赛跑、射箭等活动。后来，移民们每年都会在秋季收获后举行庆祝活动，一直延续下来成为传统的习俗。并逐渐发展成为一个节日。
