感恩节起源的英文介绍

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感恩节起源的英文介绍

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感恩节起源的英文介绍

　　【感恩节由来介绍英文】

　　Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals.

　　A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holidayparades and giant balloons.

　　在美国，感恩节是一个感谢恩赐，家庭团聚，合家欢宴的日子;是一个家家餐桌上都有火鸡、填料、南瓜馅饼的日子;是一个充满了印第安玉米、假日游行和巨型气球的日子。

　　The Pilgrims who sailed tothis country aboard the Mayflower were originally members of the EnglishSeparatist Church (a Puritan sect).

　　They had earlier fled their home in England and sailed to Holland (The Netherlands) to escape religiouspersecution.

　　There, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but they eventuallybecame disenchanted with the Dutch way of life, thinking it ungodly.

　　Seeking abetter life, the Separatists negotiated with a London stock company to financea pilgrimage to America.

　　Most of those making the trip aboard the Mayflowerwere non-Separatists, but were hired to protect the company's interests. Onlyabout one-third of the original colonists were Separatists.

　　乘 “五月花”来到这个国度的旅行者(朝圣者)原本是英国分离者地下教会清教徒，他们的家在英国，因不堪忍受国内的宗教迫害，他们逃亡到荷兰。

　　在荷兰，他们享受了更多的宗教信仰自由，但最终却意识到在荷兰的这种生活方式是对他们的主的亵渎。为了寻求更好的生活，他们与伦敦贸易公司协商，由该公司资助他们到美国。

　　在这趟旅途中，船上只有大约1/3的乘客是清教徒，其他大多数人并非分离派清教徒，而是公司雇佣来保护其利益的人员(契约奴)。

　　The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock onDecember 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating.

　　At the beginning of thefollowing fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on theMayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one.

　　And the remainingcolonists decided to celebrate with a feast ——including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year.

　　Itis believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year withoutthe help of the natives.

　　The feast was more of a traditional English harvestfestival than a true “thanksgiving” observance. It lasted three days.

　　1620年 12月11日，旅行者们在“普利茅斯石”登陆。他们的第一个冬季是灾难性的，第二年秋天来临时，原来的102名乘客只剩下56人。

　　但1621年他们获得了大丰收，这些幸存的殖民者们决定和帮助他们度过困难的91名印第安人一起飨宴庆祝。

　　他们相信，若没有当地居民的帮助，他们是不可能度过这一年的。这次节日的盛宴不仅仅是一个“感恩”仪式，它更像英国传统的丰收庆典。庆典持续了三天。

　　Governor William Bradford sent “four men fowling” after wild ducks andgeese.

　　It is not certain that wild turkey was part of their feast. However, itis certain that they had venison.

　　The term “turkey” was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild fowl.

　　总督布雷德福派了“四人捕鸟队”去捕捉野鸭和野鹅。我们现在并不能确定是否有野生火鸡在当时的筵席上，但筵席上肯定有鹿肉。当时，朝圣者用“火鸡”一词来代表各种野禽。

　　Another modern staple at almost every Thanksgivingtable is pumpkin pie. But it is unlikely that the first feast included thattreat. The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread orpastries of any kind.

　　However, they did eat boiled pumpkin, and they produced atype of fried bread from their corn crop. There was also no milk, cider,potatoes, or butter.

　　There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and thenewly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous.But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit,clams, venison, and plums.

　　现在，几乎每家感恩节餐桌上都有南瓜馅饼――感恩节的另一种主食。但在当年的第一次庆典上却不可能有这种食品。因为面粉奇缺，所以面包、馅饼、糕点等食物都没有。

　　但他们却吃了煮南瓜，并用收获的玉米制成了一种油炸面包。也没有牛奶、苹果酒、土豆和黄油。

　　没有驯养的奶牛，自然没有牛奶;而新发现的土豆被很多欧洲人认为是有毒的。第一次庆典上有鱼、草莓、豆瓣菜、龙虾、干果、蛤、鹿肉、李子等。

　　This “thanksgiving” feast was not repeated the following year. But in 1623, during asevere drought, the pilgrims gathered in a prayer service, praying for rain.

　　When a long, steady rain followed the very next day, Governor Bradfordproclaimed another day of Thanksgiving, again inviting their Indian friends. Itwasn't until June of 1676 that another Day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed.

　　紧接着的第二年(1622)却没有举行“感恩”庆典。到了1623年，发生了一场严重的旱灾，朝圣者们聚集到一起，举行了虔诚的祁雨仪式，刚好在第二天，一场充沛的大雨从天而降。威廉布雷德福总督宣布再次庆祝感恩节，并再次邀请了他们的印第安朋友。

　　之后数年无感恩节，直到1676年6月，感恩节才再次被提出。

　　On June 20, 1676, the governing council ofCharlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to expressthanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established.By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29as a day of thanksgiving.

　　It is notable that this thanksgiving celebrationprobably did not include the Indians, as the celebration was meant partly to bein recognition of the colonists' recent victory over the “heathen natives”.

　　【加拿大感恩节】

　　加拿大感恩节的庆祝活动是在十月的第二个星期一。与美国人缅怀清教徒先辈定居新大陆的传统不同，加拿大人主要感谢上天给予的成功的收获。加拿大的感恩节早于美国的感恩节，一个简单的事实是，加拿大的收获季节相对于美国早一些，因为加拿大更靠近北部。加拿大的感恩节通常被认为受三个传统习惯的影响。

　　其一是来自欧洲传统的影响。从大约2000年以前最早的一次收获开始，人们就已经庆祝丰收，感谢富饶的大自然给予他们的恩施和好运。当欧洲人来到加拿大后，也将这一传统带入加拿大，并对后来加拿大感恩节的传统产生影响。

　　其二是英国探险家庆祝生存的影响。在清教徒登陆美国马萨诸塞的40年之前，加拿大就举行了第一个正式的感恩节。在1578年，一位英国探险家命名马钉法贝瑟(Martin Frobisher)试图发现一个连接东方的通道，不过他没有成功。

　　但是他在现今的加拿大纽芬兰省建立了定居点，并举行了一个庆祝生存和收获的宴餐。其它后来的移居者继续这些“感恩”仪式。这一次被认为是加拿大的第一个感恩节。

　　其三的影响来自于后来的美国。1621年的秋天，远涉重洋来到美洲新大陆的英国移民，为了感谢上帝赐予的丰收，举行了3天的狂欢活动。从此，这一习俗就沿续下来，并逐渐风行各地。在美国革命其间，美国一批忠于英皇室的保皇党迁移到加拿大，也将美国感恩节的习惯和方式带到了加拿大。

　　1750年庆祝丰收的活动被来自美国南部的移居者带到了新四科舍(Nova Scotia)，同时，法国移居者到达，并且举行“感恩”宴餐。这些均对加拿大的感恩节产生了深远的影响。

　　1879 年加拿大议会宣称11月6日是感恩节和全国性的假日。在随后的年代，感恩节的日期改变了多次，直到在1957 年1月31日，加拿大议会宣布每年十月的第二个星期一为感恩节，在这一天感谢万能的上帝保佑加拿大并给予丰富的收获。

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