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感恩节的来历英文版
感恩节是北美洲独有的节日，始于1621年。1863年，美国总统林肯将它定为国家假日，并且规定每年11月的第四个星期四为美国的感恩节。感恩节有四天假期。借着长假，很多人都会赶回家庆祝佳节，所以，美国感恩节的热闹程度绝不亚于中国的中秋节。2014年的感恩节是：2014年11月27日。以下是关于感恩节的英文介绍。
The Story of American Thanksgiving
(Contributed by Bing Wei, Granny Betty's Story Time )
每逢11月第四个星期四，美国人迎来了自己最重要的传统节日感恩节。感恩节，原是清教徒为感谢上天赐与的好收成，同时，也表达了新英格兰“移民”对印第安土著居民最初的谢意。如今，这一传统节日更多意味着合家团聚。下文以历史为脉络，探究了感恩节的渊源，并把目光锁定在1621年翔实的感恩“盛宴”上。阅读完文字，别忘点击附带的小测试。
Theorigin of the Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday and not celebrated in continental Europe. On the fourth Thursday of each November, familiesand friends gather together for the occasion to celebrate with a traditionalturkey dinner, usually in the mid-afternoon. Thanksgiving originated as acelebration of the year's harvest and is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival inChina.
This American tradition started in 1621 before theUnited States of Americawas established. It was a huge celebration for a hard-earned harvest the firstyear after arriving in the New World.
OnSeptember 6, 1620, the Mayflower ship set sail from Plymouth, Devon, England,taking all the English Pilgrims(清教徒)tothe New World. The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people, and leftEnglandtoescape religious persecution. Their voyage to the New World was financed by Merchant Adventurers, an English investorgroup.
ThePilgrims sailed sixty-six days, arrived in the New Worldin November of the same year. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned byNative Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.
Theyworked on the land with much difficulty and were beset by a devastating plaguein which half of the Pilgrim died in the long winter of 1620. In the spring of1621, an Indian brave named Squanto and her Wampanoag(瓦帕浓人，北美印第安人阿尔琴族一部落)tribecame to their help. The tribe taught the Pilgrims how to work the earth andplant corn, beans, pumpkins, squash and other crops.
The Thanksgiving feast in 1621
In late September 1621, the Pilgrimswere pleased with their great harvest. To celebrate their first harvest, thePilgrims wanted to thank God and the Native Indian. They invited Squanto andthe entire Wampanoag tribe that celebrate together in a shared feast.
It was said about ninety Wampanoag turned up, much to the surprise of thePilgrims, whose population had shrunk to no more than 50. The chief of the tribehad his men hunt five deer to bring to the feast. The first Thanksgiving dinnerhad an elaborate menu with venison, wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan, andother waterfowl; they also has local seafood: clams, lobsters, mussels, salmon,cod, bass, herring, shad, bluefish, lots of eel and oysters. They also cookedplenty of vegetables, among them squash, pumpkins and beans were the mostpopular.
They ate raspberries, strawberries, grapes, plums, cherries, blueberries,walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, hickory and ground nuts, wheat flour, Indian cornand corn meal and they made beer out of barley. The pumpkin pudding was laterdeveloped into the traditional pumpkin pie.
The first Thanksgiving dinner is said to have lasted from three days to oneweek with much food, beer and liquor. The Pilgrims and the Native Indian sattogether on the ground, shared food with fingers or used rough plates made ofwood or stale bread. They ran races, played old English games and stagedparades during the festive, with marches, drums and firing of their muskets.
"Thanksgiving" related tothe Bible
The phrase "thanksgiving" initially comes from the Bible. ThePilgrims of Plymouth, however, were mainly Puritans and strict CalvinistProtestants. They only observed three religious holidays from the NewTestament: Sunday Sabbath, Days of Fasting and humiliation and Thanksgiving.Thanksgiving marked favourable ("mercies") in community life.
Thefirst Thanksgiving festival was indeed a time of happiness, fellowship andrejoicing for the Pilgrims. They arranged a friendly treaty with the NativeAmerican Indians, built houses in the wilderness, and raised sufficient cropsto feed themselves for the upcoming long winter. The Pilgrims had become thefirst generation of settlers in this new land holding so much promise.
Fromthen on, Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World, dates varied from October to November eachyear over the next 150 years.
Thanksgiving, the Nationalholiday
The first National Thanksgiving was declared by the Continental Congress in1777. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington declared that the peopleof theUnited Statesshould observe "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer" on Thursday,26 November.
Many say the credit for the establishment of an annual Thanksgiving holidayshould be given to Sarah Josepha Hale. Being the editor of Ladies Magazine andGodey's Lady's Book, she lobbied to the governors, senators, and presidents fora national holiday and published stories and recipes for that day in hermagazine. After 36 years of crusading, she won her battle. In 1863, buoyed bythe Union victory at Gettysburg,President Lincoln proclaimed that November 26, would be a national ThanksgivingDay, to be observed every year on the fourth Thursday of November.
In 1941, a Congressional Joint Resolution set the fourth Thursday of Novemberas a national holiday for Thanksgiving.
There you are - the brief history of Thanksgiving- a day inAmericaforfamilies and friends to gather together. The festival is also celebrated byAmericans living abroad. Thanks to the Native Americans and the Pilgrims whocreated this idea of a day of Thanksgiving all those live in the New World can be thankful for all we have and share thejoy with our family members and friends.
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time togive thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holidaycelebrated primarily in theUnited Statesand now is primarily identifiedas a secular holiday.
This Thursdayis Thanksgiving Day. The writer O. Henry called it the one day that is purelyAmerican. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has spiritualmeaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day beforeThanksgiving, or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to bewith their families. They have a large dinner, which is the main part of thecelebration.
本周四是感恩节。作家欧·亨利把这一天称为“纯美国式”的节日。感恩节不是一个宗教节日，但它有宗教方面的含义。一些美国人在感恩节的前一天或是感恩节的早上参加宗教仪式，还有的长途跋涉和他们的家人团聚。感恩节的主要庆祝方式是一桌丰盛的家庭晚宴。
For manyAmericans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of a family gather.The holiday is a time of family reunion.
对许多美国人来说，感恩节这一天是所有家庭成员欢聚一堂的难得时光。这个节日是家人团聚的时刻。
Thanksgivingweek is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. Many Americanswho usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distancesinstead this week. Some mental-health experts say the attacks have frightenedpeople. They say people feel safer and happier close to home.
感恩节这一周通常是全年中人们出行最为繁忙的时段之一。许多经常坐飞机走亲访友的美国人这一周将改为短途驾车。一些心理健康专家认为，恐怖袭击令人们感到恐慌。他们说，人们在离家较近的地方会觉得更安全、更快乐。
More thanany other holiday, Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home. Manypeople say that this year they are especially thankful for their families andfriends and the good things in their lives. On Thanksgiving, people enjoy along day of cooking, eating and talking. The traditional meal almost alwaysincludes a turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside.
与其它节日不同，感恩节是一个家庭节日。许多人说，今年他们特别感谢他们的家人、朋友和生活中一切美好的事物。在感恩节，人们享受着一整天的烹调、美味和交谈所带来的快乐。传统的感恩节大餐都包括一只火鸡，火鸡内填满面包和火鸡一起做熟。
Othertraditional Thanksgiving foods served with turkey are sweet potatoes,cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgivingthan at any other time of the year. And many people eat more food atThanksgiving than at any other time of the year.
其他和火鸡相搭配的传统感恩节食物有：红薯，越橘和南瓜派。据说，感恩节前后，商店出售的食物比一年中的任何时候都要多。当然，许多人在感恩节吃的食物也比一年中其它的时候要多。
Over theyears, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration.For example, a number of professional and university football games are playedon Thanksgiving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.
近年来，美国人给感恩节增添了新的庆祝方式。例如，在感恩节这一天会举行由职业队和大学生参加的橄榄球比赛。其中有些比赛在国家电视台播放。
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