感恩节 英文

ThanksgivingDayisthemosttrulyAmericanofthenationalHolidaysinthe

UnitedStatesandismostclolyconnectedwiththeearliesthistoryofthe

country.

In1620,thettlers,orPilgrims,theysailedtoAmericaontheMayflower,

tempestuoustwo-monthvoyagetheylandedatinicyNovember,whatisnow

Plymouth,Massachutts.

Duringtheirfirstwinter,overhalfofthettlersdiedof[1]starvationor

hosurvivedbegansowinginthefirstspring.

Allsummerlongtheywaitedfortheharvestswithgreatanxiety,knowingthat

theirlivesandthefutureexistenceofthecolonydependedonthecoming

thereforeitwasdecidedthatadayofthanksgivingtotheLordbefixed[2].

Yearslater,PresidentoftheUnitedStatesproclaimedthefourthThursdayof

ebrationofThanksgiving

Dayhasbeenobrvedonthatdateuntiltoday.

ThepatternoftheThanksgivingcelebrationhasneverchangedthroughthe

innertable,

peoplewillfindapples,oranges,chestnuts,illbe

plumpudding,mincepie,othervarietiesoffoodandcranberryjuiceand

tandmostattractiveamongthemareroastturkeyand

vebeenthemosttraditionalandfavoritefoodon

ThanksgivingDaythroughouttheyears.

Everyoneagreesthedinnermustbebuiltaroundroastturkeystuffedwitha

breaddressing[3]ookingvaries

withfamiliesandwiththeregionswhereonelives,itisnoteasytogeta

connsuson[4]theprecikindofstuffingfortheroyalbird.

Thanksgivingtodayis,ineveryn,anationalannualholidayonwhich

Americansofallfaithsandbackgroundsjoinintoexpresstheirthanksforthe

year'sbountyandreverentlyaskforcontinued[5]blessings.

感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为

密切相关。

1620年，一些朝圣者（或称为清教徒）乘坐"五月花"号船去美国寻求宗教自

由。他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后，终于在酷寒的十一月里，在现在的马萨

诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。

在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个

春季开始播种。整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存

以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰

收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后，美国总统宣布每

年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天，直到如今。

感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准

备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、

碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是

烤火鸡和番瓜馅饼，这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食

品。

人人都赞成感恩节大餐必需以烤火鸡为主菜。火鸡在烘烤时要以面包作填料以

吸收从中流出来的美味汁液，但烹饪技艺常因家庭和地区的不同而各异，应用什

幺填料也就很难求得一致。

今天的感恩节是一个不折不扣的国定假日。在这一天，具有各种信仰和各种背

景的美国人，共同为他们一年来所受到的上苍的恩典表示感谢，虔诚地祈求上帝

继续赐福。

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注释：

：死于……当死于身体内部原因的，die后面要接介词of，如：饥饿

（starvation）、悲伤（sadness）等；当死于外因时则要用diefrom，比如死于

受伤（wound）.

ecidedthatadayofthanksgivingtotheLordbefixed：decide可是

个让你省事儿的好词了。它后面如果接从句，往往接虚拟语气。所以看见decide

后面的从句，你就可以大胆地用动词（should）+"原形""啦！

ng：调味品、填料。这里的dressing可不是穿的呀，abreaddressing

可不是"面包衣服"！和bread在一起，dressing自然就是吃的啦！它是"调味品"

的意思，"穿"在食物的身上了.

suson：就……达成一致。注：connsus后面的介词要用on，而不

用about。

ued：继续的。这里的continued看似动词continue的过去式，但它却

是有自己的含义的，它是形容词"继续的"意思。这样continuedblessings就是上

帝"继续的赐福"了

笑话

ThanksGivingJokes

IfAprilshowersbringMayflowerswhatdoMayflowersbring?

Pilgrims!

Whydidtheturkeycrosstheroad?

Itwasthechicken'sdayoff.

Whydoturkeysalwaysgo,"gobble,gobble"?

Becautheyneverlearnedgoodtablemanners!

Whatsounddoesaspaceturkeymake?

Hubble,hubble,hubble.

Whydidthepolicearresttheturkey?

Theysuspecteditoffowlplay.

WhydidtheIndianchiefwearsomanyfeathers?

Tokeephiswigwam.

Whydidtheylettheturkeyjointheband?

Becauhehadthedrumsticks

WhathappenedtothePilgrimwhowasshotatbyanIndian?

Hehadanarrowescape.

'TwasthenightofThanksgiving,

butIjustcouldn'tsleep...

Itriedcountingbackwards,

Itriedcountingsheep.

Theleftoversbeckoned...thedarkmeatandwhite,

butIfoughtthetemptationwithallofmymight.

Tossingandturningwithanticipation,

thethoughtofasnackbecameinfatuation.

So,Iracedtothekitchen,flungopenthedoor

andgazedatthefridge,fullofgoodiesgalore.

Igobbledupturkeyandbutteredpotatoes,

stuffingwithgravy,greenbeansandtomatoes.

Ifeltmylfswellingsoplumpandsoround,

tillallofasudden,Iroofftheground.

Icrashedthroughtheceiling,floatingintothesky

withamouthfulofpuddingandahandfulofpie

But,ImanagedtoyellasIsoaredpastthetrees...

Happyeatingtoall--passthecranberries,plea.

Askedtowriteacompositionentitled,"WhatI'mthankfulforonThanksgiving,"

astudentwrote,"IamthankfulthatI'mnotaturkey."

Aturkeyfarmerwasalwayxperimentingwithbreedingtoperfectabetter

turkey.

Hisfamilywasfondofthelegportionfordinnerandtherewereneverenough

anyfrustratingattempts,thefarmerwasrelatingthe

resultsofhiffortstohisfriendsatthegeneralstoregettogether."WellI

finallydidit!Ibredaturkeythathas6legs!"

Theyallaskedthefarmerhowittasted.

"Idon'tknow"saidthefarmer."Inevercouldcatchthedarnthing!"

绕口令

Whilewewerewalking,wewerewatchingwindowwasherswashWashington’s

windowswithwarmwashingwater.

Abigblackbugbitabigblackbear,madethebigblackbearbleedblood.