感恩节的英文

感恩节是几月几日英文

感恩节是为感谢印第安人而创立的，起源于美国，后来

人们常在这天感谢他人。每年11月的第四个星期四是感恩

节(ThanksgivingDay)。

XX年11月26日农历十月十五感恩节

感恩节(英语：ThanksgivingDay)是美国和加拿大共

有的节日，原意是为了感谢上天赐予的好收成。在美国，自

1941年起，感恩节是在每年11月的第四个星期四，并从这

一天起将休假两天;而加拿大与美国的感恩节时间不同，10

月第二个星期一。像中国的春节一样，在这一天，成千上万

的人们不管多忙，都要和自己的家人团聚。加拿大的感恩节

则起始于1879年，是在每年10月第二个星期一，与美国的

哥伦布日相同。

11月的第四个星期四是感恩节。感恩节是美国人民独

创的一个古老节日，也是美国人合家欢聚的节日，因此美国

人提起感恩节总是备感亲切。感恩节是美国国定假日中最地

道、最美国式的节日(holiday)。

感恩节英文介绍

ThanksgivingDay(感恩节)

Almosteverycultureintheworldhasheld

AmericanThanksgivingholidaybeganasafeastof

thanksgivingintheearlydaysoftheAmericancolonies

almostfourhundredyearsago.

In1620,aboatfilledwithmorethanonehundred

peoplesailedacrosstheAtlanticOceantottlein

theNewWorld(新大陆).Thisreligiousgrouphadbegun

toquestionthebeliefsoftheChurchofEnglandand

grimsttled

irst

darrived

toolatetogrowmanycrops,andwithoutfreshfood,

lowingspring

theIroquoisIndians(美国纽约州东北部易洛魁族印第安

人)taughtthemhowtogrowcorn,anewfoodforthe

owedthemothercropstogrowinthe

unfamiliarsoilandhowtohuntandfish.

Intheautumnof1621,bountifulcropsofcorn,

barley(大麦),

colonistshadmuchtobethankfulfor,soafeastwas

vitedthelocalIndianchiefand90

iansbroughtdeertoroastwiththe

turkeysandotherwildgameofferedbythecolonists.

Thecolonistshadlearnedhowtocookcranberriesand

differentkindsofcornandsquashdishesfromthe

firstThanksgiving,theIndianshad

evenbroughtpopcorn.

Infollowingyears,manyoftheoriginalcolonists

celebratedtheautumnharvestwithafeastofthanks.

AftertheUnitedStatesbecameanindependent

country,Congressrecommendedoneyearlydayof

WashingtonsuggestedthedateNovember26as

1863,attheendofalong

andbloodycivilwar,AbrahamLincolnaskedall

AmericanstotasidethelastThursdayinNovember

asadayofthanksgiving.

ThanksgivingfallsonthefourthThursdayof

November,sident

mustproclaimthatdateastheofficialcelebration.

Thanksgivingisatimefortraditionandsharing.

Eveniftheylivefaraway,familymembersgatherfor

e

thankstogetherforthegoodthingsthattheyhave.

Inthisspiritofsharing,civicgroupsand

charitableorganizationsofferatraditionalmealto

thoinneed,

tablesthroughouttheUnitedStates,foodatenatthe

firstthanksgivinghavebecometraditional.

SymbolsofThanksgivingTurkey,corn,pumpkinsand

cranberrysauce(酸果曼沙司)aresymbolswhich

ofthe

symbolsaredrawnonholidaydecorationsandgreeting

ofcornmeantthesurvivalofthe

colonies."Indiancorn"asatableordoordecoration

reprentstheharvestandthefallason.

Sweet-sourcranberrysauce,orcranberryjelly,

wasonthefirstThanksgivingtableandisstillrved

nberryisasmall,s

inbogs(沼泽),ormuddyareas,inMassachuttsand

iansudthefruit

edthejuicetodyetheir

ughtthecolonistshowtocook

theberrieswithsweetener(甜味佐料)andwatertomake

ianscalledit"ibimi"whichmeans

"bitterberry."Whenthecolonistssawit,theynamed

it"crane-berry"becautheflowersoftheberrybent

thestalkover,anditrembledthelong-neckedbird

riesarestillgrowninNew

England.

In1988,aThanksgivingceremonyofadifferent

eDivine.

MorethanfourthousandpeoplegatheredonThanksgiving

hemwereNativeAmericansreprenting

tribesfromalloverthecountryanddescendantsof

peoplewhoancestorshadmigratedtotheNewWorld.

Theceremonywasapublicacknowledgmentofthe

Indians'roleinthefirstThanksgiving350yearsago.

Untilrecentlymostschoolchildrenbelievedthatthe

PilgrimscookedtheentireThanksgivingfeast,and

,thefeastwas

plannedtothanktheIndiansforteachingthemhowto

ttheIndians,thefirst

ttlerswouldnothavesurvived.