初中英语课外阅读系列---感恩节

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Thanksgiving Day
 
  Now I would like to give you some details about Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most cloly connected with the earliest history of the country.
 
  In 1620, the ttlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May Flower, eking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachutts.
 
  During their first winter, over half of the ttlers died of starvation or epidemics. Tho 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 obrved 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.
 Thanksgiving today is, in every n, 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.
 
  现在我想给你们详细谈谈美国的感恩节。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。
 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。
We are going to show you how to make crispy golden roasted turkey.
Step: 1 You will need the following ingredients to rve 12 people. One fresh turkey weig
hted 5.5kg. Washed and dried. 1.5 onions chopped into quarters. 2 carrots peeled and chopped. 2 bulbs of garlic cut in halves. One lemon, cut into quarters. A few celery tops. Some romary ,some thyme, 40 ml of olive oil, 2 tbsp of rock salt and salt and pepper. You will have a list of ingredients. You will also need the following utensils:a baking tray with rack, some kitchen twine, a cutting board knife, a thermometer and a bowl.
Step 2: Preheat the oven. Before you begin to roast the prepared turkey . Set the oven to 200
Step 3: Prepare the vegetables. Add to bowl. Put onions in a bowl, add garlic, the carrots, a lemon, the romary, thyme, the celery tops, the rock salt, and a little olive oil, mix them all together by hand, and t it aside.
A quick tip: handle raw turkey with the same care that youd handle raw chicken. Wash inside and out with water and lemon juice. Dry with paper towels. Always u parated cutting board.
Step 4: Trim the turkey. Begin to prepare the bird by first moving its neck. Place a knife deep inside neck cavity and cut ing to rerve as much skin as possible.Next, find the elbow joint of one of the wings and t the knife at the joint and cut, t it aside and Repeat for the other wing. The bits will be ud later to make tasty turkey gravy. A quick tip:Prepare the turkey between 1-1.5 hr before cooking. Allow it to warm to room temperature. It will cook more quickly and evenly.

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