ThanksgivingDay感恩節(jié)的英文介紹

1、Thanksgiving Day,Do you know: When is the exact time of Thanksgiving Day? Who wants to give thanks to whom at Thanksgiving Day? What do people eat and play at Thanksgiving Day,In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. On this day, Americans give thanks for the

2、 blessings they have enjoyed during the year. Thanksgiving is usually a family day, celebrated with big dinners and happy reunions,The first American Thanksgiving was held in Plymouth (普利茅斯-英國(guó)一座城市)in 1621.A group of Pilgrims left England to explore the New World and they took the ship called “Mayflo

3、wer” with 102 men, women and children. After 65 days at sea, due to poor food, hard work, infectious diseases and bitterly cold weather, half of them died. Finally, only about 50 remained alive. Fortunately, local Indians gave gifts to them and offer assistance. In addition, Indians taught them how

4、to hurt, fish and grow food, such as planting corn, pumpkins and beans. Because of this help from the Indians, the pilgrims had a good harvest,The History of Thanksgiving Day,Ship “Mayflower,Pilgrims,What people eat,On the dinner table, people will eat apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes

5、and raisins pudding, mince pies, all kinds of other food and cranberry juice and squash, the most wonderful and the most attractive food is roast Turkey and pumpkin pie,What people eat,Turkeys,Pumpkins,Cranberry,beans,corn,Customs,At Thanksgiving Day, Christians go to church as Thanksgiving prayers, city township is filled with costume parade, drama or sports competition, etc. Peoples relatives will also return from all over the country for fa