Thanksgiving Day感恩節(jié)的英文介紹

1、Thanksgiving DayDo you know:lWhen is the exact time of Thanksgiving Day?lWho wants to give thanks to whom at Thanksgiving Day?lWhat do people eat and play at Thanksgiving Day?l. In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. On this day, Americans give thanks for t

2、he 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-英國一座城市)in 1621.A group of Pilgrims left England to explore the New World and they took the ship called “May

3、flower” 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 h

4、ow 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.Ship “Mayflower”PilgrimsWhat people eat On the dinner table, people will eat apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes and raisins pudding, mince pie

5、s, 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 TurkeysPumpkinsCranberry beanscornCustoms 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 coun