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感恩节的由来和习俗英文版

篇一：感恩节的英文介绍

ThanksgivingDayisaharvestfestival.Traditionally,itisatimetogivethanksfortheharvestandexpressgratitudeingeneral.ItisaholidaycelebratedprimarilyinCanadaandthe United States. While perhaps religious in origin,Thanksgivingisnowprimarilyidentifiedasasecularholiday.

ThedateandlocationofthefirstThanksgivingcelebrationisatopicofmodestcontention.ThoughtheearliestattestedThanksgivingcelebrationwason

September8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine,Florida[1][2], the traditional “first Thanksgiving” isveneratedashavingoccurredatthesiteofPlymouthPlantation,in1621.

Today,ThanksgivingiscelebratedonthesecondMondayofOctoberinCanadaandonthefourthThursdayofNovemberintheUnitedStates.Thanksgivingdinnerisheldonthisday,usuallyasagatheringoffamilymembersandfriends.

ThanksgivingDayinAmericaisatimetoofferthanks,offamilygatheringsandholidaymeals.Atimeofturkeys,stuffing,andpumpkinpie.AtimeforIndiancorn,holidayparadesand

giantballoons.

在美国，感恩节是一个感谢恩赐，家庭团聚，合家欢宴的日子；是一个家家餐桌上都有火鸡、填料、南瓜馅饼的日子；是一个充满了印第安玉米、假日游行和巨型气球的日子。

Thanksgivingiscelebratedonthe4thThursdayofNovember,whichthisyear(2005)isNovember24th.

每年十一月的最后一个星期四是感恩节，在今年（2005）则是11月24日。下面让我们来看看感恩节的由来吧：

ThePilgrimswhosailedtothiscountryaboardthe

Mayflower

wereoriginallymembers

oftheEnglishSeparatist

Church(a

Puritansect).Theyhad

earlierfledtheirhomein

EnglandandsailedtoHolland(TheNetherlands)toescapereligiouspersecution.There,theyenjoyedmorereligioustolerance,buttheyeventuallybecamedisenchantedwiththeDutchwayoflife,thinkingitungodly.Seekingabetterlife,theSeparatistsnegotiatedwithaLondonstockcompanytofinanceapilgrimagetoAmerica.MostofthosemakingthetripaboardtheMayflowerwerenonSeparatists,butwerehiredtoprotectthecompany’s

interests.Onlyaboutonethirdoftheor