雅思阅读材料之美国感恩节-智课教育出国考试.pdf

智 课 网 雅 思 备 考 资 料 雅思阅读材料之美国感恩节 智课教育出国考试 下面是一篇关于文化类的雅思阅读材料 这篇雅思阅读材料的主要 内容是介绍了美国感恩节的由来的介绍以及传统的庆祝方式等等相关的 内容 下面是详细内容 供大家参考 希望给大家带来帮助 Thanksgiving Day is a very important traditional holiday in America On the fourth Thursday of each November families and friends gather together for the occasion to celebrate with a traditional turkey dinner usually in the mid afternoon Thanksgiving Day originated as a celebration of the year s harvest and is similar to the Mid Autumn Festival in China 感恩节是一个很重要的美国传统节日 每年11月的第四个星期四 人们都会与家人 朋友欢聚一堂 下午3时左右吃传统的火鸡大餐 该 节日最初主要是为了庆祝一年的丰收 与中国的中秋节有些相似 This American tradition started in 1621 before the United States of America was established It was a huge celebration for a hard earned harvest in the first year after the first group of immigrants arriving in the New World 这个美国传统节日始于1621年 美国成立以前 来源于美洲新大陆 第一批移民为庆祝到达新大陆之后第一年的辛苦劳作获得的丰收而举行 的盛大宴会 On September 6 1620 the Mayflower ship set sail from Plymouth Devon England taking all the English Pilgrims to the New World The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people and left England to escape religious persecution 1620年9月6日 一批不堪忍受国内宗教迫害的英国清教徒乘坐 五月花 号从英格兰德文郡普利茅斯出发 开始了到美洲新大陆的航行 这批清教徒大约有100人 The Pilgrims sailed sixty six days arrived in the New World in November of the same year They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by Native Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation 清教徒们在海上航行了66天 终于在当年的11月到达美洲新大陆 他们最初在当地印第安人废弃的一个玉米地z安顿下来 并把它命名为 普利茅斯种植园 They worked on the land with much difficulty and were beset by a devastating plague in which half of the Pilgrim died in the long winter of 1620 In the spring of 1621 an Indian brave named Squanto and her Wampanoag tribe came to their help The tribe taught the Pilgrims how to work the earth and plant corn beans pumpkins squash and other crops 1620年那个寒冷而漫长的冬天 他们在这块土地上费尽千辛万苦地 劳作着 困难重重 还遭遇了一场灾难性的瘟疫 一半人在这场瘟疫中 死去 到了1621年的春天 一个名叫Squanto的印第安英雄率其瓦帕浓 部落开始主动帮助他们 部落里的人们教这些清教徒怎样耕种土地 怎 样种植玉米 大豆 南瓜以及其他农作物 In late September 1621 the Pilgrims were pleased with their great harvest To celebrate their first harvest the Pilgrims wanted to thank God and the Native Indian They invited Squanto and the entire Wampanoag tribe to celebrate together in a shared feast 1621年9月底 他们的辛勤劳作终于获得大丰收 清教徒们欢欣鼓 舞 为了庆祝这第一次来之不易的大丰收 他们想要好好感谢一下上帝 和当地的印第安人 便邀请Squanto及其瓦帕浓部落参加他们的庆祝盛 宴 The first Thanksgiving dinner is said to have lasted from three days to one week It was indeed a time of happiness fellowship and rejoicing for the Pilgrims They arranged a friendly treaty with the Native American Indians built houses in the wilderness and raised sufficient crops to feed themselves for the upcoming long winter The Pilgrims had become the first generation of settlers in this new land holding so much promise 这第一次的丰收庆祝盛宴据说从三天一直延长到一个星期 对于清 教徒们来说 这的确是一段享受高兴 愉悦 友谊的时间 他们和善良 的当地印第安人一起准备了庆祝盛宴 在荒野中盖了房子 并为即将来 临的漫长冬天储存了充足的食物 于是 在这块充满希望 憧憬和向往 的新大陆上 清教徒们便成了第一代移民定居者 Fromthen on Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World dates varied from October to November each year over the next 150 years 从那以后的150多年里 感恩节便成为一个庆祝新大陆丰收的固定 节日 在每年的10月或11月举行庆祝活动 The first National Thanksgiving was declared by the Continental Congress in 1777 On October 3 1789 President George Washington declared that the people of the United States should observe a day of public thanksgiving and prayer on Thursday 26 November In 1941 a Congressional Joint Resolution set the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday for Thanksgiving 1777年 美国大陆会议第一次宣布感恩节为全国性节日 1789年1 0月