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【精品】感恩节材料 Thanksgiving Dayis aharvest festivalcelebrated primarilyin Canada and the United States.Traditionally,it isa timeto givethanks for the harvestand expressgratitude ingeneral.While perhapsreligious inorigin,Thanksgiving is now primarilyidentified asa secular世俗的,现世的,不朽的,非宗教的holiday.The dateand locationof thefirst Thanksgivingcelebration isa topicof modestcontention争论,争辩,争夺,论点.The traditionalfirst Thanksgivingis thecelebration thatourred atthe siteof PlymouthPlantation,in1621.The Plymouthcelebration ourredearly in the historyof whatwould beeone of the originalthirteen coloniesthat becametheUnited States.The celebrationbecame animportant partof theAmerican mythby the1800s.citation neededThis Thanksgiving,modeled aftercelebrations thatwere monplacein contemporaryEurope,is generallyregarded asAmericas first.Elementary schoolteacher RobynGioia hasargued thatthe earliestattestedthanksgivingcelebration in what isnow theUnited Stateswas celebratedby theSpanish onSeptember8,1565inwhatisnowSaint Augustine,Florida.Today,Thanksgiving iscelebrated on the secondMonday ofOctober inCanadaandonthefourth Thursdayof NovemberintheUnited States.Thanksgiving dinneris heldon thisday,usually asa gatheringof familymembers andfriends.感恩节的由来要一直追溯到美国历史的发端。 1620年，著名的“五月花”号船满载不堪忍受英国国内宗教迫害的清教徒102人到达美洲。 1620年和1621年之交的冬天，他们遇到了难以想象的困难，处在饥寒交迫之中，冬天过去时，活下来的移民只有50来人。 这时，心地善良的印第安人给移民送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜。 在印第安人的帮助下，移民们终于获得了丰收，在欢庆丰收的日子，按照宗教传统习俗，移民规定了感谢上帝的日子，并决定为感谢印第安人的真诚帮助，邀请他们一同庆祝节日。 The EuropeanOrigins of Thanksgiving许多人认为感恩节是北美的节日，但在更早之前的西欧社会，人们就已经举办丰收庆典，感谢富饶大自然给予的恩赐。 当欧洲人移民到新大陆后，也带来了这一传统习俗。 Hello,Im MattCail andon behalfof ExpertVillage Im heretoday totell youall about the historyof Thanksgiving.While peoplethink ofThanksgiving asa NorthAmerican holiday,one thatgoes backto thetime ofthe earlierEuropean settlersin NorthAmerica.The factis thatThanksgivings rootsactually goback muchfurther.Thanksgivings rootsgo actuallyacross theAtlantic backinto Europewhich iswhere a lot ofthe harvestcelebrations originatedat leastin termsof EuropeanWestern society.You canfind alot of these harvestcelebrations actuallyworldwide.But,particularly aroundin Europeand justwhere you had likethe cycles.And Europedefinitely oscillatesbetweenwarm andcold.There arevery strongdefinite seasonsand youhave theharvest periodwhen youbrought inall thecrops thatyouhadplanted throughoutthe season,toiledover andyou aregetting readyto rideoutthewinter andthen youhave theharvest.Often timespeople wouldcelebrate byhaving afeast duringthis time.And,places likeNorthern Franceand Englandwere noexception tothis.And,many ofthese groupswould gettogether andthere wouldbe,I meanthese feastswould lastover aperiod ofdays notjust onemeal.And aswe startactually enteringinto aperiod ofEuropean migrationto thenew worldalotofthesefolks broughttheir customswith them.The OriginofThanksgivingDay Parades化妆游行是感恩节一大习俗，最初是世界各地的移民们希望参与和庆祝节日、新家的一种方式。 街上挂着各种大横幅，人们穿着各种服饰聚集在一起唱歌跳舞、表演艺术手艺等。 Thanksgiving Historyof Pardoningthe NationalTurkey每年一度的总统放生火鸡仪式始于1947年杜鲁门总统当政时期。 被选中的火鸡可以在农场里自然地生老病死，随心所欲地享受它的生活，没选中的只能成为白宫美味的晚餐了。 那么，在美国，人们过感恩节都有哪些风俗习惯呢？Thankss givingis anannual one-day holidayto givethanks,traditionally togod,forthethings onehas atthe closeoftheharvest season.感恩节是每年一次，传统意义上的感恩节，是指人们在临近丰收时对上帝的感恩之情。 In theUnitedStates,certain kindsof foodare traditionallyserved atthanksgiving meals.Turkey isusually thefeatured itemon anythanksgiving feasttable.在美国，感恩节人们会想用一些特色食物，比如说，火鸡就是最有代表性的食物。 Mashed potatoeswith gravy,s