感恩节英文介绍

感恩节英文介绍

篇一：感恩节的英文介绍

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it

is a time to give thanks for the harvest and expressgratitude

in general. It is a holidaycelebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.

The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on

September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida[1][2], the traditional “first Thanksgiving”is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621.

Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.

Thanksgiving Dayin America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holidaymeals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and

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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。

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2005) is November 24th.

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：

The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were originally members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They had earlier fled their home in England and sailed to Holland (The Netherlands) to escape religious persecution. There, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but they eventually became disenchantedwith the Dutch way of life, thinking it ungodly. Seeking a better life, the Separatists negotiated with a London stock company to finance a pilgrimage to America. Most of those making the trip aboard the Mayflower were non-Separatists, but were hired to protect the company’s

interests. Only about one-third of the original colonists were Separatists.

乘”五月花”来到这个国度的旅行者（朝圣者）原本是英国分

离者地下教会清教徒，他们的家在英国，因不堪忍受国内的宗教迫害，他们逃亡到荷兰。在荷兰，他们享受了更多的宗教信仰自由，但最终

却意识到在荷兰的这种生活方式是对他们的主的亵渎。为了寻求更好

的生活，他们与伦敦贸易公司协商，由该公司资助他们到美国。在这

趟旅途中，船上只有大约1/3的乘客是清教徒，其他大多数人并非分

离派清教徒，而是公司雇佣来保护其利益的人员（契约奴）。

The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast -- including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the help of the natives. The feast was more of a traditional English harvest festival than a true “thanksgiving”observance. It lasted three days.

1620年12月11日，旅行者们在”普利茅斯石”登陆。他们的

第一个冬季是灾难性的，第二年秋天来临时，原来的102名乘客只剩

下56人。但1621年他们获得了大丰收，这些幸存的殖民者们决定和

帮助他们度过困难的91名印第安人一起飨宴庆祝。他们相信，若没

有当地居民的帮助，他们是不可能度过这一年的。这次节日的盛宴不

仅仅是一个”感恩”仪式，它更像英国传统的丰收庆典。庆典持续了