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1、IntheUnitedStates,thefourthThursdayinNovemberiscalledThanksgivingDay.Onthatday,Americansgivethanksfortheblessingstheyhaveenjoyedduringtheyear.在美国，每年11月的最后一个周四称为‘感恩节’，在那天，美国人为每年得到的上天赐福表示感激。ThanksgivingDayisthemosttrulyAmericanofthenationalHolidaysintheUnitedStatesandismostcloselyconnectedwith
2、theearliesthistoryofthecountry.感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。In1620,thesettlers,orPilgrims,theysailedtoAmericaontheMayflower,seekingaplacewheretheycouldhavefreedomofworship.1620年，一些朝圣者（或称为清教徒）乘坐“五月花”号船去美国寻求宗教自由。Afteratempestuous[tem’pestʃuəs](狂暴的)two-monthvoyagetheylandedatinicyNov
3、ember,whatisnowPlymouth[‘pliməθ],Massachusetts.他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后，终于在酷寒的十一月里，在现在的马萨诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。Duringtheirfirstwinter,overhalfofthesettlersdiedofstarvationorepidemics.Thosewhosurvivedbegansowinginthefirstspring.在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。ItissaidthatPilgrimslearnttogrowcorn,beansan
4、dpumpkins from theIndians,whichhelpedallofthemsurvive.Intheautumnof1621,theyheldagrand celebration where90peoplewereinvitedincludingIndians.Thegrandfeastwasorganizedtothankgodforhisfavors.Thiscommunaldinneris popularlyknownas“Thefirstthanksgivingfeast”.Thereishowever,no evidence toproveifthe
5、dinneractuallytookplace.Whilesome historiansbelievepilgrimswerequitereligiousso,theirthanksgivingwould’veincludedadayoffastingandpraying,otherssaythattheThanksgivingdinnerdidtakeplace.Macy'sThanksgivingDayParadePresidentialPardonIt isaceremonythattakesplaceatthe WhiteHouse everyyearshortlybe
6、fore Thanksgiving.The PresidentoftheUnitedStates ispresentedwithalive domesticturkey.Generallythe NationalTurkeyFederation andthePoultryandEggNationalBoardareinvolved.Theceremonydatesbacktothe1940s,withpresidentsoccasionallysparingthebirdpresentedtothem;since1989,during GeorgeH.W.Bush'sfirst
7、Thanksgivingaspresident,ithasbeenanannualtraditionforthepresidentto"pardon"theturkey.RecentRecipientsofthePresidentialPardon2007:MayandFlower2008:PumpkinandPecan2009:CourageandCarolina2010:AppleandCider2011:LibertyandPeace2012:CobblerandGobbler2013
