标题：今天是感恩节
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让这件外套紧紧伴着你渡过每一分每一秒，
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因为他们使我体验生命。
感激抚养我的人，
因为他们使我不断成长。
感激帮助我的人，
因为他们使我度过难关。
感激关怀我的人，
因为他们给我温暖。
感激鼓励我的人，
因为他们给我力量。
感激教育我的人，
因为他们开化我的蒙昧。
感激钟爱我的人，
因为他们让我体验爱情的宝贵。
感激伤害我的人，
因为他磨炼我的心志。
感激绊倒我的人，
因为他强化了我的双腿。
感激欺骗我的人，
因为他增进了我的智慧。
感激藐视我的人，
因为他觉醒了我的自尊。
感激遗弃我的人，
因为他教会了我该独立。
凡是感激。
学会感激。
感激一切使我成长的人！
今天是感恩节, 祝所有的人节日快乐！
Thanksgiving Day
Fourth Thursday in November
Almost
every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful
harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in
the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the
Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World（新大陆）.
This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England
and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the
state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They
had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony
died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois
Indians（美国纽约州东北部易洛魁族印第安人）taught them how to grow corn, a new food for the
colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how
to hunt and fish.
In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley（大麦）, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The
colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the
local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the
turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned
how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the
Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn.
In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn
harvest with a feast of thanks.
After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended
one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George
Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at
the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to
set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every
year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away,
family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give
thanks together for the good things that they have.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a
traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables
throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become
traditional.
Symbols of Thanksgiving
Turkey, corn, pumpkins and cranberry
sauce（酸果曼沙司）are symbols which represent the first Thanksgiving. Now all
of these symbols are drawn on holiday decorations and greeting cards. The use of
corn meant the survival of the colonies. "Indian corn" as a table or door
decoration represents the harvest and the fall season.
Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving
table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows
in bogs（沼泽）, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and
other New England states. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections. They
used the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to
cook the berries with sweetener（甜味佐料）and water to
make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi" which means "bitter berry." When the
colonists saw it, they named it "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry
bent the stalk over, and it resembled the long-necked bird called a crane. The
berries are still grown in New England.
In 1988, a Thanksgiving ceremony of a different kind took place at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine. More than four thousand people gathered on
Thanksgiving night. Among them were Native Americans representing tribes from
all over the country and descendants of people whose ancestors had migrated to
the New World.
The ceremony was a public acknowledgment of the Indians' role in the first
Thanksgiving 350 years ago. Until recently most schoolchildren believed that the
Pilgrims cooked the entire Thanksgiving feast, and offered it to the Indians. In
fact, the feast was planned to thank the Indians for teaching them how to cook
those foods. Without the Indians, the first settlers would not have
survived.
感恩节的来历
在美国，每年11月的最后一个星期四是举国同庆的感恩节，规定从这一天起休假三天。即使远在异乡的美国人也都要在节日前赶回去与家人团聚，共庆佳节。美国人对感恩节重视的程度，堪与传统的盛大节日－圣诞节相比。
为什么叫感恩节呢？追根溯源，感恩节是和美洲古代的印第安人，特别是和玉米的种植有十分密切的关系。1620年9月6日，一批英国清教徒难以忍受宗教的迫害，搭乘“五月花号”木船驶往美洲。他们在疲劳、饥饿、寒冷和疾病的袭击下在大西洋上漂泊了65天，最后到达北美殖民地的普利茅斯。
当时正值冬季，气候严寒，田野寂寥。当地印第安人慷慨地拿出贮藏越冬的玉米和土豆，送去猎获的野鸭和火鸡。春天来了，印第安人教他们种植玉米和南瓜，饲养火鸡。白人移民和印第安人建立了亲密的友谊。这年秋季玉米丰收，移民们举行了丰盛的感恩会，用烤火鸡和玉米糕点款待印第安人。印第安人带着各种玉米制品、烤火鸡、南瓜馅饼、野葡萄以及玉米酒浆等参加晚会，人们欢唱歌舞，通霄达旦。以后在每年玉米收获后的11月底，定居在这里的白人移民都要举行感恩会，家家烤火鸡，烹制玉米食品，款待印第安人。长此以往，这种感恩会就成为一种惯例。但是，当时感恩节的时间并不固定，直至1863年，美国总统林肯宣布把感恩节定为全国性的节日，号召人民同心同德，为美国的繁荣昌盛作出努力。为了纪念感恩节，在普利茅斯城的萨摩特大街修建了一座巨大的移民先驱者纪念碑。高达10米的乳白色先民雕像，搭着披肩，手指苍穹，在四块大理石浮雌上描述了到普利茅斯未的第一批移民的故事和感恩节的渊源。现今，玉米制品仍然是欢度感恩节的不可缺少的食品之。
英语 感恩节英语词汇
The "First Thanksgiving"----英语 感恩节 关于感恩节的一些词汇 Talk Turkey:
打开窗户说亮话,说实在的
相传在北美殖民时期,一个白人和一个黑人去打猎,事先说好了平分打到的猎物.结果一天下来只打到一只火鸡和一只鹧鸪.白人心里想要火鸡,但又不敢直接说,于是对印第安人说"如果你要火鸡,我就拿鹧鸪,如果你要鹧鸪,我就拿火鸡",印第安人一听就明白了,于是针锋相对地说:"你一直在讲火鸡,现在让我也讲讲火鸡吧!"
于是talk turkey 演变成"打开窗户说亮话,说实在的,坦诚地说话"的意思了例： 1. If you are willing to talk
turkey, the dispute between us can be easily settled.
如果你愿意实实在在地说话,那么我们之间的争端就可以很容易地解决.
2. Generally he is an easy-going
person, but when it comes to religious belief he talks turkey.
一般来说,他是一个随和的人,但一谈到宗教信仰,他就正经起来.
其它词汇：
*have a turkey on (one's) back:
1、喝醉酒 2、吸毒*red as a turkey cock: 气的满面通红
*swell like a
turkey cock: 气势汹汹的发作
* Thanksgiving dinner 感恩节正餐
* Thanksgiving turkey
感恩节火鸡
感恩节食谱
新英格兰风格的感恩节食谱:烘烤的栗子馅的土耳其饼、南瓜苹果酱。
Thanksgiving Food
The most important
part of Thanksgiving is the food! There are three essential parts of the
traditional Thanksgiving meal:
Stuffed Turkey, Sweet Potatoes and Pumpkin
Pie
Of course, there are lots of things people eat at Thanksgiving, and not
everybody eats Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Pumpkin Pie. But, when Americans
think about Thanksgiving, they usually think about these three foods.
So, if
you want to experience an American tradition you should learn how to make and
enjoy all three of them!
Other common Thanksgiving foods include Mashed
Potatoes and Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Biscuits, Wine, Vegetables and Squash.
Here are some easy Thanksgiving recipes:
Roast Turkey with Chestnut
Stuffing Recipe
1 x 12 lb Turkey
1 x Chestnut filling recipe (as
follows)
1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Flour
Salt
Dress and clean turkey
and fill with Chestnut Stuffing.
Cream together the butter and flour and rub
the legs,
wings, and breast of the turkey with the mixture.
Place in oven
(400-F) for 15 minutes. Season with salt.
Reduce the heat to 350-F and finish
roasting
for 3-1/2 hours or until tender.
Chestnut Dressing
Recipe
Boiling water
1 1/2 lb Chestnuts
1/3 cup Butter Salt and
pepper
1 cup Dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup hot Milk
Pour boiling water over
chestnuts and let stand 5 minutes;Remove skin with fingers and a knife.
Cook
nuts about 1/2 hour in boiling salted water.
Drain, mash and add butter and
seasonings.
Pour milk over crumbs and add to nut mixture.
Mix well, then
stuff it inside the turkey.
Garlic Mashed Sweet Potatoes
2 pounds sweet
potatoes, cut into small pieces
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
6
tablespoons butter, divided
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon salt
1 to 2
tablespoons chopped cilantro
Cook unpeeled sweet potatoes, covered, in
boiling salted water, 20 to 30 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, saute garlic
in 1 tablespoon butter for 2 minutes. When potatoes are fully cooked, drain
thoroughly. Peel and dice and return to pan. Add sauteed garlic, remaining
butter, sour cream and salt. Mash thoroughly. Fold in cilantro. Transfer to
serving bowl and garnish withadditional cilantro if desired.
Baked Carrots
Recipe
18 Carrots, small
1/3 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon
Salt
1/3 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/3 cup Boiling water
Scrape or pare carrots
and place in baking dish. Cream butter, sugar, salt and cinnamon together; add
water and blend well. Pour over carrots, cover and bake in moderate 350F oven 1
1/2 hours.
Really Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe
1 1/3 cup Pumpkin; cooked &
pureed
1 1/3 cup Condensed milk
1 Egg
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/4
teaspoon Cinnamon, ground
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg, ground
1/2 teaspoon Ginger,
ground
1/4 teaspoon Cloves, ground
1 cup Water, hot
Beat all
ingredients together. Pour into a 9-inch pastry shell. Bake at 375F for 55 to 65
minutes.
感谢父母,感谢家人,感谢同事,感谢一切相识或不相识的人.
