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昨天11月22日,星期四,感恩节,YUKI同学去上英语课,老师已经准备好了一些卡片和几句话,学会了说,然后再照着黑板上抄写在卡片上,送给爸爸、妈妈。这算是YUKI有史以来第一次正规书写英语句子,记录一下,要是俺的坏记性不发作的话,改天把它扫描上来。

原文如下:To Dear
Mum、Dad
老妈我孤陋寡闻,只知道感恩节要吃火鸡,嘿嘿!还是上网查些资料来比较厚道,虽然咱不必祟洋,但适当了解一下国外的习俗,权当长点见识罢!
感恩节是北美洲独有的节日,始于1621年。1863年,美国总统林肯将它定为国家假日,并规定每年11月的第四个星期四为美国的感恩节。借着四天假期,很多人都会赶回家庆祝,所以,美国感恩节的热闹程度绝不亚于中国的中秋节。
感恩节的由来
1620年9月,遭迫害的102名英国清教徒登上“五月花”号帆船,于12月26日到达了美国的普利茅斯港,准备开始新生活。然而,这些移民根本不适应当地环境,第一年冬天过后,只有50人幸存。第二年春天,当地印第安人送给他们很多必需品,并教会他们如何在这块土地上耕作。秋天,移民们获得了大丰收,11月底,移民们请来印第安人共享玉米、南瓜、火鸡等制作成的佳肴,感谢他们的帮助,感谢上帝赐予了一个大丰收。自此,感恩节变成了美国的固定节日。
感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄,还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁,其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和番瓜馅饼,这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食品。
感恩节宴会后,人们有时会做些传统游戏,比如南瓜赛跑是比赛者用一把小勺推着南瓜跑,规则是不能用手碰南瓜,先到终点者获胜。比赛用的勺子越小,游戏就越有意思。
感恩节习俗——总统火鸡放生仪式
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,但实际上这个传统仪式可以追溯到美国内战林肯总统当政的时期。1863年的一天,林肯的儿子泰德突然闯入内阁会议请求赦免一只名叫杰克的宠物火鸡,因为这只被送进白宫的火鸡,即将成为人们的圣诞节大餐。2006年11月22日,美国华盛顿,总统布什在白宫玫瑰花园举行感恩节放生仪式上,特赦了一只名叫“飞鸟”(Flyer)的火鸡。
2007年11月20日,布什举行了一年一度的国家感恩节火鸡放生仪式。这两只火鸡分别叫“May”和“Flower”,也就是当年清教徒来到新大陆所搭乘的“五月花号”的意思。
感恩节美食——南瓜浓汤
材料:南瓜150克、高汤1杯、淀粉2汤匙、牛肉泥1汤匙、绿色花椰菜1朵、嫩玉米2只~3只。
做法:1.将南瓜去皮、籽,切小块;2.花椰菜和嫩玉米煮熟,切碎备用;3.将高汤和南瓜倒入果汁机内,打拌均匀;4.将南瓜汁倒入锅内,以小火煮8~10分钟,加入牛肉泥搅拌均匀;5.加入淀粉拌匀,熄火,撒上花椰菜和嫩玉米即成。
材料:南瓜150克、高汤1杯、淀粉2汤匙、牛肉泥1汤匙、绿色花椰菜1朵、嫩玉米2只~3只。
做法:1.将南瓜去皮、籽,切小块;2.花椰菜和嫩玉米煮熟,切碎备用;3.将高汤和南瓜倒入果汁机内,打拌均匀;4.将南瓜汁倒入锅内,以小火煮8~10分钟,加入牛肉泥搅拌均匀;5.加入淀粉拌匀,熄火,撒上花椰菜和嫩玉米即成。
,无柰太复杂,懒妈我就不介绍了,来道简单的,呵呵,你肯定会做,再附上英文大餐,供需要要者食之
)Thanksgiving
Day
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the
national Holidays in the United States and is most closely
connected with the earliest history of the country.
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America
on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of
worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy
November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died
of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the
first spring.
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great
anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the
colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced
a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that
a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President
of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as
Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day
has been observed on that date until today.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never
changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months
ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges,
chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince
pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The
best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin
pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on
Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast
turkey stuffed with a bread dressing to absorb the tasty juices as
it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions
where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on the precise
kind of stuffing for the royal bird.
Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a
national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and
backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty
and reverently ask for continued
来两张小朋友喜欢的感恩节图片
再来些感恩节游行活动照片
感恩节的可爱卡片
充分体验到感恩节的气氛了吧,虽然有点迟,老妈我可算是卖力的了,都凌晨1:00整了,不干了,睡觉去
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