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初中英语作文感恩节
篇一：
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.
Turkey, corn, pumpkins and cranberry sa
uce(
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.
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