Date: the fourth Thursday of November

　　日期：11月的第四个星期四

　　A turkey is running. What's happening？

　　一只火鸡在慌慌张张地赶路。发生了什么事？

　　Why did the turkey run away?

　　Because, people eat roast turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

　　为什么这只火鸡要逃跑？

　　因为人们在感恩节时要吃烤火鸡。

　　difficult words

　　November11月

　　turkey火鸡

　　run away逃跑

　　roast烤

　　The history of Thanksgiving Day

　　When did Thanksgiving Day start？

　　There is a story about it.

　　Some Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower got arrive at America on December 11, 1620.

　　During the first winter, they didn't have enough food. They had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower.

　　difficult words

　　history历史

　　Pilgrims清教徒

　　arrive到达

　　December12月

　　enough足够的

　　original最初的

　　sail航海

　　感恩节的历史

　　感恩节开始于何时？

　　这里有一个故事。

　　1620年12月11日，“五月花”号船载着一些清教徒来到北美洲。

　　第一个冬天，他们没有足够的食物。原本乘“五月花”号(来到这里)的102名清教徒中有46人死掉了。

　　In the next spring，91 Indians helped them with their planting. They had a good harvest. They decided to celebrate with a feast -- including that 91 Indians. This "thanksgiving" feast was not repeated the following year. In 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving.

　　difficult words

　　Indian印第安人

　　planting播种，耕种

　　harvest收获

　　decided决定

　　celebrate庆祝

　　including包括

　　President总统

　　proclaim宣布

　　national国家的

　　第二年春天，他们在印第安人的帮助下开始播种并且取得了很好的收成。

　　他们决定和那91名印第安人一起好好庆祝一下。但是，这个“感恩”的节庆在来年没有继续进行。后来，林肯总统把每年11月的第四个星期四定为国家规定的节庆——感恩节。

　　What will be on the dinner table?

　　Turkey! And many other delicious foods!

　　Pumpkin pies, nuts，cranberry sauce and corn.

　　You can enjoy them with your family and friends！

　　(感恩节那天)餐桌上将会有什么？

　　火鸡！还有很多别的美味食物——南瓜派、坚果、红莓酱和玉米。你可以和你的家人、朋友一起享受这些美食！

　　Did You Know?

　　你知道吗？

　　How many poor turkey were roasted?

　　每年有多少只可怜的火鸡成了感恩节的盘中餐？

　　The answer is: over 60 million！But one turkey will be lucky. Chief Executive will set only one turkey free.

　　答案是：超过6亿只！但是总有一只很幸运，美国总统每年都要放生一只火鸡。

　　difficult words

　　lucky幸运

　　Chief Executive美国总统

　　crossword puzzle

　　Thanksgiving Day感恩节

　　赛赛：测验一下！这是一个关于感恩节的填字游戏，请你根据右边各单词的英文提示及游戏谜面中给出的英文首字母，推测单词。你能全部填写出来吗？

　　1. A group of people that usually share the Thanksgiving meal.

　　2. The Pilgrims shared Thanksgiving meal with the __________.

　　3. Many families watch this on TV(usually the man in the family).

　　4. Some people call this stuffing.

　　5. This pie is a Thanksgiving favorite.

　　6. The Pilgrims wanted freedom of __________.

　　7. A group of people that came over on the Mayflower.

　　8. A red jellied sauce served with turkey.

　　9. People would _________ the neighborhood when Thanksgiving Day.

　　10. The name of the holiday(the fourth Thursday of November)

　　11. The usual main sauce of the Thanksgiving meal.

　　12. ______ Americans joined the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving Day.

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　　stuffing填充物

　　freedom自由

　　jellied胶状的

　　sauce酱汁

　　答案：

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