感恩节

安徽省安庆市白泽湖中学 程国清供稿

你吃过感恩节的晚餐吗?你知道感恩节的晚餐餐桌上的一些用品及事物的英文名称吗?让我们一起来认识一下吧!

航空词汇

1.sweet potato地瓜；蕃薯 2.pumpkin pie南瓜派

3.apple pie苹果派 4.cauliflower白色花椰菜

5.broccoli绿色花椰菜

6.eggnog一种用鸡蛋、牛奶或奶油、香草精及糖混合打成的饮料

7.yam洋芋 8.carving knife大型的刀（专门用来切割肉类）

9.turkey火鸡 10.two-pronged fork双尖叉头调理叉

11.cranberry sauce野莓酱 12.olives橄榄；灯

13.gravy肉汤；肉汁 14.biscuits饼干；小点心

15.muffins蛋糕 16.stuffing填塞料；用来填充火鸡的材料

17.ham火腿

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,Massachusetts,in 1620.They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year,they had a good harvest.So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast.The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.Everyone brought food.

In time,other colonies began to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving.But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day.During the Civil War,Sarah Josepha Hale convinced Abraham Lincoln to do something about it.He proclaimed the last Thursday of November,1863 as a day of Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving Day,everyone is ready for one of the biggest meals of the year.Mother is up early to put the turkey into the oven while father and children help to get the house ready for guests.When the turkey,the vegetables and many other things are on the table,everyone sits down.Some families say a prayer to give thanks for their food.That’s the reason for Thanksgiving.Americans want to remember the Pilgrims and their trips across the ocean in 1620.Thanksgiving Day is not just a day to eat but also a time of year when people travel from far away to be with their families.

Comprehension Questions:

( )1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated _______.

A.in spring B.in summer C.in fall D.in winter

( )2.The first to celebrate Thanksgiving were _______.

A.some people from England B.the American Indians C.Sarah Josepha Hale D.Governor Bradford

( )3.We can infer from the passage that New England must be _______.

A.in the USA B.in Great Britain

C.in Canada D.on some island off the Atlantic

( )4.The passage mainly tells us _______.

A.how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA

B.how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated

C.that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday

D.how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with time and place

( )5.The main food for Thanksgiving is _______.

A.vegetables B.beefsteak C.fish D.turkey

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