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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 sauce(
酸果
曼
沙
< p>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