感恩節(jié)(Thanksgiving Day)

1、感恩節(jié)(Thanksgiving Day) 11月的第四個星期四是感恩節(jié)。感恩節(jié)是美國人民獨(dú)創(chuàng)的一個古老節(jié)日，也是美國人合家歡聚的節(jié)日。感恩節(jié)的由來要一直追溯到美國歷史的發(fā)端。1620年，著名的“五月花”號船滿載清教徒102人到達(dá)美洲。1620年和1621年的冬天，他們遇到了困難，冬天過去時，活下來的移民只有50來人。這時，心地善良的印第安人給移民送來了生活必需品，還特地派人教他們怎樣狩獵、捕魚和種植玉米、南瓜。在印第安人的幫助下，移民們終于獲得了豐收，在歡慶豐收的日子，按照宗教傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗，移民規(guī)定了感謝上帝的日子，并決定為感謝印第安人的真誠幫助，邀請他們一同慶祝節(jié)日。第一個感恩節(jié)非常成功。其中

2、許多慶祝方式流傳了300多年，一直保留到今天。     每逢感恩節(jié)這一天，美國舉國家人熱鬧團(tuán)圓，品嘗美味的感恩節(jié)火雞?；痣u是感恩節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)主菜，通常是把火雞肚子里塞上各種調(diào)料和拌好的食品，然后整只烤出，由男主人用刀切成薄片分給大家。此外，感恩節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)食品還有甜山芋、玉蜀黍、南瓜餅、紅莓果醬等。     多少年來，慶祝感恩節(jié)的習(xí)俗代代相傳，無論在美國什么地方，人們幾乎在以同樣的方式歡度感恩節(jié)，感恩節(jié)是不論何種信仰、何種民族的美國人都慶祝的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。Word list感恩 gan3en1 thanks

3、giving節(jié) jie2 festival, section, temperate, point, part人民 ren2min2 people獨(dú) du2 alone, independent, single, sole, only創(chuàng) chuang1 / chuang4 a wound, cut, injury, trauma / begin, initiate, inaugurate, start, create古老 gu3lao3 ancient, old, age-old節(jié)日 j

4、ie2ri4 holiday, festival合家歡聚 he2 jia1 huan1 ju4 family gathering由來 you2lai2 origin一直 yi4zhi2 continuously, always, from the beginning of . up to ., all along追溯 zhui1 su4 trace the source 歷史 li4shi3 history發(fā)端 fa1 duan1 beginning著名 

5、zhu4ming2 famous, celebrated, well-known船 chuan2 a boat, vessel, ship滿 man3 Manchurian, to fill, to fulfill, filled, packed載 zai3 / zai4 year / to carry, to convey, to load, to hold, and, also, as well as, simultaneously清 qing1 clear, distinct, complete,

6、pure教 jiao1 / jiao4 teach / religion, teaching徒 tu2 apprentice, disciple到達(dá) dao4da2 to reach, to arrive美洲 mei3zhou1 the Americas冬天 dong1tian1 winter遇到 yu4dao4 to meet, to run into, to come across困難 kun4nan5 (financial, etc.) diffic

7、ulty, problem, issue活 huo2 to live, alive, living, work, workmanship移民 yi2min2 to immigrate, to migrate心地善良 xin1 di4 shan4liang2 kind-hearted印第安 yin4 di4 an1 Indian生活必需品 sheng1huo2bi4xu1pin3 daily necessities特地 te4di4 (adv) especially for.派

8、 pai4 clique, school, group, faction, to dispatch狩獵 shou4 lie4 hunting捕魚 bu3yu2 catch fish, fish種植 zhong4zhi2 plant, grow玉米 yu4mi3 corn, maize南瓜 nan2gua1 pumpkin幫助 bang1zhu4 assistance, aid, to help, to assist終於 zhong1yu2

9、0;eventually獲得 huo4de2 to obtain, to receive, to get豐收 feng1shou1 bumper harvest慶 qing4 celebrate日子 ri4zi5 a (calendar) date, days of (someones) life, day, date按照 an4zhao4 according to, in accordance with, in the light of, on the basis of宗教 zong

10、1jiao4 religion傳統(tǒng) chuan2tong3 tradition習(xí)俗 xi2su2 (n) custom; tradition, (local) convention規(guī)定 gui1ding4 provision, to fix, to set, to formulate, to stipulate, to provide感謝 gan3xie4 (express) thanks, gratitude, grateful, thankful, thanks上帝 shang4di4

11、60;God並 bing4 and, furthermore, (not) at all, simultaneously, also, together with, to combine, to join, to merge決定 jue2ding4 to decide (to do something), to determine, to resolve真誠 zhen1cheng2 (adj) sincere邀請 yao1qing3 invite一同 yi1tong2 along, togeth

12、er慶祝 qing4zhu4 celebrate第一個 di4yi1ge4ceng2ci4 the first stage非常 fei1chang2 unusual, extraordinary, extreme, very, exceptional成功 cheng2gong1 success, to succeed其中 qi2zhong1 among, in許多 xu3duo1 many, a lot of, much方式 fang1shi4 way (

13、of life), pattern, style, mode, manner流傳 liu2chuan2 spread, circulate, hand down多年 duo1nian2 many years保留 bao3liu2 continue to have, retain, hold back, reserve, reservations, hold back (approval or acceptance), to preserve, maintain每 mei3 each, every逢 fen

14、g2 every time, meet by chance熱鬧 re4nao5 bustling with noise and excitement, lively家人 jia1ren2 household, (ones) family團(tuán)圓 tuan2yuan2 to have a reunion品嘗 pin3chang2 (v) taste a small amout; sample美味 mei3wei4 delicious, relish火雞 huo3 ji1 

15、turkey主 zhu3 to own, to host, master, lord, primary通常 tong1chang2 regular, usual, ordinary, normal肚子 du4zi5 belly, abdomen塞 sai1 / sai4 / se4 stop up, to squeeze in, to stuff / strategic pass / piston, unenlightened各種 ge4zhong3 every kind of, all kin

16、ds of, various kinds料調(diào) tiao2 liao4 seasoning拌 ban4 to mix, mix in, to toss (a salad)食品 shi2pin3 foodstuff, food, provisions整 zheng3 exactly, in good order, whole, complete, entire, in order, orderly烤 kao3 to roast, bake, to broil由 you2 foll

17、ow, from, it is for.to, reason, cause, because of, due to, by, to, to leave it (to sb)男 nan2 male主人 zhu3ren2 master, host刀 dao1 knife切成 qie1 cheng4 to cut into, to slice into薄片 bo2pian4 thin slice, thin section分給 fen1gei3 divide大家 da4j

18、ia1 authority, everyone此外 ci3wai4 besides, in addition, moreover, furthermore甜山芋 tian2 shan1 yu4 Sweet potato玉蜀黍 yu4shu3shu3 corn餅 bing3 round flat cake, cookie, cake, pastry紅莓 hong2 mei2 cranberry果醬 guo3jiang4 jam代代相傳 dai4 dai4 xiang1 chuan2 generation after generation無論 wu2lun4 no matter what / how, regardless of whether.地方 di4fang5 area, place, local幾乎 ji1hu1 almost, nearly, practically以 yi3 to use, according to, so as to, in order to, by, with, because同樣 tong2y