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1、ThanksgivingDayFourthThursdayinNovemberAlmosteverycultureintheworldhasheldcelebrationsofthanksforaplentifulharvest.TheAmericanThanksgivingholidaybeganasafeastofthanksgivingintheearlydaysoftheAmericancoloniesalmostfourhundredyearsago.In1620,aboatfilledwithmorethanonehu

2、ndredpeoplesailedacrosstheAtlanticOccantosettleintheNewWorld（新大陆）.ThisreligiousgrouphadbeguntoquestionthebeliefsoftheChurchofEnglandandtheywantedtoseparatefromit.ThePilgrimssettledinwhatisnowthestateofMassachusetts.TheirfirstwinterintheNewWorldwasdifficult.Theyhadarri

3、vedtoolatetogrowmanycrops,andwithoutfreshfood,halfthecolonydiedfromdisease.ThefollowingspringtheIroquoisIndians（美国纽约州东」匕部易洛魁族印第安人）taughtthemhowtogrowcorn,anewfoodforthecolonists.Theyshowedthemothercropstogrowintheunfami1iarsoilandhowtohuntandfish.Intheautumnof1621,bou

4、ntifulcropsofcorn,barley（大麦）、beansandpumpkinswereharvested.Thecolonistshadmuchtobethankfulfor,soafeastwasplanned.TheyinvitedthelocalIndianchiefand90Indians.TheIndiansbroughtdeertoroastwiththeturkeysandotherwildgameofferedbythecolonists.Thecolonistshadlearnedhowtocookc

5、ranberriesanddiffcrcntkindsofcornandsquashdishesfromtheIndians.TothisfirstThanksgiving，theTndianshadevenbroughtpopcorn.Infollowingyears,manyoftheoriginalcolonistscelebratedtheautumnharvestwithafeastofthanks.AftertheUnitedStatesbecameanindependentcountry,Congressrecomm

6、endedoneyearlydayofthanksgivingforthewholenationtocelebrate.GeorgeWashingtonsuggestedthedateNovember26asThanksgivingDay.Thenin1863,attheendofalongandbloodycivilwar,AbrahamLincolnaskedallAmericanstosetasidethelastThursdayinNovemberasadayofthanksgiving.Thanksgivingfalls

7、onthefourthThursdayofNovember,adifferentdateeveryyear.ThePresidentmustproclaimthatdateastheofficialcelebration.Thanksgivingisatimefortraditionandsharing.Eveniftheylivefaraway,familymembersgatherforareunionatthehouseofanolderrelative.Allgivethankstogetherforthegoodthin

8、gsthattheyhave-Inthisspiritofsharing,civicgroupsandcharitableorganizationsofferatraditionalmealtothoseinneed,particularlythe