感恩節(jié)課件

1、Thanksgiving,Thanksgiving became a holiday almost 400 years ago, in 1621. The legendary pilgrims crossed the Atlantic in the year 1620 in Mayflower. About 102 people traveled for nearly two months with extreme difficulty

2、. Though the original destination was somewhere in the northern part of Virginia, they could not reach the place owing to winds blowing them off course.,感恩節(jié)大約是在400年前的1621年成為一種節(jié)日的。具有傳奇色彩的清教徒，乘坐著名的“五月花”號帆船于1620年穿越大西洋。約有102

3、人歷盡千辛萬苦，歷時近2個月才得以到達(dá)。盡管原先的目的地是在維吉尼亞的北部某處，但是由于強勁的海風(fēng)使他們偏離了航線，他們沒能到達(dá)計劃好的地點。,Nearly 46 pilgrims died due to extreme cold in winter. However, in the spring of 1621, a native Indian brought them necessities and especially sent

4、someone to teach the pilgrims to survive by growing food and hunting animals.,近46名清教徒死于嚴(yán)冬的寒冷。然而，在1621年的春天，一位印第安原住民給他們送來了生活必需品，還特地派人教他們怎樣依靠狩獵、種植生存下去。在1621年秋天的時候，他們舉行了一個盛大的慶典，共有90人包括印第安人被邀請參加。這次盛宴就是為了感謝上天的恩惠，而被廣泛認(rèn)為是“第一頓感恩節(jié)

5、宴會”。,In the autumn of 1621, they held a grand celebration where 90 people were invited including Indians. The grand feast was organized to thank god for his favors. This communal dinner is popularly known as “The first t

6、hanksgiving feast”.,A national dayGeorge Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789. The idea attracted mixed reaction. 喬治?華盛頓在1789年宣布感恩節(jié)為全國節(jié)日。該提議引起各種爭議。After a number of events and changes, Presiden

7、t Lincoln proclaimed last Thursday in November of thanksgiving in the year 1863. This was due to the continuous efforts of Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor. She wrote a number of articles for the cause. 經(jīng)過一系列的事件和變化

8、，林肯總統(tǒng)在1863年宣布，11月的最后一個周四為感恩節(jié)。這些都?xì)w功于一位雜志編輯，撒拉·約瑟·黑爾長期不懈的努力。她編寫了大量的文章支持確定該節(jié)日。,Turkey,,,The customs of Thanksgiving are, eating, seeing your family, singing, thanking people for coming over and coming to their ce

9、lebration! It is a thankful holiday!,Pumpkin,,,Speak out your Thanksgiving wishes and let your families and friends know that your care about them.,Thanksgiving is a Great time to tell your friends that we love them.,Tha

10、nksgiving is a Great time to tell your parents that we love them.,What you don’t know about Thanksgiving Day!,TV dinnerIn 1953, someone at Swanson severely overestimated the amount of turkey Americans would consume that

11、 Thanksgiving. With 260 tons of frozen birds to get rid of, a company salesman named Gerry Thomas ordered 5,000 aluminum trays, recruited an assembly line of women armed with spatulas and ice-cream scoops and began creat

12、ing mini-feasts of turkey, corn-bread dressing, peas and sweet potatoes — creating the first-ever TV dinner. Thomas later said he got the idea from neatly packaged airplane food.,冰凍簡餐1953年，在美國斯萬森的某公司嚴(yán)重錯誤地估計了美國人民在感

13、恩節(jié)消耗火雞的數(shù)量。面對賣不掉的260噸冰凍火雞，該公司的銷售員蓋瑞湯瑪斯定來5000個鋁質(zhì)餐盒和一個生產(chǎn)線的婦女，幫忙把火雞肉切碎、分裝，再配上甜玉米、青豆和土豆——就此創(chuàng)造了全世界第一盒冰凍簡餐。湯瑪斯說他的靈感來源于飛機餐。,Indians Thanksgiving was initially meant to be a fast, not a feast. The devout settlers at Plymout

14、h Rock mostly recognized “giving of thanks” in the form of prayer and abstaining from food.,印第安人感恩節(jié)最初的設(shè)定是一場“齋戒”，而不是“盛宴”。在普利茅斯的殖民者們一開始對感恩的理解是祈禱、并克制對食物的需求。而后來Wampanoag的印第安人加入了進來開始三天的慶祝，并帶來他們豐收節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)——跳舞、游戲和盛宴。這是古代印第安人的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日N

15、ickommoh，意味著“付出”或“交換”。,But the Wampanoag Indians, who joined the pilgrims for their 3-day celebration, contributed their own harvest traditions — dancing, games and feasting — from their ancient festival, Nickommoh, mean

16、ing “to give away” or “exchange.”,Franklin D. RooseveltFDR learned the hard way not to mess with some traditions. In 1939, the President declared that Americans should celebrate the annual feast on

17、e week early, hoping the decision would spur retail sales during the Great Depression. But Americans did not react kindly to the New Deal meal. Some took to the streets while others took to name-calling; the mayor of Atl

18、antic City solved the controversy by declaring his residents would simply enjoy two meals — Thanksgiving and "Franksgiving." After two years of squabbling, Congress adopted a resolution in 1941 setting the four

19、th Thursday of November as the legal holiday.,福蘭克林·D·羅斯福福蘭克林·羅斯福總統(tǒng)可是吃了點兒虧才學(xué)會有些傳統(tǒng)改不得。1939年，這位總統(tǒng)閣下宣布美國應(yīng)該提前一周過感恩節(jié)，希望此舉能夠刺激大蕭條中的美國經(jīng)濟。哪知美國人民不買他的賬：有的上街游行抗議、有的玩起了文字游戲。大西洋城的市長就宣稱，他家會過兩個節(jié)：“感恩節(jié)”和“福蘭克恩節(jié)”。在經(jīng)過整整兩

20、年的爭論（或者根本就是斗嘴）之后，國會終于妥協(xié)，在1941年將感恩節(jié)法定假日定在了11月的第四個星期四。,Mary Had a “Little Lamb"  The woman who wrote the classic nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" also played an integral role in making Thank

21、sgiving a national holiday. After a 17-year letter-writing campaign, magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale finally convinced President Abraham Lincoln to issue an 1863 decree recognizing the historic tradition.,瑪麗有只小羊羔撒拉&#