感恩節(jié)英語日記：美國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日感恩節(jié)
Thanksgiving Day is a very important troditional holiday in America. On the fourth Thursday of each November，families and friends gather together for the occasion to celebrate with a traditional turkey dinner，usually in the mid-afternoon.Thanksgiving Day originated as a celebration of the year's harvest and is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
感恩節(jié)是一個(gè)很重要的美國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四，人們都會(huì)與家人、朋友歡聚一堂，下午3時(shí)左右吃傳統(tǒng)的火雞大餐。該節(jié)日最初主要是為了慶祝一年的豐收，與中國的中秋節(jié)有些相似。
This American tradition started in 1621 before the United States of America was established.It was a huge celebration for a hard-earned harvest in the first year after the first group of immigrants arriving in the New World.
這個(gè)美國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日始于1621年，美國成立以前。來源于美洲新大陸第一批移民為慶祝到達(dá)新大陸之后第一年的辛苦勞作獲得的豐收而舉行的盛大宴會(huì)。
On September 6，1620，the Mayflower ship set sail from Plymouth，Devon，England，taking all the English Pilgrims to the New World. The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people，and left England to escape religious persecution.
1620年9月6日，一批不堪忍受國內(nèi)宗教迫害的英國清教徒乘坐“五月花”號(hào)從英格蘭德文郡普利茅斯出發(fā)，開始了到美洲新大陸的航行。這批清教徒大約有100人。
The Pilgrims sailed sixty-six days，arrived in the New World in November of the same year. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by Native Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.
清教徒們?cè)诤Ｉ虾叫辛?6天，終于在當(dāng)年的11月到達(dá)美洲新大陸。他們最初在當(dāng)?shù)赜〉诎踩藦U棄的一個(gè)玉米地z安頓下來，并把它命名為普利茅斯種植園。
They worked on the land with much difficulty and were beset by a devastating plague in which half of the Pilgrim died in the long winter of 1620. In the spring of 1621，an Indian brave named Squanto and her Wampanoag tribe came to their help.The tribe taught the Pilgrims how to work the earth and plant corn，beans，pumpkins，squash and other crops.
1620年那個(gè)寒冷而漫長的冬天，他們?cè)谶@塊土地上費(fèi)盡千辛萬苦地勞作著，困難重重，還遭遇了一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難性的瘟疫，一半人在這場(chǎng)瘟疫中死去。到了1621年的春天，一個(gè)名叫Squanto的印第安英雄率其瓦帕濃部落開始主動(dòng)幫助他們。部落里的人們教這些清教徒怎樣耕種土地，怎樣種植玉米、大豆、南瓜以及其他農(nóng)作物。