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Q: A turkey (火雞) is running. Whats happening？Why does the turkey run away?

一只火雞在慌慌張張地趕路。發(fā)生了什么事？為什么這只火雞要逃跑？

A: Because today is Thanksgiving Day. People eat roast (烤) turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

因?yàn)榻裉焓歉卸鞴?jié)，人們?cè)诟卸鞴?jié)時(shí)要吃烤火雞。

Q: When did Thanksgiving Day start？感恩節(jié)開始于何時(shí)？

A: There is a story about it.

Some Pilgrims (清教徒) aboard the Mayflower arrived (到達(dá)) in America on December 11, 1620.

During the first winter, they didnt have enough (足夠的) food. They had lost 46 of the original (最初的) 102 who sailed (航海) on the Mayflower.

In the next spring, 91 Indians (印第安人) helped them with their planting (播種，耕). They had a good harvest (收獲). They decided (決定) to celebrate (慶祝) with a feast —including (包括) those 91 Indians. This “thanksgiving” feast was not repeated the

following year. In 1863, President (總統(tǒng)) Lincoln proclaimed (宣布)

the last Thursday in November as a national (國(guó)家的) day of

Thanksgiving.

這里有一個(gè)故事。

1620年12月11日，“五月花”號(hào)船載著一些清教徒來到北美洲。

第一個(gè)冬天，他們沒有足夠的食物。原本乘“五月花”號(hào)(來

到這里)的102名清教徒中有46人死了。

第二年春天，他們?cè)谟〉诎踩说膸椭麻_始播種并且取得了很好的收成。他們決定和那91名印第安人一起好好慶祝一下。但是，這個(gè)“感恩”的節(jié)慶在來年沒有繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。后來，林肯總統(tǒng)把每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四定為國(guó)家規(guī)定的節(jié)慶——感恩節(jié)。

Q: What will be on the dinner table?

(感恩節(jié)那天)餐桌上將會(huì)有什么？

A: Turkey! And many other delicious foods—pumpkin pies, nuts，cranberry sauce and corn. You can enjoy them with your family and friends！

火雞！還有很多別的美味食物——南瓜派、堅(jiān)果、紅莓醬和玉米。

你可以和你的家人、朋友一起享受這些美食！

Q: Do you know how many poor (可憐的) turkeys are roasted?

你知道每年有多少只可憐的火雞成了感恩節(jié)的盤中餐嗎？

A: Over 60 million！But one turkey will be lucky (幸運(yùn)的). The President of America will set only one turkey free.

超過6億只！但是總有一只很幸運(yùn)，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)每年都要放生一只火雞。

聽了小Q和小A的對(duì)話后，你對(duì)感恩節(jié)了解多少了？試一試，回答下面的問題：

1. Whats the main (主要的) food on Thanksgiving Day?

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2. When did Thanksgiving Day start？

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3. When is Thanksgiving Day?

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4. How many turkeys are roasted on Thanksgiving Day?

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5. 在感恩節(jié)這天你做了什么有意義的事情？（中英文都可以）

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