Thanksgiving day is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.
感恩节是美国法定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。
Family reunion and feasting,family feast is an important tradition during thanksgiving. The entire family sits at the table during dinner and offer prayer to the lord almighty for his continuous grace. It is also a time for relatives living in different places to come together and celebrate.
家庭盛宴是感恩节期间的一个重要习俗。全家人围坐在饭桌边一起祈祷，愿上帝施与永不停息的恩惠。这也让身处异地的亲友欢聚一堂，同庆美好时光。
Tradition of turkey, the traditional stuffed turkey adorns every dinner table during the feast. Pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, corns are some of the dishes cooked everywhere to mark the day. Though historians don’t have an evidence to prove that turkey was eaten during the first thanksgiving dinner, the thanksgiving celebration will be incomplete without it.
传统的填制火鸡让每个餐桌生色不少，南瓜派、酸果沙司、玉米更是那天必不可少的菜肴。虽然历史学家没有证据证明在第一个感恩节时人们就吃火鸡，但没有火鸡的感恩节是不完美的。
Parades, the traditional thanksgiving parade probably started with president lincoln proclaiming it an official day. The full- dress parade is a way to display the country’s military strength and discipline. The main aim of such parades is to lift the spirits of the spectators, provide them with wholesome entertainment. In the present day, parades are accompanied with musical shows and celebrities.
感恩节那天进行的巡游仪式大概始于林肯总统时期，而且这天被宣布为法定节日。隆重的巡游仪式是显示国家军事力量和严明纪律的一个方式，但这样的巡游主要目的是振奋国人，为大众提供一个积极健康的娱乐活动。现代的巡游活动还加入音乐节目，众多名人也参与其中
Football games, watching National football league’s football game during thanksgiving is a popular tradition. The traditional game between the Detroit lions and the green bay packers continues. One of the most memorable games having been played on this day.
感恩节观看美国国家足球联盟的橄榄球比赛也是一个习俗。底特律雄狮和绿湾包装工队之间的传统比赛至今仍然保留着。其中最值得纪念的比赛之一就在感恩节这天。
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States.
感恩节是美国和加拿大的国定假日。
national holiday 国定假日
Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feast, parade, sports and family to celebrate the Thanksgiving day.
每个11月的第四个星期四，美国人会和家人相聚一堂，吃大餐，参加庆祝游行，或者体育活动去庆祝感恩节。
Pumpkin pie and roast turkey are commonly served on Thanksgiving.
南瓜派和烤火鸡是感恩节食谱代表。
the orgin of the Thanksgiving day 感恩节的来历
Turkey 火鸡
pumpkin pie 南瓜派
family reunion dinner 家庭团圆饭
football足球
parade 游行
colony 殖民地
squash 南瓜
thankfulness n 感激
be thankful for 感谢…；对…感激
thanks =thank you 谢谢你（Thank you very much 非常谢谢你）
Thanks a million!/Thanks a lot!（a million和a lot是修饰thanks的程度。）
Many thanks!和上面差不多，也很常用。
Thanks for everything./Thanks for everything you've done. 感谢你为我做的一切。
I wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart.（from the bottom of my heart 打从心底里。）
Thank you for your nice words.表示感谢对方说的话。
I really appreciate your time/your help. 或者I appreciate it.或者Appreciate it.（appreciate也是表达感谢的意思。）
I'm grateful./I'm thankful. 我很感恩，我很知足。
1、 From all of us to all of you at thanksgiving. 我们全体祝你们感恩节快乐。
2.Thanksgiving wishes for you and your family.给你们全家感恩节的祝福。
3.Warm wishes at thanksgiving 。 在感恩节，衷心的祝福你们。
4.I wish you could be here on thanksgiving. 但愿你能来过感恩节。
5.It will be sad not to see you during the holiday when families get together. 家人团聚的日子里，不能看到你，我会感到难过。
6.Our first thanksgiving should be our best.我们第一次共度的感恩节是我们美好的时光。
7.I wouldn’t want to spend thanksgiving with anyone else.
8.What a wonderful time to be together. 在一起的时光多么快乐。
9.Thanksgiving just wont be the same without you 。 没有你，感恩节，就会不一样。
10.This will be our first thanksgiving apart. 这将是我们 第一次不在一起过感恩节。
11.Thanksgiving is a time when I tell you that I love you 。感恩节就是我告诉你我爱你的时候。
12.Thanksgiving is a great time to tell you that we love you kids. 孩子们，感恩节这时刻，我们要说，我们都爱你们。
13.Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. 感恩节是一年中最好的节日。
14.I love to eat, so I love thanksgiving 。我爱吃，所以 我爱感恩节。
15.I hope you are feeling thankful after your supper. 希望你吃过晚饭后有感恩的心情。
16.I am getting hungry just thinking about it 。 一想到它我就饿了。
17.I will be home for thanksgiving ，so save a little turkey for me 。 我会回家过感恩节的，所以请留点火鸡给我啊。
18.Have a mid-full thanksgiving 。感恩节请勿暴饮暴食。
19.Have a full thanksgiving day 。 感恩节快乐，好好吃一顿吧。
20.Happy thanksgiving day ！
21.For all the days that I have been lonely ，for all the times that I have felt blue, for all the times I needed …… A shoulder to lean on 。Thanks for being there as a 感谢阳光，带来温暖，让笑容灿烂无比；感谢花儿，带来芬芳，让香气弥漫生活；感谢每一天，感谢每件事，感恩节，怀揣感恩心，愿生活更美好，幸福永远伴！
22.Thanksgiving wishes for you and your family.
给你们全家感恩节的祝福。
23.Warm wishes at Thanksgiving.
在感恩节，衷心地祝福你们。
24.I wish you could be here on Thanksgiving.
但愿你能来过感恩节。
25.It will be sad not to see you during the holiday when families get together.
家人团聚的节日里，不能看到你，我会感到难过。
1、火鸡
火鸡是美国感思节的传统主菜。火鸡的制作过程复杂，除了火鸡腹中要填满提前拌好的馅料以外，火鸡的烤制至少要四个小时。火鸡肉质细嫩，瘦肉多，蛋白质含量在30%以上，大多数美国人都喜欢火鸡。火鸡的吃法也有一定讲究。它需要整只烤出，鸡皮烤成深棕色，肚子里还要塞上许多拌好的食物，如碎面包等。端上桌后，由男主人用刀切成薄片分给大家。然后由各人自己浇上卤汁，洒上盐，味道十分鲜美。
2、红莓苔子果酱
又甜又酸的红莓酱是第一次感恩节餐桌上的食物，今天的餐桌上也有它。小红莓是一种又小又酸的野莓，生长在麻塞诸塞州和新英格兰各州的沼泽地区。印第安人用它的果实治疗各种炎症，用果汁来染红地毯和毛毯。他们教导清教徒怎样使用糖和水来烹饪小红莓，做成红莓酱。印第安人把小红莓叫做“ibimi”，意思是“苦莓”。移民则叫这些“鹤莓”，因为小红莓的花把草茎拖的倒垂下来，很像脖子细长的白鹤。今天在新英格兰地区依旧生长小红莓。
3、南瓜派
从1621年以来，感恩节意义和庆祝方式几乎没有什么变化。在这一天，各个教派的教堂都开放，向上帝的慷慨恩赐表示感谢。感恩节是个家庭节日，全国各地，丈夫和妻子、孩子和老人，从市到镇、从镇到乡、从乡到庄，都回到老家共度节日。回不了家的人也打长途电话和父母家人畅谈，分享感恩的事。感恩节的正餐，全国上下实际上都一样。
餐桌上总是摆满了各式各样的美味食品。自然主要是火鸡。吃南瓜馅饼是让大家记得当年印第安人曾送给第一批定居者这样的礼物。
在大多数家庭里，饭后都会做一些传统的游戏。感恩节是一项愉快的庆祝活动，是一个家庭团聚的日子，是重叙友情的时刻。在那一天，就是单身汉也总是被邀请到别人的家里，同大家一起分享感恩的欢乐，并且感谢上帝的恩惠。这也是感恩节的意义所在。
国内有人建议在中国也另外设立感恩节。西方的感恩节虽有其宗教内涵，但完全可以吸收其积极成分，融入传统美德中，并赋予新的涵义，重新选择一个纪念性的日子，设立有中国特色的“感恩节”。
借鉴美国节日，设立中国自己的感恩节，让孩子学习换位思考，理解父母；让成年人互相体谅，人际关系更和谐。
Thanksgiving day is the united states and canada,the festival.it originated in more than 300 years ago a shipment of 100 many immigrants from europe to america,hunger and cold it is difficult to live,and most people in the first year was dying of hunger in winter,more than 50 people at the local residents,the indian help to go fishing,hunting,and to plant corn and pumpkin.the second year of harvests,a thank god,and invited to attend.the indians with.This is the origin of thanksgiving day.later,president lincoln proclaimed the united states each year on the fourth thursday in november for thanksgiving.
译文：
感恩节是美国和加拿大独有的节日。它的起源于300多年前一批100多人的欧洲移民到了美国，饥寒交迫很难活下来，大部分人在头一年的冬天就冻死饿死了，剩下的50多人，在当地原居民印第安人的帮助下，学会了钓鱼、打猎、种玉米和南瓜，这些人在第二年喜庆丰收的时候，举行了感谢上帝的庆祝活动，并且邀请印第安人一起参加。这就是感恩节的由来。后来，美国林肯总统宣布每一年11月的第四个星期四为感恩节
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United Stales and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.
感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at an icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1620年，一些朝圣者（或称为清教徒）乘坐 "五月花"号船去美国寻求宗教自由。他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后，终于在酷寒的十一月里，在现在的马萨诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring. All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every y-ear The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that dale until today.
在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节反祝活动使定在这一天，直到今天。
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、采子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和南瓜馅饼，这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食品。
Thanksgiving today is, in every sense， a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year's bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings.
今天的感恩节是一个不折不扣的国定假日。在这一天，具有各种信仰和各种背景的美国人，共同为他们一年来所受到的上苍的恩典表示感谢，虔诚地祈求上帝继续赐福。