感恩节英语Presentation.pptxVIP

;It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada;1.Origin;Origin ;Arrival?in?Plymouth ?The?pilgrims?reached?Plymouth?rock?on?December?11th?1620,?after?a?sea?journey?of?66?days.?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.?Nearly46?pilgrims?died?due?to?extreme?cold?in?winter.?However,?in?the?spring?of?1621,?Squanto,?a?native?Indian?taught?the?pilgrims?to?survive?by?growing?food.;Day?of?Fasting?and?Prayer ? In?the?summer?of?1621,?owing?to?severe?drought,?pilgrims?called?for?a?day?of?fasting?and?prayer?to?please? God?and?ask?for?a?bountiful?harvest?in?the?coming?season.?God?answered?their?prayers?and?it?rained?at? the?end?of?the?day.?It?saved?the?corn?crops.? ?;First?Thanksgiving?Feast ? It?is?said?that?Pilgrims?learnt?to?grow?corn,?beans?and?pumpkins?from?the?Indians,?which?helped?all?of?them? survive?.?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?thanksgiving?feast”.?There?is?however,?no?evidence?to?prove?if?the?dinner?actually?took? place.? ? While?some?historians?believe?pilgrims?were?quite?religious?so,?their?thanksgiving?wouldve?included?a?day? of?fasting?and?praying,?others?say?that?the?Thanksgiving?dinner?did?take?place;Celebration;Delicious Food;They eat roast turkey ,corn ,potatoes, pumpkin pie ,and so on.;The Turkey Association estimates that just on Thanksgiving Day Americans ateTurkeys.;Activities on thanksgiving day;American president will forgive two turkeys in white house before the Thanksgiving Day;Thanksgiving day game;The game, cranberry race: put a bowl with cranberries on the floor, 4-10 player in the sitting around, each sent her a. The beginning of the game, they first sewing clothes, and then