感恩节的来历(英文).pptVIP

Fourth Thursday in November Story of the first Thanksgiving Keywords: Pilgrim American Indians Feast Celebration 清教徒 印第安人 盛宴 庆祝 pilgrim England 16th century the same church Puritans (清教徒) There was a king of England who thought everyone should go to his church. He got mad when the puritans didn’t want to go to his church, he said, “You go to my church or you go to jail!” The puritans said, “Ok, we’ll go to jail.” Finally the king realized that the puritans weren’t going to change their minds so he said, “You can get out of jail, but you have to leave England.” So the puritans set sail for America on a ship called the “Mayflower.” 五月花号 The trip to America was long and hard. There were storms and the ship was really crowded. In 1620, the puritans arrived at Massachusetts Plymouth （普利茅斯）and settled there. These puritans also were called pilgrims. American Indians Native Americans When they got to America, it was winter and there were no food or houses. Many of the pilgrims died from sickness, starvation and freezing to death. There were some people who lived in America already. They are called Indians. They saw the Pilgrims suffering and they decided to help them. They showed them how to hunt and fish. They helped them build houses out of the trees there. They showed them how to grow corn and pumpkins. So they had a great feast that lasted for a whole week, they ate turkey, fish, deer, sweet potatoes, corn and pumpkin. They played games. feast But the first thing they did was to say a prayer of Thanksgiving to God for giving them friends, food, houses and a place to live where they could go to any church they wanted. celebration parade turkey Sweet potato cranberries whats cooking