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Everybody knows that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year. The day is a national holiday for giving thanks to God. But do you know how Thanksgiving happened?
In 1620, a hundred English people wanted to start a new life. They left England for the new world in a small ship. The ship’s name was Mayflower. But half of them died of hunger, cold or illness. The other half lived through the terrible winter. As spring came, their life became easier. And the native Indians gave them a lot of help. So when they got in a good harvest the next autumn, they had a good celebration to remember the dead and to give thanks to God. They asked their Indian friends to join them in a big dinner with wild turkeys, geese, ducks and pumpkin. This was the first Thanksgiving celebration. It was held on December 13th, 1621.
译文：所有人都知道，每年11月的第四个星期四美国人庆祝感恩节。这个日子是向上帝表示感谢的传统节日。但是，你知道感恩节是如何产生的吗？
1620年，有100多个英国人想要开始一种新的生活。他们趁着一条小船离开英格兰，去一个新的世界。这艘船的名字叫五月花。但是他们中有一半人都死于饥饿、严寒或者疾病。另一半人度过了糟糕的冬天。当春天来临时，他们的生活开始变得容易些了。当时的印地安人给了他们很多帮助。因此，当他们在秋天获得丰收的时候，他们进行了隆重的庆祝，以铭记死去的人，并向上帝表示感谢。他们邀请他们的印地安朋友参加他们盛大的晚宴，晚宴上有火鸡、鹅、鸭和南瓜。这就是最初的感恩节庆祝，在1621年12月13日举行。
In 1620, a hundred English people wanted to start a new life. They left England for the new world in a small ship. The ship’s name was Mayflower. But half of them died of hunger, cold or illness. The other half lived through the terrible winter. As spring came, their life became easier. And the native Indians gave them a lot of help. So when they got in a good harvest the next autumn, they had a good celebration to remember the dead and to give thanks to God. They asked their Indian friends to join them in a big dinner with wild turkeys, geese, ducks and pumpkin. This was the first Thanksgiving celebration. It was held on December 13th, 1621.
译文：所有人都知道，每年11月的第四个星期四美国人庆祝感恩节。这个日子是向上帝表示感谢的传统节日。但是，你知道感恩节是如何产生的吗？
1620年，有100多个英国人想要开始一种新的生活。他们趁着一条小船离开英格兰，去一个新的世界。这艘船的名字叫五月花。但是他们中有一半人都死于饥饿、严寒或者疾病。另一半人度过了糟糕的冬天。当春天来临时，他们的生活开始变得容易些了。当时的印地安人给了他们很多帮助。因此，当他们在秋天获得丰收的时候，他们进行了隆重的庆祝，以铭记死去的人，并向上帝表示感谢。他们邀请他们的印地安朋友参加他们盛大的晚宴，晚宴上有火鸡、鹅、鸭和南瓜。这就是最初的感恩节庆祝，在1621年12月13日举行。