文档介绍：2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作 –独家原创 2 / 6
中学生感恩节英文演讲稿
中学生感恩节英文演讲稿
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.
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 in icy november, what is now plymouth, massachusetts.
during their first winter, over half of the settlers died of[1] 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[2]. years later, president of the united states proclaimed the fourth thursday of november as thanksgiving day every year. the celebration of thanksgiving day has been observed on that date until today.
2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作 –独家原创 2 / 6
the pattern of the thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. the big family dinner is planned months ahead. on the din