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Thanksgiving: A time of reunion
感恩節：團聚的時光
Find out about Thanksgiving in the USA by reading the following letter from an American girl to her Chinese penfriend.
通過讀以下一位美國女孩寫給她的中國筆友的信件，信件內容是有關美國感恩節的事情。
Dear Mei,
親愛的梅：
In your last letter, you asked about Thanksgiving.
你在上一封信中，你問到有關感恩節的事情。
Well, Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the USA every year on the fourth Thursday in November.
嗯，在美國，人們在每年11月的第4個星期四慶祝感恩節。
This holiday started four hundred years ago.
這個節日起源于4百年前。
In the winter in 1620, some Pilgrims left England and arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1620年的冬天，一些清教徒離開英國，來到馬薩諸塞州的普利茅斯。
These Pilgrims were among the first English settlers in the New World.
這些清教徒是最先到新世界生活的移民。
Since they were city folk, they had no idea how to farm or hunt for food.
他們是城里人，對如何耕種和狩獵一竅不通。
Fortunately, the local American Indians were very friendly.
幸運的是，當地的美國印地安人非常友好。
They helped these Pilgrims and taught them how to survive.
他們幫助這些清教徒，教他們怎樣生存。
In 1621, after the harvest, the Pilgrims set aside a day of thanks and had a big dinner with their new Indian friends.
1621年收獲節過后，清教徒留出一天來感恩，和他們的新朋友印地安人一起吃豐盛的晚餐。
Thanksgiving has been celebrated ever since.
感恩節自那之后開始慶祝。
