感恩节的由来中英版

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感恩节的由来中英版
ThePilgrimswhosailedtothiscountryaboardtheMayflowerwereoriginallymembersoftheEnglishSeparatistChurch(aPuritansect.TheyhadearlierfledtheirhomeinEnglandandsailedtoHolland(TheNetherlandstoescapereligiouspersecution.There,theyenjoyedmorereligioustolerance,buttheyeventuallybecamedisenchantedwiththeDutchwayoflife,thinkingitungodly.Seekingabetterlife,theSeparatistsnegotiatedwithaLondonstockcompanytofinanceapilgrimagetoAmerica.MostofthosemakingthetripaboardtheMayflowerwerenon-Separatists,butwerehiredtoprotectthecompany'sinterests.Onlyaboutone-thirdoftheoriginalcolonistswereSeparatists.
"五月花"来到那个国度的旅行者(朝圣者本来是英国分离者地下教会清教徒,他们的家在英国,因不堪忍受国内的宗教迫害,他们逃亡到荷兰。在荷兰,他们享受了更多的宗教信仰自由,但最终却意识到在荷兰的这种生活方式是对他们的主的亵渎。为了寻求更好的生活,他们与伦敦贸易公司协商,由该公司资助他们到美国。在这趟旅途中,船上只有大约1/3的乘客是清教徒,其他大多数人并非分离派清教徒,而是公司雇佣来爱惜其利益的人员(契约奴
ThePilgrimssetgroundatPlymouthRockonDecember


11,1620.Theirfirstwinterwasdevastating.Atthebeginningofthefollowingfall,theyhadlost46oftheoriginal102whosailedontheMayflower.Buttheharvestof1621wasabountifulone.Andtheremainingcolonistsdecidedtocelebratewithafeast--including91IndianswhohadhelpedthePilgrimssurvivetheirfirstyear.ItisbelievedthatthePilgrimswouldnothavemadeitthroughtheyearwithoutthehelpofthenatives.ThefeastwasmoreofatraditionalEnglishharvestfestivalthanatrue"thanksgiving"observance.Itlastedthreedays.
16201211日,旅行者们在"普利茅斯石"登岸。他们的第一个冬季是灾难性的,第二年秋季来临时,原先的102名乘客只剩下56人。但1621年他们取得了大丰收,这些幸存的殖民者们决定和帮忙他们度过困难的91名印第安人一路飨宴庆贺。他们相信,假设没有本地居民的帮忙,他们是不可能度过这一年的。这次节日的盛宴不单单是一个"感恩"仪式,它更像英国传统的丰收庆典。庆典持续了三天。
GovernorWilliamBradfordsent"fourmenfowling"afterwildducksandgeese.Itisnotcertainthatwildturkeywaspartoftheirfeast.However,itiscertainthattheyhadvenison.Theterm"turkey"wasusedbythePilgrimstomeananysortofwildfowl

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