休闲英语：感恩节趣闻（Thanksgiving Day） 2017-07-01

休闲英语：感恩节趣闻（Thanksgiving Day）

2017-07-01 

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2014) is November 27th. 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.

11月的最后一个星期四是感恩节，今年（2014年）的感恩节是11月27日。感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道的美国式节日，而且和美国早期历史的联系最为密切。

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

感恩节的庆祝形式多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄。另外还备有葡萄干布丁、肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁。其中，最棒和最诱人的菜肴当属烤火鸡和南瓜馅饼。数年来，这些菜一直是感恩节中最传统和最受人们喜爱的食品。

Of all the Thanksgiving symbols the Turkey has become the most well known. The turkey has brown features with buff-colored feathers on the tips of the wing and on the tail. The male turkey is called a Tom and, as with most birds, is bigger and has brighter and more colorful plumage. The female is called a Hen and is generally smaller and drab in color.

在感恩节的所有象征物中要数火鸡最出名了。火鸡全身长满棕色羽毛，而翼端和尾部的羽毛则呈现淡黄色。雄性的火鸡被称为Tom，像大多数雄性禽鸟一样，体型较大而且羽毛的颜色更加鲜亮丰富。雌性的火鸡被称为Hen，一般体型较小，颜色单一。

Thanksgiving Day Parades, though not specifically documented, probably got their start when President Lincoln proclaimed an official day of Thanksgiving. Given the Union achievements of the summer of 1863, it would have been logical that any official event declared by the President would have been accompanied by a show of military strength and discipline such as a full-dress parade.

尽管没有明文记载，但大概从林肯总统正式宣布感恩节为法定节日起，感恩节游行活动便开始了。在1863年的夏天，联邦军队获得胜利后，似乎每个总统颁布的官方活动中，都应该有显示军队实力和纪律的阅兵式，例如盛装游行。