关于感恩节你不知道的那些事儿！

来源：本站原创发布时间：2017-11-23 15:46:22

通常我们认为感恩节主要就是吃火鸡，表达感谢。但其实感恩节远远不止这些，今天我们来了解关于感恩节你不知道的那些事儿。

你真的知道感恩节吗？其实在感恩节除了吃火鸡，还有总统特赦仪式、游行等有趣的事情。今天，一线口语的小编就给大家科普一下关于感恩节你不知道的那些事儿！

一、Family reunion dinner家庭聚会

On Thanksgiving this day, people will back home as much as possible, and even supermarkets are closed. People usually get together in the afternoon, and then start preparing sumptuous feast, or playing games together, talking about the recent happenings. When the table filled with food, they will sit in turn. Before the meal, under the warm candlelight, everyone turns to say "I am thanks to ... because ...", the whole room is full of warmth and touching.

在感恩节这一天，人们都要尽可能地腾出时间回家，就连超市都闭店歇业。大家一般会在午后聚在一起，然后开始准备丰盛的大餐。一起做做游戏，聊聊最近发生的事，等桌上摆满食物，大家就会依次坐好，开始享用。开餐之前，在温暖的烛光下，大家轮流说“I am thanks to...because...”，整个房间都充满温馨和感动。

二、Turkey pardoning?ceremony总统特赦火鸡仪式

In every year’s Thanksgiving day, the United States has about 46 million turkeys "sacrificed" to become people's food on the table. By convention, the President of the United States pardons turkey in the White House one day before Thanksgiving so that it will be exempted from becoming "an intruder." Two turkeys pardoned by Trump this year were named "Drumstick" and "Wishbone," from Minnesota. Trump said he is going to be "a better president" today, and that the two turkeys "will live their own life."

每年感恩节，美国约有4600万只火鸡“牺牲”，成为人们餐桌上的美食。而按照习俗，美国总统每年都会在感恩节前一天在白宫赦免火鸡，使其免于成为“盘中物”。而今年特朗普赦免的两只火鸡名叫“棒棒腿”(Drumstick)与“许愿骨”(Wishbone)，来自明尼苏达州。特朗普说他今天要做个“更好的总统”，这两只火鸡“将得以颐养天年”。

三、Black Friday黑色星期五

Just as exciting as the Thanksgiving dinner is, there is a big discount on Black Friday merchants. Black Friday refers to the Friday after Thanksgiving, when all major businesses will introduce a very attractive discount. In 2012, as the initiator of Wal-Mart, the first to open its doors on Thanksgiving Day and turn "Black Friday" into "Black Thursday". By 2014, a large number of businesses have chosen to open their stores on the day of Thanksgiving at afternoon to greet customers.

和感恩节大餐一样令人激动的还有黑色星期五商家大折扣。黑色星期五是指感恩节之后的那个星期五，届时各大商家都会推出极为诱人的商品折扣。2012年，沃尔玛作为始作俑者，第一个在感恩节当天就开门营业，将“黑色星期五”变成了“黑色星期四”。 到了2014年，已经有大量商家选择在感恩节当天下午五六点的时候就开门营业，迎接顾客的疯抢。

四、Wishbone许愿骨

After turkey, people will use it to the trigeminal bone wishing, usually in pairs right, trigeminal started at one end of bone fracture after breaking off a large part of the people to be a wish.

吃完火鸡，人们还会用它的三叉骨来许愿，通常是两人一对，各执三叉骨的一端拉开，断裂后掰到较大部分的人便可许一个愿望。所以，火鸡锁骨也被称为“许愿骨”。

五、Gratitude content感恩内容

Overall, Americans are most grateful for "friends," followed by family, health, "family and friends," and their work. According to the division of administration, what Americans are most grateful will become very interesting. For example, the weather is very popular in southwest and central and western regions; residents in Maine and Florida are grateful to them for living near the beach. Google, YouTube, Netflix and Pinterest became the objects of American living near the coastline.

整体而言，美国人最感谢的是“朋友”，其后依次为家庭、健康、“家庭与朋友”，以及他们的工作。按照行政区域进行划分，美国人最感谢的事物就变得非常有趣。举例来说，天气在西南和中西部地区非常流行；缅因州和佛罗里达州的居民则感谢他们居住在海滩附近。谷歌、YouTube、Netflix和Pinterest成为了居住在海岸线附近的美国人感谢的对象。

六、Thanksgiving Day Parade感恩节大游行

The annual Thanksgiving Parade to be hosted by Macy's in the United States began in 1924. Later, due to the protests in Times Square, 2012 parade around the Times Square, diverted to Sixth Avenue. Parades usually consist of floats, cheerleading, marching bands and giant balloons, and Santa Claus often appears at the tail of the parade marking the start of the Christmas season.

美国梅西百货公司会主办的一年一度的感恩节大游行，这一传统始于1924年。后来由于时代广场的抗议，2012年起游行队伍绕开时代广场，改道第六大道。游行通常由花车、啦啦队、行进乐队和巨大的气球组成，圣诞老人常出现在游行队伍的尾部，标志着圣诞季节的开始。

你看，感恩节并不只有火鸡，还有这么多有趣的事情发生。虽然地域不同，但人们内心深处那份感激的情感却是相同的，快对身边的人大声说出你的感谢吧！一线口语会持续更新大学英语学习www.e2say.com/course/college/内容。