雅思口语素材：美国传统节日感恩节
<p> <span word="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="November">November</span>, <span word="families">families</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="occasion">occasion</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="turkey">turkey</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span>, <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>. <span word="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="originated">originated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="celebration">celebration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mid">Mid</span>-<span word="Autumn">Autumn</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p> 感恩节是一个很重要的美国传统节日。每年11月的第四个星期四，人们都会与家人、朋友欢聚一堂，下午3时左右吃传统的火鸡大餐。该节日最初主要是为了庆祝一年的丰收，与中国的中秋节有些相似。</p><p> <span word="This">This</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="tradition">tradition</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1621 <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="established">established</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="celebration">celebration</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="earned">earned</span> <span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="World">World</span>.</p><p> 这个美国传统节日始于1621年，美国成立以前。来源于美洲新大陆第一批移民为庆祝到达新大陆之后第一年的辛苦劳作获得的丰收而举行的盛大宴会。</p><p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="September">September</span> 6, 1620, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mayflower">Mayflower</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="sail">sail</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Plymouth">Plymouth</span>, <span word="Devon">Devon</span>, <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Pilgrims">Pilgrims</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="World">World</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="Pilgrims">Pilgrims</span> <span word="numbered">numbered</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="escape">escape</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="persecution">persecution</span>.</p><p> 1620年9月6日，一批不堪忍受国内宗教迫害的英国清教徒乘坐五月花号从英格兰德文郡普利茅斯出发，开始了到美洲新大陆的航行。这批清教徒大约有100人。</p>
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