Thanksgiving: A time of reunion
感恩节：团聚的时光
Find out about Thanksgiving in the USA by reading the following letter from an American girl to her Chinese penfriend.
通过读以下一位美国女孩写给她的中国笔友的信件，信件内容是有关美国感恩节的事情。
Dear Mei,
亲爱的梅：
In your last letter, you asked about Thanksgiving.
你在上一封信中，你问到有关感恩节的事情。
Well, Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the USA every year on the fourth Thursday in November.
嗯，在美国，人们在每年11月的第4个星期四庆祝感恩节。
This holiday started four hundred years ago.
这个节日起源于4百年前。
In the winter in 1620, some Pilgrims left England and arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1620年的冬天，一些清教徒离开英国，来到马萨诸塞州的普利茅斯。
These Pilgrims were among the first English settlers in the New World.
这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.
他们是城里人，对如何耕种和狩猎一窍不通。
Fortunately, the local American Indians were very friendly.
幸运的是，当地的美国印地安人非常友好。
They helped these Pilgrims and taught them how to survive.
他们帮助这些清教徒，教他们怎样生存。
In 1621, after the harvest, the Pilgrims set aside a day of thanks and had a big dinner with their new Indian friends.
1621年收获节过后，清教徒留出一天来感恩，和他们的新朋友印地安人一起吃丰盛的晚餐。
Thanksgiving has been celebrated ever since.
感恩节自那之后开始庆祝。