西方节日介绍.ppt

西方节日介绍
Christmas
It’s on December 25th.
Christmas tree
Christmas lights
Christmas presents
Christmas cards
Christmas dinner
angel
chimney
fireplace
Christmas is an important festival in Britain and many other parts of the world. On Christmas Eve—the night before Christmas Day–children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas e during the night.
Father Christmas is very kind—hearted. He lands on top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace.
He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.
Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real. In their houses, “Father Christmas” is really their fathers. Their fathers don’t climb down the chimney. They wait until the children are asleep. Then they go into their bedrooms, and fill their stockings with small presents.
When they are young, their fathers sometimes dress up in a red coat. The children are no longer young, and they know who “Father Christmas”really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a very important cultural festival in the United States. It takes place on the last Thursday of November and its purpose, as its name suggests, is to give thanks for all that we have.
在美国,感恩节是一个非常重要的节日。感恩节是在11月的最后一个星期四,它的纪念主题正如它的名字本身所提到的,感谢我们所拥有的一切。最早开始庆祝这个节日的是“五月花号”上的清教徒们。在渡过了一个难熬的严冬后,他们获得了一次大丰收,于是,他们决定举行一个盛大的宴会来表达他们的感激之情。
在英国传统的“收获感恩节”中,“感恩节”还有另外一个重要的因素,那就是清教徒们邀请91个当地的印第字安人共同庆祝这个节日,这91个人正是在那个寒冬中给了他们极大支持的人,确实是他们需要感谢的人。然而,这种友谊并未能延续多长时间,几年之后,清教徒们一致谴责这些印第安人是野蛮人。如今,这个节日演变成了一个有机会让家庭成员聚集在一起的节日。在这个节日中,大家在一起享用传统美食,如烤火鸡,南瓜馅饼等这些节日特色食物。