Hi everybody!
In our last English
lesson we were watching a video clip about the story of Thanksgiving.
I'm going to
summarize the content for you.
In 1620 a sailing ship called
"Mayflower" arrived on the east coast of the USA. With this ship came
the English people called Pilgrim Fathers to the United States of America.
When they arrived, it was nearly
winter and they didn't have any food. The Pilgrims didn't know, that the winter
is going to be very long and so they only eat small fish.
There were no houses, so they had
to build some out of wood (log houses).
After the long and hard winter they
need food very fast. Suddenly Indians came and they showed them how to become a
farmer. So they harvested many vegetables. It was so much, that they could make
a big meal.
The Pilgrim Father invited the
Indians, who helped them to become farmers, to a big meal after the season.
Everybody was happy and they celebrated through the night.
The Pilgrims decided to celebrate
this every year and so Thanksgiving had been invented.
Now people in English speaking
countries celebrate Thanksgiving with dishes including turkey, potatoes and pumpkins.
The link to the video:
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