THANKSGIVING HISTORY

Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States.
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year Thanksgiving was celebrated on November 26^th.

The holiday dates back to 1621.
In October of that year, the first harvest was in.
And the Pilgrims had a three-day feast.
There were 53 (fifty-three) Pilgrims and 90 (ninety) Native Americans, or Indians, at the “First Thanksgiving.”

Indians had helped the Pilgrims, and the Pilgrims had enough food for the winter.
They were happy and grateful.

Today Native Americans are not happy, and they are not grateful to the Americans.
There is nothing for them to be happy about.
And there is nothing for them to be grateful for. 

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Thanksgiving is a____________________holiday in the United States.

It is ____________________celebratedon the fourth Thursday of November.

This year Thanksgiving was ____________________celebratedon November 26^th.

The holiday dates ____________________back to1621.

In October of that year, the first ____________________harvestwas in.

And the Pilgrims had a three-day ____________________feast.

There were 53 (fifty-three) Pilgrims and 90 (ninety) Native Americans, or Indians, at the ____________________First Thanksgiving.

Indians had ____________________helpedthe Pilgrims, and the Pilgrims had ____________________enoughfood for the winter.

They were happy and ____________________grateful.

Today Native Americans are not ____________________happy, and they are not____________________grateful to the Americans.
There is nothing for them to be___________________________  ______________happy about. 
And there is nothing for them to be ________________________________  _________grateful for. 

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

When is Thanksgiving celebrated in the US?_________________________________________Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

When was Thanksgiving celebrated this year?_________________________________________This year it was celebrated on November 26^th.

What year does the holiday date back to?_________________________________________The holiday dates back to 1621.

In October of that year, the first harvest was in, wasn’t it? _________________________________________Yes, the first harvest was in in October of that year.

And the Pilgrims had a three-day feast, didn’t they? _________________________________________Yes, they did. The Pilgrims had a three-day feast.

How many Pilgrims were there at the “First Thanksgiving“?_________________________________________There were 53 Pilgrims at the First Thanksgiving..

How many Native Americans were there at the “First Thanksgiving”?_________________________________________There were 90 Native Americans at the First Thanksgiving.

Indians had helped the Pilgrims, hadn’t they? _________________________________________Yes, they had. They had helped the Pilgrims.

And the Pilgrims had enough food for the winter, didn’t they? _________________________________________Yes, they did. the Pilgrims had enough food for the winter.

The Pilgrims were happy and grateful, weren’t they? _________________________________________Yes, they were. The Pilgrims were happy and grateful.

Are Native Americans happy today? _________________________________________No, they are not. Native Americans are not happy today.

Are they grateful to the Americans? _________________________________________No, they are not. They are not grateful to the Americans.

There is nothing for them to be happy about, is there? _________________________________________No, there isn’t. There is nothing for them to be happy about.

There is nothing for them to be grateful for, is there?_________________________________________No, there isn’t. There is nothing for them to be grteful for.

 

VOCABULARY

Thanksgiving [ˌθæŋks’gɪvɪŋ] / Thanksgiving Day День благодарения

holiday праздник

celebrate [‘seləbreɪt] v. праздновать the holiday is celebrated in November этот праздник отмечают в ноябре

date [deɪt] back to v. относиться к, датироваться: The holiday dates back to 1621. Этот праздник уходит корнями в 1621 г.

feast [fiːst] пир: to have a feast устроить праздничную трапезу; to feast пировать

harvest [‘hɑːvɪst] урожай: to harvest corn собирать урожай кукурузы

in в; the harvest is in урожай собран, разг;

enough [ɪ’nʌf] достаточно, довольно: to have enough food иметь еды в достатке

grateful [‘greɪtf(ə)l]/[‘greɪtful] благодарный: to be grateful

American [ə’merɪkən] американский; американец, американка: the Americans американцы

US [ˌjuː’es] = United States [juːˌnaɪtɪd’steɪts] in the US / in the United States

Pilgrim [‘pɪlgrɪm] амер.; ист. первый колонист: the Pilgrims

Native [‘neɪtɪv] American, представитель коренного населения Америки (американский индеец)

Indian [‘ɪndɪən] американский индеец (в настоящее время слово считается неполиткорректным)