Every year on the fourth Thursday of November is ThanksgivingDay. It’s a festival for American and Canadian with the purpose of thanks forharvest. While canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October. I have a penfriendin America. He wrote to me his Thanksgiving Day last year. He told me that it wasa time for family reunion. Families would come back home to celebrate thefestival together. Most of the time it was his mother who prepared the dinner. Turkeyis must for the festival. It looks like huge chicken. His mother also made pumpkinpie and many other delicious food for them. After the dinner, they talked witheach other with the old thing or the future plan. He said sometimes they wouldinvite some friends to share the happiness of Thanksgiving Day. In a word, hehad a great time on Thanksgiving Day.
每年十一月的第四个星期四是感恩节。这是美国和加拿大为了感谢丰收的节日。但是加拿大人却是在十月的第二个星期一庆祝。我在美国有一个笔友。他写信告诉我他去年感恩节的情况。他告诉我那是家庭团聚的时间。家人们都会回家庆祝节日。大多数时候，是他的母亲准备晚餐。火鸡是节日的必需品。它看起来像一只巨型鸡。他的母亲也做了南瓜派和许多其他美味的食物给他们。晚饭过后，他们会互相谈论过去的事或未来计划。他说有时候他们也会邀请一些朋友来一起分享感恩节快乐。总之，他在感恩节过得很开心。