mashed potatoes
Feast harvest
Mushy peas
Every fourth Thursday of November American people celebrate this holiday.
Thanksgiving Day is one of the most favorite holidays in the United States.
People usually stay at home and have a big family dinner.
This day has a very important meaning in the history of America.
The first Thanksgiving day was celebrated by pilgrims in autumn of 1621. They sailed from Europe on “Mayflower” ship and tried to find the New World.
First winter was especially difficult and many people couldn’t survive without fresh food.
In the autumn of 1621 they had a huge harvest. To celebrate it pilgrims decided to have a Thanksgiving feast. It meant that they were very thankful for their food.
1. The Pilgrims sailed to America from 3. The Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts in 4.There were people living in America before the Pilgrims ’ arrival. These people were a) Spain. b) England. c) Italy. 2. The name of their ship was a) the Sunrise. b) the Mayflower. c) the Blue Bird. a) September. b) November. c) December. a) Native French. b) Native Americans. c) Native Canadians.
lasted landed worked taught invited lived sailed had died were grew In 1620, a group of people 1) __________ from England to America. There 2) __________ one hundred people on the ship. They 3) _______ at a place on the north-east coast of America. They 4) _______ little food. Many of them 5) ________. However, the Native Americans who 6) ______ there decided to help them. They 7) _______ the newcomers how to grow corn and other plants to eat. The newcomers 8) _______ hard and their crops 9) _________. To thank the Native Americans, the newcomers 10) _________ them to a special dinner to celebrate their friendship. sailed were landed had died lived taught worked grew invited
The first Thanksgiving dinner 11) _______ for three days. lasted landed worked taught invited lived sailed had died were grew lasted
5. The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in c) 1622 a) 1621 b) 1620
During this holiday the tables were full of fresh food: corn, beans, turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pies.
Nowadays Americans continue celebrating this holiday and the main dish is still turkey.
