寧波英語口語考試培訓(xùn)

　　緊接著的第二年(1622)卻沒有舉行"感恩"慶典。到了1623年，發(fā)生了一場嚴(yán)重的旱災(zāi)，朝圣者們聚集到一起，舉行了虔誠的祁雨儀式，剛好在第二天，一場充沛的大雨從天而降。威廉布雷德福總督宣布再次慶祝感恩節(jié)，并再次邀請了他們的印第安朋友。之后數(shù)年無感恩節(jié)，直到1676年6月，感恩節(jié)才再次被提出。

　　On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this thanksgiving celebration probably did not include the Indians, as the celebration was meant partly to be in recognition of the colonists' recent victory over the "heathen natives,"

　　1676年6月20日，馬薩諸塞州的查爾斯頓政府委員會召開了一次會議，討論如何才能最好表達對主的謝意：主賜予他們好運，庇佑他們安全地建立了他們的邦聯(lián)。經(jīng)過意見不統(tǒng)一的投票，由書記愛德華.勞森宣布6月29日為當(dāng)年的感恩節(jié)。值得注意的是，因此次慶典在一定程度上是殖民者對戰(zhàn)勝"野蠻的土著人"的慶祝，故印第安人極有可能未參加此次慶典。