专题06 文化百科类（2）-备战2019年中考英语提分必背美文100篇

11月的最后一个星期四是感恩节，这是美国人民独创的一个古老节日，也是美国人合家欢聚的节日，因此美国人提起感恩节总是倍感亲切。在传统的感恩节餐桌上，烤火鸡是不可缺少的菜式，那么这一传统的由来是什么？请带着这个问题走进本文吧！ Why People Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving Of all the symbols of thanksgiving, the turkey is most familiar and widespread. ①It is considered to be the most famous example, perhaps due to its sharp features, bright hues and majestic appearance. Turkey is a common breed and a native of northern Mexico and the eastern United States. Now it is being raised in large numbers and some of the commonplace species that are popular are Bronze, Narragansett, White Holland, and Bourbon Red. ②Though there is no evidence that Turkey was available to the pilgrims, Massachusetts from where the practice originated, has a legend that it was served in the first Thanksgiving Dinner. ③In a book written by the Pilgrim’s Governor Bradford, he mentions wild turkeys while another Pilgrim describes in a letter sent to England how the governor sent ‘four men out fowling’ who returned with turkeys, ducks and