有關(guān)西方的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日，除了圣誕節(jié)、情人節(jié)、萬圣節(jié)外，還有感恩節(jié)是國人傳播最廣的。面對外國友人，了解感恩節(jié)一些故事由來可以促進(jìn)雙方的交流，以下帶來與感恩節(jié)有關(guān)的英文故事。

　　Mum is fourty years old and acts as an ordinary office worker in a company. She is my first teacher in my life and also is one of my best freinds. When I was young,Mum always stayed beside me and taught me how to walk and how to say "Hello" to others. Step by step, I could walk without anyone's help and speak fluently.Mum is kindly and quite easy to get on well with her. I can not forget those nightgs when Mum sat next to my bed and read stories to me. It is the stories that made me understand how to be a good people .

　　Mum has many hobbies. She likes watching TV while weaving cloth, also she is interested in climbing mountains. Frequently all my family will have a rest on a hill at weekends. She loves sportsso that she stayed at home all days for the 2008 Olympic Games.In my memory, grape is her favourite fruit. She often told us that grape is full of nutrition.

　　There are too much I want to say,but I think the best way to show my love to Mum is love her forever!

　　譯文如下：母親四十歲了，在一家公司擔(dān)任普通職員。她是我生命中的第一個(gè)老師，也是我最好的一個(gè)朋友。在我小時(shí)候，母親經(jīng)常陪著我教我如何走路，叫我怎么和別人打招呼。漸漸地我可以自己走路了，說話也流利了。母親是慈祥的，和她在一起是那么親切。我不會(huì)忘記晚上母親坐在我的床邊給我講故事的那段日子，這些故事使我懂的了如何做一個(gè)好人。

　　母親有許多愛好，她喜歡邊看電視邊織毛衣，她也喜歡爬山。在周末我們一家人經(jīng)常到山上休憩。她太喜歡體育了，以至于2008年奧運(yùn)會(huì)期間她幾乎都待在家里。在我的記憶中，葡萄是她最喜歡的水果，她經(jīng)常告訴我們葡萄富含營養(yǎng)。

　　我有太多的話要說，但我想對母愛最好的回報(bào)就是永遠(yuǎn)愛她。

　　以后在每年玉米收獲后的11月底，定居在這里的白人移民都要舉行感恩會(huì)，家家烤火雞，烹制玉米食品，款待印第安人。長此以往，這種感恩會(huì)就成為一種慣例。食物在感恩節(jié)扮演著非常重要的角色。感恩節(jié)特色食物有烤火雞、南瓜餡餅和土豆泥，當(dāng)然還有很多食物，但是這三種食物最具代表性。