Original translation of part 2b on page 61 of the first volume of eighth grade

American Thanksgiving. In most countries, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays. In the United States, Thanksgiving is a special day. Thanksgiving has always been held on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a time to give thanks for the harvest of food in the autumn. At this time, people also commemorate the first immigrants who came to live in the Americas from England about 400 years ago. These settlers endured a long and difficult winter, and many of them died. The next fall, they gave thanks for life and the food in their new home. Today, most Americans still celebrate the idea of ??giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family, a meal whose main course is almost always turkey, a large bird.