Daily Dialogue 日常会话
Thanksgiving Day
Jim: Hello,Tracy.
Tracy: Hi,Jim.Why are you so excited?
Jim: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day .
Tracy: Thanksgiving Day? But it's just October.
Jim: In Canada,we have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.So I'm packing.
Tracy: Oh,Where are you going?
Jim: I'll go back to home and stay with my family then.
Tracy: Oh,that sounds good.I just read newspaper about Thanksgiving Day.
Jim: What's that?
Tracy: Taking about pilgrim ,starvation and turkey .
Jim: It's no more than a platitude.
Tracy: Not all of it.Here is article about the origins of Thanksgiving.Most people think of Thanksgiving as a North American holiday. The fact is that Thanksgiving's roots actually go back much further,across the Atlantic back into Europewhich is where a lot of the harvest celebrations originated at least in terms of European Western society.
Jim: Wow,that's interesting.I miss pumpkin pine and corn that my mom makes.Oh,would you like go with me?
Tracy: Oh,is that OK?
Jim: My parents are hospitable .
Tracy: I'd love to.By the way,Happy Thanksgiving Day!
感恩节
吉姆: 哈啰,特蕾西。
特蕾西: 嗨,吉姆。你为什么那么兴奋?
吉姆: 明天就是感恩节了。
特蕾西: 感恩节?但现在只是十月份。
吉姆: 在加拿大,感恩节是在十月份的第二个星期一。所以我在收拾行李。
特蕾西: 哦,你去哪里?
吉姆: 回家和家人一起过感恩节。
特蕾西: 哦,听起来不错。刚刚读了一篇关于感恩节的文章。
吉姆: 说了什么?
特蕾西: 讲了朝圣者、饥荒和火鸡。
吉姆: 不过是老生常谈。
特蕾西: 也不全是,也讲了感恩节的起源,很多人都认为感恩节是北美洲的节日,事实上可以追溯回更早之前的西欧社会,人们就已经举办丰收庆典,感谢富饶大自然给予的恩赐。
吉姆: 真有趣。我想念我妈妈做的南瓜派和玉米,你愿意一起来吗?
特蕾西: 哦,可以吗?
吉姆: 他们都很好客的。
特蕾西: 我很乐意,感恩节快乐!