Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, an important day for American people.
History:
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed
across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the
state of Massachusetts.
Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too
late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died
from disease. The following spring
the Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow corn (maize), a new food
for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the
unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.
In the autumn of 1621,
bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The
colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They
invited the local Indian chief and90 Indians. The Indians brought deer
to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists.
The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of
corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving,
the Indians had even brought popcorn.
In following years, many of
the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of
thanks. After the United States became an independent country, Congress
recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to
celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving*.
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Nos
ponemos en contacto con vosotros para informaros de la reunión que tendremos el
jueves 28 de Noviembre a las 5 de la tarde, para explicaros todos los detalles
a cerca del Curso de Inmersión Lingüística , que realizaremos del 7 al 11 de
Abril en Arija ( Burgos).
Desde el Departamento de Inglés estamos convencidos
de que este tipo de actividades son importantes para el desarrollo educativo de
nuestros alumnos y nos gustaría contar con vuestra presencia.
Your love for music is wonderful, so I will upload all your favourite songs, but REMEMBER that you must also practise the GRAMMAR exercises in this blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!