by Kelly McFadden

翻譯：常青

A Thanksgiving Story You May Not Know

by Kelly McFadden

翻譯：常青

你所不知道的感恩節(jié)故事

Here is a part of the Thanksgiving story you may not know. While the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in October of 1621, it was not until October of 1777 that all 131)colonies ['k?l?n?s] n.（復(fù)）美國(guó)獨(dú)立前的北美十三州colonies celebrated Thanksgiving, for the first time. The first president,George Washington,2)proclaim [pr?'kle?m] v. 宣布proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving. However,3)con fl ict ['k?nfl?kt] n. 沖突，矛盾conflict and difficulties among the colonies put an end to its celebration.

我們都知道，人們會(huì)在每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四慶祝感恩節(jié)。那么為什么會(huì)有現(xiàn)在這樣的一個(gè)節(jié)日，你又了解嗎？

詞組加油站

for the first time

首次，初次

put an end to

結(jié)束，使終止

It was a magazine4)editor ['ed?t?] n. 編輯，主編editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, whose work led to the celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday.Hale wrote letters to governors and presidents, as well as5)editorial [ed?'t??r??l] n. 社論editorials in magazines, books and newspapers, in order to6)promote [pr?'m??t] v. 促進(jìn)promote the celebration of Thanksgiving. In 1863, after 40 years of letter writing and campaigning, Hale’s persistence paid off and President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving. Since then, every president has supported Thanksgiving.

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Sarah Josepha Hale（薩拉·約瑟法·黑爾），美國(guó)著名作家、編輯、社會(huì)活動(dòng)家。薩拉·黑爾是兒歌《瑪麗有只小羊羔》（Mary Had a Little Lamb）的作詞人，同時(shí)她也為美國(guó)感恩節(jié)的確立做出了重要貢獻(xiàn)。

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lead to 導(dǎo)致，引起

pay off 取得成功

參考譯文

關(guān)于感恩節(jié)，你也許不知道有這么一段故事。雖然人們是在1621年10月慶祝第一個(gè)感恩節(jié)的，但是直到1777年10月，北美十三州才首次共慶感恩節(jié)。美國(guó)第一任總統(tǒng)喬治·華盛頓在當(dāng)時(shí)宣布感恩節(jié)為全國(guó)性節(jié)日。然而，各州之間的沖突和矛盾結(jié)束了相關(guān)的慶?；顒?dòng)。

當(dāng)時(shí)有位名為薩拉·約瑟法·黑爾的雜志編輯，她的努力使感恩節(jié)重新得到了慶祝。黑爾寫(xiě)信給州長(zhǎng)和總統(tǒng)，并在雜志、書(shū)籍和報(bào)紙上發(fā)表社論，極力促進(jìn)感恩節(jié)的慶祝活動(dòng)。1863年，在經(jīng)歷了40年的書(shū)信寫(xiě)作和相關(guān)運(yùn)動(dòng)后，黑爾的堅(jiān)持終于得到了回報(bào)，亞伯拉罕·林肯總統(tǒng)最終宣布感恩節(jié)為全國(guó)性的節(jié)日。自那時(shí)起，每一位總統(tǒng)都支持慶祝感恩節(jié)。

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

1. until意為“直到……”，作介詞時(shí)，連接短語(yǔ)；作連詞時(shí)，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。用于肯定句時(shí)，主句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞必須是持續(xù)性或狀態(tài)性的，表示動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)會(huì)延續(xù)到until引導(dǎo)的狀語(yǔ)所表示的時(shí)間為止。例如：

Paul lived in Hong Kong until he was thirty.

He continued working up until his death.

他一直工作到去世為止。

Until now, I have always lived alone.

直到現(xiàn)在，我一直獨(dú)自生活。

拓展：“not...until...”意為“直到……才……”或“在……之前不/沒(méi)有”，強(qiáng)調(diào)主句謂語(yǔ)表示的動(dòng)作直到until狀語(yǔ)所表示的時(shí)間才發(fā)生，通常與非延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞連用。表示非延續(xù)性的動(dòng)詞有come、go、leave、arrive、move、meet、realize、understand、reach、get、lend及borrow等。例如：I hadn’t realized the thing was so serious until she told me about it.

=Until she told me about it, I hadn’t realized the thing was so serious.

直到她告訴我，我才意識(shí)到這件事情是如此嚴(yán)重。

2. in order to意為“目的是，為了，以便”，后接動(dòng)詞原形，構(gòu)成“in order to do sth.”結(jié)構(gòu)，引導(dǎo)目的狀語(yǔ)。其可與so that互換，但要注意so that 后面接從句。例如：

I have to work harder in order to catch up with others.

=I have to work harder so that I can catch up with others.

為了趕上他人的步伐，我不得不更加努力工作。