感恩节这一周通常是全年中人们出行最为繁忙的时段之一。许多经常坐飞机走亲访友的美国人这一周将改为短途驾车。近年来，美国人给感恩节增添了新的庆祝方式。如，在感恩节这一天会举行由职业队和大学生参加的橄榄球比赛。其中有些比赛在国家电视台播放。
【A time of family reunion 美国人怎么过感恩节?】
This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The writer O. Henry called it the one day that is purely American. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has spiritual meaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving, or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner, which is the main part of the celebration.
本周四是感恩节。作家欧·亨利把这一天称为“纯美国式”的节日。感恩节不是一个宗教节日，但它有宗教方面的含义。一些美国人在感恩节的前一天或是感恩节的早上参加宗教仪式，还有的长途跋涉和他们的家人团聚。感恩节的主要庆祝方式是一桌丰盛的家庭晚宴。
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of a family gather. The holiday is a time of family reunion.
对许多美国人来说，感恩节这一天是所有家庭成员欢聚一堂的难得时光。这个节日是家人团聚的时刻。
Thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. Many Americans who usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distances instead this week. Some mental-health experts say the attacks have frightened people. They say people feel safer and happier close to home.
感恩节这一周通常是全年中人们出行最为繁忙的时段之一。许多经常坐飞机走亲访友的美国人这一周将改为短途驾车。一些心理健康专家认为，恐怖袭击令人们感到恐慌。他们说，人们在离家较近的地方会觉得更安全、更快乐。
More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home. Many people say that this year they are especially thankful for their families and friends and the good things in their lives. On Thanksgiving, people enjoy a long day of cooking, eating and talking. The traditional meal almost always includes a turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside.
与其它节日不同，感恩节是一个家庭节日。许多人说，今年他们特别感谢他们的家人、朋友和生活中一切美好的事物。在感恩节，人们享受着一整天的烹调、美味和交谈所带来的快乐。传统的感恩节大餐都包括一只火鸡，火鸡内填满面包和火鸡一起做熟。
Other traditional Thanksgiving foods served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. And many people eat more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year.
其他和火鸡相搭配的传统感恩节食物有：红薯，越橘和南瓜派。据说，感恩节前后，商店出售的食物比一年中的任何时候都要多。当然，许多人在感恩节吃的食物也比一年中其它的时候要多。
Over the years, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration. For example, a number of professional and university football games are played on Thanksgiving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.
近年来，美国人给感恩节增添了新的庆祝方式。例如，在感恩节这一天会举行由职业队和大学生参加的橄榄球比赛。其中有些比赛在国家电视台播放。
【感恩节美文】
◆ 珍惜你所拥有的一切
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970); Philosopher, Mathematician
无论对于什么事情，我们都应该时常问问自己，那些我们长久以来想当然的东西真的理所应当吗。
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Fredrick Koeing
我们几乎快要忘了，快乐并不在于得到了没有的东西，而在于知道自己拥有什么，并心存感激。
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900-1980); Social Psychologist
谁能说，一个充满爱的幸福时刻，或者在一个明媚的早晨散步、呼吸新鲜的空气所获得的快乐，就不值得用生命中的一切痛苦和努力去换取呢。
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870); Novelist
思考当下的福祉，而非过去的不幸。福祉，每个人都有很多;不幸，每个人都有一点。
◆ 感恩让生活如此美好
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
Johannes A. Gaertner (1912-1996); Art History Professor, Theologian, Poet
感恩于言是礼貌又令人愉悦的，感恩于行是慷慨又高尚的，而若能怀着一颗感之心去生活，那便是触到了天堂。
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944); Writer
我依然很想念那些我曾经爱过但已不在身边的人，但是我感谢命里爱过他们。感恩之心最终战胜了丧失之痛。
In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.
Albert Clarke
在日常生活中，我们必须明白，我们不是因为快乐而感恩，而是因为感恩而快乐。
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melodie Beattie - Motivational Author
感恩，会为你开启充实生活之门，使我们原本拥有的东西变得更多更充裕。它使抗拒变为接受，紊乱变为有序，困惑变为明晰。它让简单的饭菜成为盛宴，一个房间成为家庭，一个陌生人成为朋友。感恩，赋予过去以意义，赋予当下以平静，赋予未来以憧憬。
◆ 别忘了说一句感谢
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
William James (1842-1910); Psychologist, Philosopher, Author
人类本性中最深切的渴求就是被他人赞赏。
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
Chinese Proverb
喝水不忘挖井人。
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart [Johannes Eckhart] (1260-1328); Theologian, Mystic
如果你一生中唯一说过的祈祷是“谢谢”，那已经足够。
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922); Novelist
让我们对带给自己快乐的人表示感激，他们就像可爱的园丁，让我们的灵魂之花尽情绽放。
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881); Philosopher, Poet, Critic
感谢是感恩的开始，感恩是感谢的升华。感谢可能止于言语，感恩却要付诸行动。
