Squanto's Journey the Story of the First Thanksgiving Read Aloud
Уважаемый посетитель блога,
Американский праздник День благодарения (официальный праздник США в память первых колонистов Массачусетса) в этом году отмечается 22 ноября. В русскоговорящих странах немного знают об этом наиболее популярном в США празднике. Поэтому я решила опубликовать коротенькую информацию о нем. Познакомьтесь с нижеследующим текстом, используя словарик в конце его, прочитайте текст несколько раз громко вслух и ответьте на вопросы предлагаемого теста. Результаты теста покажут, на сколько хорошо Вы поняли историю происхождения этого праздника.
Thanksgiving Traditions
(Shortened Reading Comprehension for Thanksgiving
past Kenneth Beare )
Thanksgiving is one of the most popular holidays in the Us. Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a holiday that Americans spend together with their families who enjoy a Thanksgiving meal which usually includes the traditional Thanksgiving turkey.
Below is the story of Thanksgiving. Once you lot have read the story, take a comprehension quiz to bank check your understanding of the text.
Thanksgiving story
The Pilgrims suffered from religious persecution in their native England. Thereafter in 1609 a group of Pilgrims left England for the religious liberty in Kingdom of the netherlands where they lived and prospered. After a few years their children had become attached to the Dutch way of life. This worried the Pilgrims who considered the Dutch frivolous and their ideas a threat to their children's pedagogy and morality.
And then they decided to go out The netherlands and travel to the New Globe. Their trip was financed past a grouping of English investors. It was agreed that the Pilgrims would be given passage and supplies in exchange for their working for their backers for 7 years.
On Sept. six, 1620 the Pilgrims started their travel to the New World on a transport chosen the Mayflower. They sailed from Plymouth, England. 110 Pilgrims were aboard.
The long trip was cold and damp and took 65 days. Since there was the danger of fire on the wooden send, the nutrient had to be eaten cold. Many passengers became sick and one person died past the time land was sighted on Nov tenth. It was Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims did not settle until they arrived at Plymouth, which had been named by Captain John Smith in 1614. Plymouth offered an excellent harbor. A large beck offered a resources for fish. Thus the Pilgrims decided to settle there.
The starting time winter was devastating to the Pilgrims. The cold, snow and sleet was exceptionally heavy. March brought warmer atmospheric condition and the health of the Pilgrims improved, but many had died during the long winter. Of the 110 Pilgrims and crew who left England, less that l survived the starting time winter.
On March 16, 1621 an Indian brave walked into the Pilgrims´ settlement. His name was Samoset. He had learned English language from the captains of fishing boats that had sailed off the coast. Later on staying the dark Samoset left the next day. He shortly returned with another Indian named Squanto who spoke better English than Samoset as Squanto had learned the language in England.
Squanto's importance to the Pilgrims was enormous. It was Squanto who taught the Pilgrims how to tap the maple trees for sap. He taught them which plants were poisonous and which had medicinal powers. He taught them how to establish the Indian corn by heaping the earth into low mounds with several seeds and fish in each mound. The decaying fish fertilized the corn. He also taught them to found other crops with the corn.
The harvest in October was very successful and the Pilgrims found themselves with enough food to put away for the winter. There was corn, fruits and vegetables, fish to be packed in salt, and meat to exist cured over smoky fires. The Pilgrims had much to gloat, they had congenital homes in the wilderness, they had raised plenty crops to go on them alive during the long coming winter, they were at peace with their Indian neighbours. It was fourth dimension to gloat.
The Pilgrims invited Squanto and the other Indians to join them in their celebration. Their chief, Massasoit, and 90 braves came to the celebration which lasted for 3 days. They played games, ran races, marched and played drums.
The tertiary yr brought a bound and summertime that was hot and dry with the crops dying in the fields. Governor Bradford ordered a twenty-four hours of fasting and prayer. Soon later that the rain came. To celebrate — Nov 29th of that twelvemonth was proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving. This appointment is believed to be the real true beginning of the present Day of Thanksgiving. The custom of an annually celebration of thanksgiving, held later the harvest, continued through the years.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national twenty-four hour period of thanksgiving. Since and so each president has issued a Thanksgiving Twenty-four hours proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November equally the holiday.
The vocabulary below helps y'all better understand the text:
English | Russian | Czech |
| capitalist, financial supporter | инвестор, кредитор, спонсор | p odporovat el , sponsor |
| conventionalities organisation | мировоззрение, система взглядов (убеждений) | hodnotový systém / žebříče k |
| brave, Indian warrior | индейский воин | Indiánský bojovník |
| brook | поток (малой интенсивности) | potok, říčka |
| be aboard | находящийся на борту | být na palubě |
| crops | культурные растени я , возделываемые с целью получения продуктов питания, технического сырья и корма для скота, зерновые культуры, | užitkové rostliny, plodiny |
| cured | к опченый, вяленый; засоленный; консервированный; | ( u)sušit , nasolit , konzervova t např. potraviny ap. |
| damp, wet | влажный; сырой; волглый; мокрый; | vlhký , navlhlý , provlhlý |
| decaying, rotting | гниение, истлевание, разложение, распад | hnití , rozklad , trouchnivět , rozkládat se , např. potraviny, dřevo |
| designate | обозначать; называть; означать, давать название | označit jménem, p ojmenovat koho/co, prohlásit co za co |
| devastating | опустошительный, изматывающий, пагубный | pustošivý , ničivý , devastující |
| fasting | пост, лечебное голодание, поститься | půst , postění se |
| frivolous | легкомысленный, поверхностный | lehkovážný , rozpustilý člověk |
| harvest | урожай, уборка урожая, время сбора урожая | sklizeň , úroda plodin |
| holiday, holidays | п раздник, каникулы; вакации; отпуск; выходной день | d ovolená , svátek , sváteční den , volný den , prázdniny |
| maple tree | клён | javor , javorový |
| morality | мораль, принципы или нормы поведения | morálka , mravnost |
| mound | насыпь, куча, груда, холмик | kupa , halda , pahorek , kopeček |
| musket | мушкет | mušketa |
| passage and supplies | плата за проезд и продовольствие; провиант; | platba za cestu a stravování |
| Pilgrim | пилигрим; паломник; колонист; приезжий; первый поселенец | poutník na svatá místa ap. |
| Pilgrims | первы е английски е колонист ы в Америке | první angličtí kolonisté v Americe |
| poisonous | ядовитый, отравляющий | jedovatý (např. látka) |
| prayer | молитва, просьба, мольба, молебен, богослужение; | modlení , modlitb a, úpěnlivá prosba |
| sap, the juice of the maple tree | сок растений, сок клён а | míza stromů (např. javoru) ap |
| seed | семя, зерно | semeno , semínko rostliny |
| sight | увидеть, обнаружить, разглядеть | zahlédnout uvidě t , spatřit koho |
| sleet | дождь со снегом, ледяной дождь, мокрый снег, гололёд, изморозь | déšť se sněhem , plískanice , mrznoucí déšť |
| Thanksgiving | б лагодарение, День благодарения (официальный праздник США в память первых колонистов Массачусетса, отмечаемый в последний четверг ноября), благодарственный молебен | d íkůvzdání , Den díkůvzdání |
| thereafter, after that | впоследствии; соответственно; согласно этому; в дальнейшем; после, следующим шагом; тогда, после этого | poté , nato , pak časově |
| wilderness, uncivilized country | дикая местность, девственная природа, нецивилизованн а я земля | pustina , divočina , necivilizovaná země |
| worry | беспокоить, мучить, тревожить | dělat si starosti , mít obavy , strachovat se o koho, kvůli čemu |
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