中國人需不需要感恩節？
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今天是美國人的感恩節(thanksgiving day)。在這1天,他們要吃火雞,還要感激所有的人。常懷1顆感恩的心,成為美國人的1種宗教情結,也是西方常見的“心靈雞湯”。 為什么要吃火雞，是因為一六二零年著名的“5月花”號船滿載不堪忍受英國國內宗教迫害的清教徒一零二人到達美洲。一六二零年和一六二一年之交的冬天，他們遇到了難以想象的困難，處在饑寒交迫之中，差點凍餓而死，幸虧得到了印第安人饋贈的火雞，才捱過那個寒冷的冬天。 5月花號實船中國人雖生性喜歡吃雞，尤其是廣東人:無雞不成席，但中國人對感恩節卻沒有什么感覺。很多組織想在企業文化中涂1點感恩的色彩，終都弄得1塌糊涂。這些年以來，我們對任何事情都習以為常了：黃天厚土特別眷顧中國人，我們的經濟1路高歌，只會迎頭向上，從不疲軟；天恩浩蕩無邊，經濟學家去年還斷言股市只漲不跌，股指二零零零零點還不是頭。我們把1切都視為理所當然：父母撫育兒女，兒女大學畢業了還要“啃老”，因為父母上輩子欠了我們的；索取無度，仿佛大自然欠我們的；有的企業家從銀行貸了款，扣除公關費便視為利潤，因為從貸款那天起就沒有想著要還。其實古代中國是1個非常彬彬有禮，十分重視感恩的國度：父子有親、君臣有義、夫婦有別、長幼有序、朋友有信 -------十年修得同船渡,百年修得共枕眠,就連1夜夫妻都念念不忘百日恩情。當代中國人為什么忽視感恩了,是因為我們把感恩的成本提得太高了:滴水之恩,當涌泉相報。投我以木瓜，報之以瓊瑤。道德成本太高，再加上不良商家常開出無法兌現的回報：今日借君1滴水，明日還君1桶油。以至于大家不敢提感恩。環球同此涼熱，在這個美國的感恩節。讓我們量力而行，常懷感恩之心，哪怕是1句謝謝。thanks for all thanksgiving day 感恩節的英文介紹thanksgiving day is the most truly american of thenational holidays in the united states and is most closelyconnected with the earliest history of the country. in 一六二零， the settlers， or pilgrims， they sailed toamerica on the may flower， seeking a place where they could havefreedom of worship. after a tempestuous two-month voyage theylanded at in icy november， what is now plymouth， massachusetts. during their first winter， over half of thesettlers died of starvation or epidemics. those who survived begansowing in the first spring. all summer long they waited for the harvests withgreat anxiety， knowing that their lives and the future existence ofthe colony depended on the coming harvest. finally the fieldsproduced a yield rich beyond expectations. and therefore it wasdecided that a day of thanksgiving to the lord be fixed. yearslater， president of the united states proclaimed the fourththursday of november as thanksgiving day every year. thecelebration of thanksgiving day has been observed on that dateuntil today. the pattern of the thanksgiving celebration hasnever changed through the years. the big family dinner is plannedmonths ahead. on the dinner table， people will find apples，oranges， chestnuts， walnuts and grapes. there will be plum pudding，mince pie， other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash.the best and most attractive among them are roast turkey andpumpkin pie. they have been the most traditional and favorite foodon thanksgiving day throughout the years. everyone agrees the dinner must be built aroundroast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing to absorb the tastyjuices as it roasts. but as cooking varies with families and withthe regions where one lives， it is not easy to get a consensus onthe precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird. thanksgiving today is， in every sense， a nationalannual holiday on which americans of all faiths and backgroundsjoin in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty andreverently ask for continued blessings.