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An interesting holiday event is the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. Prior to Thanksgiving each year, a turkey is brought to the White House for the president to pardon. In other words, these lucky turkeys are not allowed to be killed. Instead, they are taken to a farm and allowed to live the rest of their lives freely. This ceremony became a formal event in 1989.
Activities for children include outlining their hands on paper to make hand turkeys. Some also perform plays that portray the first Thanksgiving at school. No matter how Thanksgiving is observed, its most important message is to be thankful for everything you have and to take time for your family and loved ones.
感恩節當天十分有趣的一項活動就是National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation。每年的感恩節前夕都會有一隻火雞被帶到白宮接受總統的赦免。換句話說，人們不能宰殺這隻幸運的火雞。相反地，這些火雞會被帶到 一座農場，任憑牠們自由地度過餘生。這個儀式於1989年成為一項正式活動。
小孩子的活動則包括用筆在紙上描出手的輪廓，然後用它來畫出一隻火雞。有的則是在學校上演描寫首次感恩節的戲碼。不論慶祝感恩節的方式為何，它要傳達最重要信息就是感謝您所擁有的一切，並抽出時間陪伴您的家人和所愛的人。
生活必備字詞
prior to... 在……之前，先於……
Prior to the accident, Mary was in perfect health, but now she has trouble walking.
pardon (vt.) 赦免，寬恕
David was pardoned for his crime after serving 30 years in prison.
portray (vt.) 描述，描繪
為何感恩節要吃火雞大餐？
在 感恩節當日吃火雞的由來眾說紛紜，其中一個說法帶點傳奇色彩，話說英國的伊莉莎白女王一世某年在豐收慶典上吃完烤鵝肉後，隨即就發現一艘原本打算攻擊英國 的西班牙船隻莫名其妙在半路上沈船，自此「鵝（goose）」就被視為豐收和幸運的象徵。當清教徒（Pilgrims）首次從英國移民來美國時，當地的鵝 並不多見，最常見的鳥禽反倒是火雞，因此他們就以烤火雞來取代鵝肉，使其成為感恩節大餐的主菜。
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