初中寒假英语日记10篇带翻译最新20篇

As the drawing presents, there is a man walking across the street absorbedly focusing on his cell phone without noticing the surroundings. This sort of phenomenon is not uncommon and rare in some metropolis, especially among the youngsters.

What the picture illustrates is the prevailing situation that has long existed in todays China. That is the mobile phone obsession. With the advent of information age, people are becoming increasingly fascinated on the electronic products, especially the cell phones. Not surprisingly, you could easily notice that most of us are obsessed in sending messages, playing online games with their mobile phones. It cannot be denied that this phenomenon may negatively impact the relationship among people, and therefore they will become estranged and isolated.

Personally, in view of the overuse of mobile phones, I hold that we individuals should raise the necessary awareness that good relationship are reinforced by sincere and face-to-face communication.

August 7,20__Friday

Today, I did housework for grandmother. She is not

very healthy and I decide to do housework for her more frequently. And she will

feel happy and become better. Suddenly, an idea hit me that it’s terrible to

grow old becuase you have to worry about both your health and others’ opinions.

Once again, I make a decision to be a good girl.

译文：今天，我帮助了奶奶做家务。奶奶的身体不好。我以后要常帮她做事。这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些。突然觉得，人老了真不好。不但身体不会好，而且一不小心就会惹得大家讨厌。我又做了一个决定，以后一定要做个乖孩子。

July 10 20XX

I am planning to spend my summer holiday on sports this year. Playing basketball is always my favourite, so some of my classmates and I will form a small team and play basketball together. Sometimes we may have a match against some other teams and I do enjoy the sense when we win the game.

叮叮叮，马路上响起了刺耳的响声

Jingling,

jingling, there is a sharp noise on the road

大家争先恐后地在马路上行驶。

Everyone

was scrambling on the road.

一遇到红灯，大家就排起了长队。

As

soon as we met the red light, we formed a long line.

一遇到绿灯，大家就又比赛了起来。

As

soon as we meet the green light, we will play again.

路上的赛跑真有趣。

The

race on the road is really interesting.

红灯停，绿灯行，黄灯亮了停一停。

Stop

at the red light, go at the green light, stop at the yellow light.

大家要铭记在心，不然出了大事可就麻烦了。

You

should keep it in mind, or you will be in trouble if something important

happens.

为了家人，为了自己，

For

my family, for myself,

要时刻记住这句话。

Always

remember this sentence.

马路上堵住我不怕，大家不急也不慌，

Im

not afraid to block the road. Everyone is not in a hurry or panic,

慢慢等待。不超，也不急

Wait

slowly. No, no hurry

安全在我心中，大家都铭记。

Security

is in my heart, and everyone remembers it.

Get up early today is very hot, hot feeling uncomfortable. Breakfast mother

let me accompany her to go shopping and I didnt go. Because it is too hot, move

feeling on the finger to sweat.

The city library to read a book this afternoon. Because the library have

air conditioning can blow, but also more than books at home too. Conveniently

checked total solar eclipse was visible material.

今天早起很热，热的感觉不舒服。早餐妈妈让我陪她逛街，我没去。因为太热了，动一动手指就出汗。

今天下午去市图书馆看书。因为图书馆有空调可以吹，也比家里的书还多。方便地检查日全食是可见的物质。

亲爱的同学们：

迎春呈瑞彩，龙马壮精神!在这龙腾虎跃的喜庆日子里，我们与青春作伴，与欢乐同行，携手迎来了崭新的2021年!在这辞旧迎新的时刻，我们谨代表学校广大教职员工向同学们致以最亲切的问候和最真挚的新年祝福!在新春佳节来临之际，为使同学们度过一个安全、充实的寒假，学校特提醒以下注意事项：

一、放假、开学时间

学校2021年寒假时间为1月14日(周六)至2月18日(周六)，2月19日(周日)为注册日，2月20日(周一)正式上课。请同学们妥善安排好离校、返校时间，提前订购往返车票;假期不回家、推迟回家或中途返校的同学请及时在辅导员处做好登记。

二、离校注意事项

寒假期间，希望同学们增强安全防范意识，确保个人人身、财产安全，避免不必要的损失和伤害。离校时，锁好宿舍门窗，关闭宿舍电源，妥善保管私人物品，最后一个离开寝室的同学要对寝室做一次全面安全检查;离校途中，注意财产和交通安全，选择合适的交通工具，警惕与陌生人的交往，路途较远的同学要尽量结伴同行。

三、沙河校区注意事项

寒假期间，沙河校区东区照常开放，西区于1月18日下午5：00至2月14日上午8：00期间关闭。针对西区因特殊情况需要留校的同学，学校将统一安排在东区集中住宿。

建议西区同学在放假期间尽量不要提前返校，对于因特殊原因必须提前返校的，请务必向所在学院、研究院的辅导员汇报，以便及时做出安排。

四、留校学生注意事项

留校或提前返校的同学，提醒遵守学校有关规定，注意居住环境卫生、饮食安全;有效安排好假期的学习、生活、实践和体育锻炼;与家人保持联系，与亲朋好友共贺春节报平安;遇到突发事件或特殊困难时，要及时与辅导员或学校有关部门取得联系，以便获得及时的指导和帮助。

五、假期在家注意事项

假期是同学们放松自我、休闲调整的重要时期，同时也是感恩社会、回报家庭的良好时机。希望同学们保持通讯畅通，定期与老师取得联系;力行感恩之心，积极投身社会实践;主动承担家庭劳动、体贴关心家人;劳逸结合，定期复习总结，早日制订出新学期的学习计划。

六、春节团拜会

对于寒假留校的同学，学校两校区同步开展送温暖活动。其中，学院南路校区由研究生院、国际文化交流学院、后勤处联合组织，具体安排如下：

1、1月22日(除夕)中午11：00，学校在专家宾馆举行迎新春师生聚餐活动。届时，学校领导、老师将与同学们共度佳节;

2、1月22日(除夕)晚上19：00开始，学校在学一食堂组织开展收看新年晚会、学生免费吃饺子活动(22：00);

寒假致学生的一封信5篇寒假致学生的一封信5篇3、1月23日(大年初一)中午11：00——12：00，学校学一食堂为同学们准备免费的饺子。

沙河校区由沙河校区办公室、学生工作部、团委、后勤处联合组织，具体安排如下：

1、1月22日(除夕)中午11：00，学校在沙河校区食堂三层举行迎新春师生聚餐活动，届时，学校领导、老师将与同学们共度佳节;

2、1月22日(除夕)晚上19：00开始，学校在沙河校区食堂三层组织开展收看新年晚会、学生免费吃饺子活动(22：00);

3、1月23日(大年初一)中午11：00——12：00，学校沙河校区食堂三层为同学们准备免费的饺子。

亲爱的同学们，赤兔追风千里志，金龙拱日万家春!在一年一度的新春佳节到来之际，真诚地祝愿你们身体健康，学业进步，阖家欢乐，万事如意!

学生工作部研究生院

今天下午，我和表姐来到了安溪，坐了两个多小时的车，我已经疲惫不堪了，但当来到大姑家时，我看到门前这一条清澈见底的小溪潺潺而流以及这一群正吃食的小鸡时，疲惫之感不禁冰消雪融了。

我走进农家大院里，大姑他们这在忙着采摘茶叶，我放下行李，来到了院子里，我双脚踩进小溪里，冰凉的溪水打在脚上冷冰冰的，顿时洗掉了我一身的炎热和疲劳，我在水里跑着，任由溪水溅了我一身，好舒爽啊！

随后，我跟着表姐来到兔笼前，我抓起一只小兔子，突然看到它的额头上有一点红红的，我先感到纳闷，以为是流血了，可一摸，这毛却十分松软，没有一点血迹，我只好去问表姐，她告诉我这是给兔子作的记号，我手中这只叫做小宝贝，然后又指这一只身上有红点的小兔子，名叫小璐，还有一只小黑兔，他在所有兔子中属老大，尽管比弟弟妹妹大，可我还听说他还经常被弟弟妹妹欺负呢。

这时，一群小鸡在母鸡的带领下，散步到我周围，我见到这群活蹦乱跳的小鸡，真想捉一只来玩，于是，我大胆的走过去，手刚往前伸抓住小鸡的脚，以为大功告成，没想到母鸡却奋不顾身的向前一扑，狠狠的朝我手上一啄，啄得我都肿了一个包，真时气煞我也！突然，我看到一群正在抢食物的小鸡时，不禁计上心来。

我向表姐要了一些米，来到鸡圈旁，我把米洒在地上，母鸡果然和小鸡走开了，我蹑手蹑脚的走到一只离母鸡最远的小鸡旁，瞅准时机，已迅雷不及掩耳之势，把这只小鸡抓起来，没想到小鸡的叫声使母鸡顾不得啄食，扇着翅膀飞了过来，我吸取经验，弃鸡而套，这可真是母子情深，害的我“抓鸡反蚀一把米”，而且手还疼得厉害，我看，母鸡最好还是少惹的好啊

农村的空气真好啊！和城市相比，这儿山清水秀，令我美不胜收。

郭明义参军之前，只是初中学历。在部队时，他抓住“缝隙时间”学习英语。来到矿山工作后，他每天晚上都骑自行车往返20多公里，到市内的夜校学习。

1992年，国家“七五”重点建设项目——齐大山矿扩建工程进入开工准备阶段，郭明义又考入英语强化班进修一年。1993年工程开工后，他担任了33台、每台价值1000多万元、载重量154吨生产汽车——电动轮现场组装的英文翻译。

美国犹格里德公司澳大利亚售后技术服务部中国区总管，两次劝说郭明义到他所在的公司工作，并承诺给予比他当时收入高6至7倍的工资，可老郭不为所动，说：“我上党校、夜校、进修，都是企业支付的学费，还发给我补贴。我对企业有感情，我要回报企业，对企业的发展有信心。”

虽然电动轮的进口备件质量检验不归郭明义负责，但每次对着备件做翻译时，他都认真检查，先后发现了5台电动轮有质量问题。公司与外方据理力争，最终获得10万美元的赔偿。

My Mother is a kind of gentle woman. She is always very gentle. She takes

good care of her children and keeps them all at school. I have one brother and

two sistets. So she gets four children in all. She gives us every comfort. We

all love her and she loves us also.

My mother has too much to do in bringing us up. As our family is too poor

to keep a servant, my mother has always to do very much work. She gets up very

early and sleeps very late every day. She works hard, yet without

complaining.

She is also a thrifty, and industrious woman. She saves every cent that she

can and keeps everything in order. As she has been busy eversince she was young,

she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, her hair becomes

silver white, but she works as hard as ever.

Often she says to us, "work while you work, play while you play. If you do

not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society." What piece of good

advice this is! We must worth it well and always keep it in our mind.

Today,my parents take me to Qingdao.I see the beautiful blue sea.Some

people are playing games near the seaside,and also many people are swimming in

the water.We stay in the water for about one hour and then come back to the

beach for lunch.I eat many many sea food.What a nice day!

带翻译：

今天爸爸妈妈带我去青岛.我见到了美丽的蓝色的大海.有的人在海边玩耍,还有很多人在水里游泳.我们先在水里待了一个小时左右,然后回到海滩上吃午饭.我吃了很多海鲜.多么美好的一天啊!

It is 4,000 years since the Chinese began to grow and drink tea.

There’re many kinds of tea in China, of which Longjing Tea is famous all

over the world.

Tea is usually drunk in tea sets. A tea set is made up of a tea pot and

some teacups, which are both made of china.

Most Chinese are fond of drinking tea. Tea is served not only at tea house

and restaurants but also at home. People also drink tea during breaks at offices

or factories.

The news that Mr Cai had passed away was known, and I fell into great

sorrow. The sound of the rain knocking on the window was so mournful that it

deepened my distress.

My memory brought me back to the class when I saw him for the last

time.

That evening it was raining, too. We started our lesson as usual at a

quarter past six. I sat in the first row, and I saw Mr Cai press his stomach

with a hand from time to time, but I didn’t know the reason then. The two hours

passed quickly. When the lesson came to an end,Mr Cai told us that he had

possibly developed a stomach cancer, and would go to Beijing to see a doctor. If

there was nothing serious, he would continue to teach us after he came back. He

was very calm and his voice was steady. He still gave us some homework. He said

that he would mark the papers as soon as he came back.

Then I started to wait for his return. I had not thought that I would not

see him any more. The cancer had taken his life, even though he was still

young.

Mr Cai’s words are still ringing in my ears,“I hope you will be one of the

best students.” I think I should work hard at English and live up to his

expectation .

I have lost a good teacher. Tears will dry up in time, but the memory will

stay for ever.

Sun. ,Feb. 14 Rainy

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China. From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year. They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes. Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular. To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family. The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish each other good luck in the new year.

二月十四日 星期日 雨

春节，即中国人的新年，是中国最重要的节日。从一月末到二月初人们忙着为新年做准备。他们打扫房屋、理发和买新衣服。饺子是最受欢迎的。对那些远离家乡的人们，春节是一个合家团聚的时刻。他们经常回家和家人欢度春节。新年第一天人们访友并互祝新年好运。

Today I had a good time. It was my grandpas birthday. Our family went back to his home to celebrate his birthday. My mother cooked many delicious food and we brought a big birthday cake. We got together to have a big family dinner. We gave grandpa some presents and said, "Happy birthday to you!" In the afternoon we went boating in the park. We enjoyed ourselves, and my grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.

今天我玩得很愉快。今天是爷爷的生日，我们全家去爷爷家为他庆祝生日。妈妈做了许多好吃的，我们买了一个大蛋糕。我们举行了一个大型家庭聚会。我们送给爷爷一些礼物，并说：“祝您生日快乐。”下午我们去公园划船。我们玩得很开心，爷爷过了一个愉快的生日。

It was Christmas Day yesterday. I had a good time with my friends. We had a Christmas party at school. Many friends of mine came to the party. After we said"Merry Christmas", we began to sing Christmas songs, such as Edelweiss, andso on. Then we told some Christmas s(来自: 博文学习 网:初中新年计划英语作文)tories, such as Christmas Father. Then I danced and laughted with my friends. We all had a good time. When the party came to the end,we said "Happy New Year" to each other. We made up our mind that we would study hard to make great progress in the coming year.

昨天是圣诞节，我和我的朋友过得很愉快。我们在学校举办了圣诞晚会，我的许多朋友都来参加晚会。我们互道“圣诞快乐”后，开始唱圣诞歌，像“雪绒花”等。然后我们讲圣诞故事，如“圣诞老人”等，我们都玩得很开心。当晚会即将结束时，我们互祝“新年快乐”。 我们下决心在即将来临的一年中努力学习，以取得更大的进步。

The bell rang and the class was over. Many classmates jumped up from the seat. The classroom became noisy. Some students went out of the classroom. I was just chatting with some of my classmates when Li Hong came to me. She smiled and said to me, "Whats four minus four? Do you know?" "Its zero. That is easy." answered I. But Li Hong shook her head and said "Its wrong. Its eight." "Why? Thats impossible!" "You will understand if you cut down four corners of a desk." said Li Hong. "Is that a joke?" "Oh, yes." We all laughed. During the class break, we had a good rest. Our class break was often full of fun and laughter. We often have a pleasant break.

铃一响，下课了。许多同学从座位上跳了起来，教室里热闹起来，一些学生出了教室。当李红向我走来时，我正和一些同学聊天。她笑着对我说：“你知道4减4等于几吗?”我回答：“等于零，太简单

了。”但李红播着头说：“不对，是8。”“为什么?不可能。”李红说：“你砍掉桌予的4个角，就明白了。”“这是笑话吗?”“唤，是的。”我们都笑-了。课间我们放松了。我们的课间休息充满了乐趣和欢笑。我们经常度过愉快的课间。

My Happy Times During Winter Vacation

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during winter vacation. They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning and breathing the fresh air in the countryside. After snow, I would like to skate and ski with my friends. When night comes, I am used to sitting by the fire and listening to grandma telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back, I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.

寒假期间我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶。他们都已经70岁了，住在乡下。我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情。我习惯一大清早起床呼吸乡下的新鲜空气。下雪后，我喜欢跟同伴们一起滑雪滑冰。夜幕降临时，我就坐在火炉边，听奶奶讲动听的故事。我也会给她讲一些城里的新鲜事。每次该回城时，我总是恋恋不舍。我确实喜欢乡下的生活。

Yesterday was my thirteenth birthday. My parents had a birthday party for me. I invited my friends to my party. My parents bought new clothes and some books as my birthday presents. How happy I felt when I put on the new clothes!

When all my friends arrived, my mother brought delicious food and a big birthday cake. My father gave me new clothes and some books as presents. I was moved to tears. My friends sang "Happy birthday to you!" and gave me some presents. Then we began to eat. It was my happiest day. I had a wonderful birthday.

昨天是我13岁的生日，我的父母为我举办了生日宴会，我邀请了我的朋友来参加。我的父母为我买了新衣服和书作为生日礼物。我穿着新衣服时感觉好幸福。

我所有的朋友都到了以后，我妈妈端上了美味的饭莱并捧来了一个大蛋糕。爸爸送给我新衣服和书作为生日礼物。我感动得眼泪都掉了下来。我的朋友为我唱“祝你生日快乐”歌，并送我一些礼物。然后我们开始吃饭。这是我最快乐的一天。我过了一个快乐的生日。

Orginate in America in the Mothers Festival. May 9,1906, American consuming

city Jia-Wei the mother misfortune of silk dies , her grief extremely. Avoid

Japan in annual mother death anniversary, Miss An Na organizes catch up the

campaign of Sai mother, encourage other person to also express the gratitude for

own loving mother with similar way.

Hereafter, she convinces people everywhere and establishes the Mothers

Festival to the appeal of all sectors of society and call. Her appeal gets warm

response.

Through draft resolution, on May 10,1913, American Senate and House of

Representatives signs by president Wilson second that announces and decides each

years May for Sunday, is the Mothers Festival.

This measure arouses world countries, is imitated one after another,

install to 1948 Na pass away , 43 countries have established the Mothers

Festival.

The Spring Festival, the most jubilant and important festival in China, is

observed by most Chinese people at home and abroad. Our hometown is not an

exception.

Similar with other places in china, we prepare for the festival about half

a month before. With the lunar New Year approaching, the red lanterns are hung

up along the main streets, making the ancient town filled with the festival

atmosphere. While people clean up their houses, decorate it with traditional

decorations such as Chinese knots and paper cutting. Each family pastes up

Spring Festival couplets to convey their best wishes for the coming year.

今天，我响应学校的号召，在家当了一天的“家长”，妈妈当“宝宝”。 Today, I responded to the schools call and became the "parent" for a day at home, and my mother was "baby".

早上，我要“宝宝”刷牙，“宝宝”说：“恩～，不干嘛!”我耐心地再说了一遍：“‘宝宝’，刷牙!”她才来到卫生间，说：“帮我挤牙膏!”因为她的牙膏快没了，我也挤不出来，就说：“自己的事情自己做!”她就只好乖乖地刷牙了。

在她刷牙的时候，我就看看锅里的稀饭好了没有，发现稀饭里的鸡蛋壳还没剥，又来剥鸡蛋壳、盛饭。

吃完早饭，我就开始做中饭了。我先要“宝宝”帮我看一下冰箱里有什么菜可以烧。“宝宝”说：“有山药和莴笋。”我们就开始准备中餐了。首先，我把山药的灰皮削掉，再切成一片一片圆圆的形状，盛到碗里。又把莴笋皮削掉，也盛到碗里。该切肉了，“宝宝”说怕我切到手指头，这活就交给她来干吧。

这时，我感到肚子有点不舒服，赶紧跑到卫生间。过了一会，我大声喊：“‘宝宝’，快来帮我擦屁股!”“宝宝”故意说：“‘妈妈’，这也需要‘宝宝’来帮忙啊?”是啊，一句话说得我不好意思了!

忙完过后，我们就开始炒菜，在炒菜的时候，一滴油一下子就溅到了我的中指上。“宝宝”吓了一跳，问我：“没事吧?”我说：“没事。”

吃完中饭，我们开始洗衣服。我和“宝宝”一起洗我的脏短裤、羽绒服和在家穿的棉外套，还有爸爸的两双臭袜子。洗完衣服，我就跟着“宝宝”出去办事了。

晚饭在别人家吃，就不用我这个“家长”操心了!我可以提前“下班”啦!

这次当家长，让我知道了家长每天要照顾好我，还要努力工作。默默地付出，真的很辛苦。我一定要好好报答他们。

2015年寒假又来啦，放假虽然开心，但是也不要忘了学习呢，下面应届毕业生网为你精心准备了关于日常生活的英语作文，仅供参考：

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country.

I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock.

After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock.Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.

左盼、右盼，终于把朝思暮想的寒假给盼来了。紧张的大脑在此刻可以放松下来，呼吸新的空气，把学习压力放下，好好享受这来之不易的日子。该玩的时候就玩，该学习的时候就学习。

放假了，当然得好好的去玩一通，早就听说苏州的虎丘塔很有名，距今已有2500多年的历史了，耳听为虚，眼见为实，于是我和爸爸妈妈就准备去看看这“吴中第一名胜”。爸爸驱车1个多小时，才到达了虎丘。

刚一进门，步入眼帘的就是那虎丘塔。我兴奋地对妈妈说：“虎丘塔果然有些斜。”“是啊，毕竟以是2500多年的历史了，砖头都烂掉了。”妈妈温和地说，眼睛里充满了可惜，“幸亏我们来得早，还能看得见，不知道哪一天它就会倒塌了。”

入虎丘后，沿山路而行，一路上可见的虎丘十八景。这些名胜古迹都有引人入胜的历史传说和神话故事。十八景中，的要是云岩寺塔，也就是虎丘塔。虎丘塔是建于宋代961年的平面八角砖塔，共7层，高47.5米，但由于地基的原因，塔身自400多年前就开始向西北方倾斜。据初步测量，塔顶部中心距中心垂直线偏离已达2.3米。1956年在塔内发现大量文物，其中有越窑莲花碗罕见的艺术品，看着这些介绍，我不禁赞叹道：“我们的祖先真是厉害，竟能设计出如此精妙绝伦，而又令人赞叹不绝的艺术品，真令人佩服。”

山上有一石井，传说为唐代陆羽所挖，称为“陆羽井”。陆羽是我国第一部茶书——《茶经》的作者。据《苏州府志》记载，陆羽曾长期寓居虎丘，一边研究茶叶，一边著作《茶经》。他发现虎丘山泉甘甜可口，评为“天下第五泉”。

最神秘的要数是在千人石正北石壁上携刻着的四个大字“虎丘剑池”。据说这四个字出自唐代大书法家颜真卿的手笔。另有传说，现在虎丘二字已非彦氏真笔，而是后人补书刻上的，所以在当地有“真剑池，假虎丘”的说法。所谓剑池是在崖壁上有一窄如长剑的水池。吴王阖闾墓可能就在这里。相传当时曾以鱼肠剑和其他宝剑3千为吴王殉葬，故名“剑池”。

就这样，随着夕阳西下，伴随着阵阵清爽的，醉人的腊梅香中，我们依依不舍地离开了这神秘而又古老的虎丘。

The end of the summer， should have a good rest! But my mother is very busy。

As the daughter of course I want to help my mother to do some。 Early in the

morning I got up， washed the dishes， sweep the floor， cooking and so on， at

noon， I tired， lying on the bed， fan fan， more fortable。

翻译：最后放暑假了，就应好好歇歇了!但是妈妈很忙。作为女儿的我当然要帮妈妈分担些了。一大清早的我就起来了，帮妈妈洗碗，扫地，做饭等等，到了中午，我快累死了，往床上一躺，扇扇电风扇，舒服多了。

Live with thankfulness

Do you know Thanksgiving Day? Do you know why human thankGod?

Thanksgivingfalls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date everyyear. The President must proclaim that date as the officialcelebration.

Thanksgivingis a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away,family members gather for a reunion at the house of an olderrelative. All give thanks together for the good things that theyhave.

In thisspirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offera traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. Onmost tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the firstthanksgiving have become traditional.

What shouldwe thank?