CNN 2011-11-24

 Some high school students of Texas showed their support for one teacher this weekend.Mr Love had a rough week.He had actually been bullied¹ by a couple of students.So,50 or 6 others decided² to,well,show him some love.They gathered outside the house this Sunday evening and brought Mr Love out so they could share their musical message.

All you need is love.All you need is love,love.

The students planned this entirely³ on their own,a great way to show some appreciation⁴ and pick up someone spirit.

Today's shoutout goes to Mr Pechtl's social studies classes at Scobey high school at Scobey Montanna.Who established Thanksgiving as a national US holiday?You know what to do?Was it Ben Franklin?Thomas Jefferson?Thomas Edison?Or Teddy R?You've got 3 seconds.Go.

President Lincoln's Thanksgiving day proclamation in 1863 established it as a national annual event.That's your answer and that's your shoutout.

President Franklin might have made the first annual Thanksgiving proclamation .He would have been late celebrating the first Thanksgiving meal.242 years late.The tradition goes all the way to 1621, when pilgrims⁵ and native Americans sat down, dined⁶ together and celebrated⁷ the harbis.But the holiday has changed a little over the years.Feast⁸ your eyes on this.

Oh,sure,it might have started with a cornucopia⁹ and a big feast.But not a turkey.There's no proof that turkey was on the first Thanksgiving table in 1621.The fact that it is today isn't the only unexplained history of Thanksgiving.

First,take football.What would the pilgrims and native Americans say about this?They came together in a spirit of harmony.It's not what the teens do.Then,there's shopping ,severe shopping,black Friday shopping,with specials getting earlier and closer to the Thanksgiving dinner every year.But why save them for dessert when you can save moeny on a 3-D TV?

And what this has to do with giving thanks is as mysterious as stuffing.What is stuffing?For better or for weirder,this is how we celebrate Thanksgiving.It's just not the same without this stuff thing.And even if turkey did not win a place in the founding feast,it did win a place in the heart of founding father Ben Franklin.He didn't want the bold eagle to be a national symbol.He wanted the turkey.He said unlike the eagle,the turkey was a more respectable¹⁰ bird,a bird of courage.Sometimes too much courage.

No,go away.Go away! Ah!

But just as turkey attacks are often pardoned or tabled,heihei,the president pardons one turkey every year ,a tradition dating back to 1989.Is this an unusual tradition for the Thanksgiving season?Meybe,but it's not the only one.After all,at the end of dinner,we are what we eat.

Yes,turkeys.We all have some pretty unusual Thanksgiving traditions.In Maria's family,they go to the petting zoo the day before Thanksgiving to pet the turkeys in a show of appreciation.Julia and her cousin re-enacted the first Thanksgiving .Julia is always the turkey.Michael's family made the turducken,a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey.May sound disgusting ,but it really tastes good.C.'s family watches Filipino old soap operas. Every Thanksgiving there's a marathon of sopa operas.Alice's family heads to the cabin and cuts down Christmas trees.They get enough trees for half a neoghborhood ,deliver them and set up their own Christmas stuff.At Alice's house,they have a turkey that they always name pablo.Then throughout dinner,her grandfather sings songs about pablo that he made up while eating.M. and B. have a Thanksgiving bowl in their bakyard.They use ripped-up pieces of cloth and play flag football.And S. says it shouldn't matter if you have a wacky tradition.It only matters that you spend your holiday with people you love.Well,that my friends will gobble up all our time for today.We're certainly thankful for all of you who watch CNN student news.We'll be back next Monday.Have a very happy Thanksgiving.

1 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

5 pilgrims   

香客，朝圣者( pilgrim的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca 前往麦加的穆斯林朝圣者
• Many pilgrims knelt piously at the shrine. 许多朝圣者心虔意诚地在神殿跪拜。

6 dined   

v.吃饭，进餐( dine的过去式和过去分词 )；设宴款待，请客

参考例句：

• We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town. 我们同我父母在城里一家餐馆吃饭。
• We dined in sumptuous surroundings. 我们在富丽堂皇的环境中用餐。

7 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

8 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！

9 cornucopia   

n.象征丰收的羊角

参考例句：

• The book is a cornucopia of information.书是知识的宝库。
• Our cornucopia is the human mind and heart.我们富足是由于人类的智慧和热情。

10 respectable   

n.品格高尚的人；adj.值得尊重的，人格高尚的，不少的

参考例句：

• She seems respectable enough.她看上去挺体面的。
• His savings were just enough to pay for a respectable funeral.他的存款刚好够办一个体面的葬礼。