Как переводится этот текст? on the fourth thursday in november, in houses around the united states, families get together for a large meal. almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. this is a very special day, the holiday of thanksgiving. in 1620 the pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from england. they landed in what is now massachusetts. in england the pilgrims couldn't practice their religion. so they went to the new world in search of religious freedom. the pilgrims' first winter was very hard, almost half of the group died of cold, hunger, and disease. but the native americans of massachusetts (formerly known as ''indians'') taught the pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. when the next fall came, the pilgrims had plenty of food. there were thankful and had a feast to give thanks. they invited the native americans to join them. this was the first thanksgiving. it became a national holiday many years later. how mush is thanksgiving today like the pilgrims' thanksgiving? in many ways it is different. for example, historians think that the pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. but the idea of thanksgiving is the same: it is a day to give thanks.
