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harsh winter in America.
for Thanksgiving dinner.
settlers. It is often served
Indians and the first
Corn – a vegetable grown by
America.
Europe and settled in North
people who arrived from
Pilgrims were the first
year.
Thursday of November each
Americans on fourth
special dinner eaten by
Thanksgiving dinner is a
Cranberry is a plant that
is always green and
produces small red fruit
used in sauces, jellies and
drinks.
Squash is a vegetable
simlar to pumpkin and
zuchini that is often
eaten on Thanksgiving.
Turkey is a farm bird.
Its meat is eaten by
Americans on special
occasions.
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Thanksgiving harvest.
symbolizes the first
fruit and vegetables which
Cornucopia – a horn full of
occasions like.
Americans for different
vegetable which is eaten by
Pumpkin – an orange
Europe arrived there.
continent befor people from
America. They lived in the
original inhabitant of North
Native American is an
Gravy is a thick dark
sauce that Americans use
for their meal on
Thanksgiving.
Mashed potatoes are
potatoes which are turned
into a white thick
substance by smashing
them.
Mayflower was the ship
that transported Pilgrims
from England to America
in 1620.
VOCABULARY
that the Pilgrims survived their first
It is held to commemorate the fact
on the fourth Thursday of November.
is a festival celebrated by Americans
Straw is a stem of
Harvest is the
some grains like
time of the year
wheat or rye that is
when the crops are
gathered into large
collected from the
stocks during
fields by farmers.
harvest.
Scarecrow is an
Wheelbarrow is
effigy in the shape
kind of a tool which
of a man to
is used for
frighten birds
transporting some
away from seeds.
things on the farm
from one place to
another.
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