The history of Thanksgiving:
On September 6th, 1620 a merchant ship(1), the Mayflower left
Plymouth
bound for North America.
Among the 102 people on board
35 were pilgrims (2), devout Protestants fleeing (3) persecution of
King James I.
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The history of Thanksgiving:
On September 6th, 1620 a merchant ship(1), the Mayflower left
Plymouth
bound for North America.
Among the 102 people on board
35 were pilgrims (2), devout Protestants fleeing (3) persecution of
King James I.
The Mayflower (4)reached the coasts of the New World after two
months
of difficult crossing (5).
The first winter was hard, half (6) the
colonists died.
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Indians and immigrants agreed(7) to live in peace and help
each(8)other.
One of the Indian Squanto spoke English.
He lived with immigrants
and
taught(9) them to
hunt (10) turkey and plant(11) corn.
In autumn, after a bumper harvest(12) ,
immigrants had a party
to which were invited the leader of
the Indian village and his warriors(13) .
Vocabulary:
- 1=Navire marchand -2=pelerins -3=fuyant -4=Nom du bateau -5=traversée -6=moitie -7=se mirent
d accord -8=chaque -9=enseignèrent -10=chasser -11=planter -12=récolte exceptionelle -13=guerriers
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