the first winter was very difficult for the pilgrims.
對朝圣者（這里指清教徒）來說第一個(gè)寒冬很難熬.
more than half of the english colonists died during the winter of 1620-1621.
超過一半的英國殖民者死于1620-1621年的冬天里.
sickness ,lack of food ,and cold left only 50 people alive out of the 102.ofen,two to three people would die on the same day,and four entire families passed away.
疾病、食物短缺、寒冷使得102個(gè)人中只有50人存活下來.通常,一天之內(nèi)就有可能2-3個(gè)人死去,四個(gè)家庭破碎.
although the pilgrims had not met the indians since their arrival,they were afraid of the indians.
雖然這些朝圣者在來的時(shí)候并滅有遇到過印第安人,但是他們害怕這些人.
thus ,the pilgrims tried their best to hide the fact that there were so few english settlers left.
所以,朝圣者盡力隱藏只剩下幾個(gè)殖民者的事實(shí).
burial services were held at night,and graves were planted over with corn to hide them.
葬禮只有在夜里舉行,墳?zāi)股项^栽種玉米做掩飾.
it was march 21,1621 before enough houses were built on land and the settlers could move from living in the mayflower ship to living on land.
1621年3月21日時(shí),人們還未能在陸地建立足夠多的房屋使移民者可以從五月花大船上搬到陸地生活.
when the mayflower prepared to return to england in april.1621,its captain offered to take any survivors with him free of charge.amazingly ,no one went.
當(dāng)五月花大船準(zhǔn)備在1621年4月返回英國時(shí),船長提出愿意免費(fèi)帶任何幸存者回去時(shí),令人驚訝的,沒人愿意回去.
instead,the pilgrims decided to stay in this difficult new land and make a new life.
相反的,朝圣者們決定待在這荒蕪的新土地,創(chuàng)造新的生活.
17世紀(jì)初,很多清教徒因?yàn)檎纹茐?移居到美國,當(dāng)時(shí)環(huán)境惡劣死了很多人,后來存活后為紀(jì)念就有了感恩節(jié).