内容 : アメリカの祝日サンクスギビング 感謝祭説明 :Join us for discussions this week about Thanksgiving, the most celebrated U.S. holidays, hand turkeys, and more. T: 横須賀イングリッシュインフォメーション この番組は横須賀にお住まいの外国人の皆さまに 横須賀のイベント 情報 生活習慣をお伝えする番組です S: Yokosuka English Information. This show is for conveying upcoming events in Yokosuka, or other information related to daily life, to foreign residents in the area. T: Hello everyone, this is Tomi. S: And this is Daniel. Welcome to Yokosuka English Information for the week of November 21st. T: Welcome, and Happy Thanksgiving. S: Yes, happy thanksgiving! T: A big holiday for the states, right? S: Yeah, it s up there. In the top 10 actually. T: Top 10? S: Yes, so for this week, I actually have a list prepared here, of the 10 most celebrated holidays in the U.S. T: Oh nice. S: Now this is something I pulled off online, so I m not sure of the accuracy, but I m going to go ahead and use it. 1
T: So how do you want to do this? S: Well, it s ranked, so let me first read through numbers 10 through 6 real quick, and then we ll take it slower for the top 5. T: Ok. S: So for the most celebrated holidays in the United States at number 10, we have Super Bowl Sunday. T: That s football, right? S: Yes, there s always all kinds of parties people throw for Super Bowl Sunday. Number 9 - Father s Day. Number 8 - Valentine s Day. Number 7 - Mother s Day. T: Mother s Day beats out Father s Day. S: Yep, poor dads. They just can t compare to the moms out there. Number 6 - New Year s Day. T: I think New Year s Day is a lot bigger in Japan than in the U.S. S: Yeah, for sure. It s definitely celebrated in the U.S. of course, but it s not quite as big as some of the other holidays. T: Okay so what s the top 5? S: Number 5, for most celebrated holidays in the U.S., is Easter. T: I didn t know Easter was that big. S: Yeah, I didn t either, but when I think about it, there s a lot of Easter-related candy and stuff like that they sell around then. And then Number 4 - Independence Day, aka July 4 th. 2
T: Okay, so the top 3. S: So let s give the listeners a bit to think about what the top 3 are and alright, so what do you think number 3 is? T: I m going to say. Halloween. S: Number 3 is. Thanksgiving. T: So Halloween is bigger? S: Yes, Halloween is actually number 2. And number 1 is T: Christmas. S: Of course. T: So thanksgiving is a top 3 holiday in the states. S: Yes. So the big 3 all happen during the end of the year - October for Halloween, November for Thanksgiving, and December for Christmas. T: That s an interesting list. S: Yeah, I didn t expect to see Halloween up there so high, but when you think about it there s all kinds of Halloween-themed and related things that happen or go on sale during that time. It s one of my favorite holidays for sure. T: So what makes Thanksgiving so big in the states? S: Well, I think of it kind of like the American equivalent of the Japanese New Years. 3
T: How so? S: Well, it s a holiday where everyone is supposed to get together with their family, maybe go out of their way to see relatives they may or may not care about, and have dinner with everyone. T: Yeah, the Japanese New Year is really family-involved too. S: Yeah, so that s how I sort of think of it. T: So the thanksgiving dinner it s always turkey, right? S: Yeah, turkey is always the main dish of the thanksgiving dinner, but then there s all kinds of other stuff too - maybe some stuff Japanese people wouldn t know. There s cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, maybe some gravy or rolls, pumpkin pie, salads or whatever. T: Sounds like a really big meal. S: Yeah, that s kind of the main thing about it. Turkey is the thing that most people eat as the main dish, but some people may change that too if they want. T: Really? S: Yeah, like I think I ve had chicken before one year instead of turkey, and one year I even just had a bunch of Chinese food. Turkey is pretty good, but I think I d take chicken over it any day. T: Turkey isn t really that big here in Japan. 4
S: Yeah that s true, in the states you can get turkey, turkey sandwiches, stuff like that. It s a pretty common meat to find. You can pick up turkey slices at any grocery store deli. T: You would probably have troubles finding turkey consistently in Japan. S: Have you ever eaten turkey before? T: No. I have seen it in a store in Japan, but it was huge, so I guess it wouldn t fit in most Japanese home ovens. S: Oh, yeah, that s a good point I guess for whole turkeys. I ve seen turkey legs for sale before at Disney Land in Tokyo, but I don t think I ve actually seen it in a store before in Japan. T: Any particular thanksgiving memories you want to share? S: Hmm, well my mom would always make some really good pumpkin pie each year. That was kind of like a tradition in my family. Everyone would always look forward to eating pumpkin pie for dessert. T: Nice. S: I guess one thing to mention that s culture related, is that kids in elementary schools draw turkeys around thanksgiving. T: They draw turkeys? S: Yeah! T: That seems funny. 5
S: Yeah, see - you put your hand down flat on a piece of paper, palm down. T: Okay S: And then you trace around your hand. Lift up your hand, and you got a turkey! T: But that just looks like a hand. S: Yeah, but you can imagine the thumb as the head, your palm as the body, and the fingers make up the back feathers. Then after that, of course kids will color it, or decorate it, however it makes it look more like a turkey, but yeah. T: That sounds really fun for the kids. S: Yeah, for anyone who isn t American that s listening, just do an image search for hand turkeys - you ll see what I mean. T: I might have to look this up after the show. S: Since thanksgiving is all about saying what you re thankful for too, sometimes schools will have the kids write what they re thankful for on each of the fingers, or the back feathers of the turkey. So maybe they ll write family, friends, my pet dog, or whatever they want. T: Well I m glad we were able to talk about some interesting things for Thanksgiving this week. S: Yeah, hopefully it was interesting for the non-american listeners out there, and I hope for the Americans listening, I was able to maybe take you back down memory lane a bit, maybe remind you of a good Thanksgiving memory. 6
T: Since we re in Yokosuka, with plenty of people from the states, I m sure we ll have a lot of people in the city celebrating Thanksgiving this week too with their family. S: Yeah, that s true. By the way, I just remembered, we haven t even gone into Black Friday yet. T: Black Friday? S: Yeah, the time for the biggest sales of the year. We ll have to talk about that next week though, do a little post-black Friday talk. Well, happy thanksgiving everyone. T: 今週はアメリカの祝日サンクスギビング 感謝祭についてお話ししました 日本のお正月のように家族で集まり ターキーやパンプキンパイなど豪華な食事をするそうです CLOSING T: Well, I think that s about time for today. S: Yeah, I think so. To everyone out there, thanks for listening to Yokosuka English Information! As usual, we ll be airing every weekday, 12 to 12:10pm, with new episodes every Monday. T: This is Tomi. S: This is Daniel. See you next week! また来週! T: Yokosuka English Information は毎週月曜日から金曜日 12:00 より放送しています 過去の放送音源 内容は横須賀市ホームページにて公開しています Thank you for listening! 7