比赛规则：

1. 将发布的英文原文译为中文，点击“作业卡”提交译文。

2. 每位参赛者只能以一段译文参赛。

3. 下周一（2017年11月27日）中午12点截止参赛，周四公布编辑部筛选出的优秀译文接受读者投票，周六中午12点截止投票。

4. 点评专家将结合读者投票选出本期擂台的优胜译文，周日微信公众号公布结果，《英语世界》2018年第2期将登载本期擂台赛果及点评文。

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6. 比赛未尽事宜概以本刊最终解释为准。

比赛原文：

Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. It is day where everyone should have the opportunity to take just a moment to say thank you, not to a particular religion, but to Mother Nature for the fact that you are alive. Men are as resentful as they are grateful, but gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude the worst of vices. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. The grateful man gets more than he asks. Therefore, gratitude is the sign of noble souls.