Each Thanksgiving, the President "pardons" a hand-selected turkey, sparing the bird from someone's dinner table. Twenty-two turkeys have been pardoned. [Zhang Jun/Xinhua]

按照習俗，美國總統(tǒng)每年都會在感恩節(jié)前夕赦免一只精心挑選的火雞，使其免于成為感恩節(jié)大餐。迄今為止，已有22只火雞被赦免。（新華社記者張軍攝）