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能不能让我来把你比作夏日?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Poems about summer
Shakespeare's Sonnet NO.18 By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
The Easter Holiday
Easter(复活节)is one of the two major Christian(基督教的)festivals.Easter celebrates the death and resurrection(复 活)of Jesus Christ and Christmas (圣诞节) celebrates his birth.
Saturday: regular holiday
Easter (Easter Day/ Easter Sunday)复活 节the day to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. It falls on the first Sunday after a full moon. (on or after March 21st) 春分月圆后第一个星期天
2. The British people has a special feeling for summer and there are 3 important festivals in Britain. (Easter, Christmas and The May Day)
3.The British poets have a special feeling for summer and therefore, they wrote a lot of poems about summer. (Shakespeare's Sonnet NO.18)
(by Rod McKuen)
Sonnet 18
by W. Shakespeare The rhyme scheme is
abab,cdcd,efef,gg.
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
you Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?
The most beautiful in the locality is elected as the May queen. She is usually crowned with a garland of flowers and often driven in procession through the street.
I know no answers To help you on your way The answers lie somewhere At the bottom of the day.
But if you’ve a need for love I’ll give you all I own It might help you down the road Till you’ve found your own.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Poems about summer
Ode to the West Wind (西风颂) by PB shelly(雪莱)
In greater details, Britain can be describe as a land of moderation and a land of plentiful rainfall and less sunshine. its average temperature is 4-7degree in January and 13-17 degree in July.
The United Kingdom
Climate and its impact on culture
Britain is on the same latitude with cities such as Harbin in China, Toronto in Canada and Moscow in Russia. In this sense, Britain should have had a very severe climate. However, because of the warm wave from the Atlantic, Britain enjoys a mild climate.
Easter is also a time for families to get together like Christmas.
Easter(复活节) usually lasts for four days, starting from
Good Friday (the Friday before Easter)耶 稣受难日the day to commemorate the crucifixion of Christ.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade. When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
Be through my lips to unawaken'd earth
The trumpet of a prophecy!
Oh Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far
behind?
I’ve saved the summer
I’ve saved the summer And I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings When the snow is new.
To sum up, Britain’s climate can be described in these words: mild, rainy and
Climate and its impact on culture
Britain has a changeable climate. The weather changes so frequently that it is difficult to forecast. It is not unusual for people to complain that the weatherman was wrong.
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines And often is his gold complexion dimed; And every fair form fair sometimes declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed;
Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) the traditional date for the start of the summer tourist season.
Christmas
The Christian festival of commemorate the birth of Christ and is the second greatest religious festival for the Christiaຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidus.
The May Day and The May Queen
The First of May is a Bank Holiday—the first public holiday of the year in England. The first Monday after it is an official bank holiday. Most people consider it a special day, the beginning of summer, a day when the light lasts long into the evening, and when we can look for warm weather.
The traditional festival to celebrate the coming of spring and the beginning of summer.
In some places, fetes(户外庆祝会) are held to celebrate the occasion.
It is also the most popular holiday season for family reunions
The Christmas season traditionally begins on Christmas eve and continue until twelfth (twelve) night. Jane 6 Some terms Advant 降临节: the coming of Christ is the time for preparations for the celebration of Christ birth lasting from Advant Sunday to Christmas Eve. (Sunday closest to Nov 30 ) Christmas Eve Boxing day:送礼日(Dec 26) employers give presents to employees.
It starts usually in late March or early April and the Easter holiday is Friday, Saturday,Sunday and Monday.
The main symbol of Easter is the Easter
egg. Children like Easter eggs because they are made of chocolate.Eggs are a symbol of new life.
Summer
The best season of the year and a symbol of warmth and comfort, of joy and happiness and of love and beauty.
Climate and its impact on culture
1.Talking about weather is a way of greeting and a topic to start a conversation.
I’ve saved some sunlight If you should ever need A place away from darkness Where your mind can feed.
And for myself I’ve kept your smile When you were but nineteen, Till you’re older you’ll not know What brave young smiles can mean.
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