必修三 festivals-and-celebrations

节日里，整个国家到处都盛开的樱花，看上去 就像覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。
People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other.
人们喜欢聚在一起吃、喝、玩耍。
Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while
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On this important feast day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”bones”on them.
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.
收获与感恩节是非常喜庆的节日。
People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.
在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒 冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。
Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious,some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
现在的节日有很多由来，一些是宗教上的吗， 一些是季节上的，一些是纪念特殊的人或 事件。
If the neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.
如果邻居们什么也不给，那么孩子们就可以捉 弄他们了。
Festivals to honour people
Para3. Festivals to Honor People The purpose:
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The Dragon Boat Festival (China)
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Columbus Day (the USA)
西方的万圣节也源自人们古老的信念，认为 亡者的灵魂会返回人间。
It is now a children’s festival,when they can dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets.
万圣节如今成了孩子们的节日，这天他们可 以乔装打扮上邻居家要糖果吃。
他们舞龙灯、狂欢，全家人聚在一起欢庆阴 历年。
Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,which take place forty days before Easter,usually in February.
在一些西方国家又激动人心的狂欢节，通常 在二月，复活节前的四十天。
越冬的粮食收集起来了，农活结束了，人们 都心怀感激。
In European countries,people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,and will get together to have meals.
At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.
中国人过春节要吃饺子、鱼和肉，还要给孩 子们用红纸包着的压岁钱。
There are dragon dances and carnivals,and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
These carnivals might include parades,dancing in the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.
狂欢节期间，穿着各种艳丽的节日盛装，伴着鼓 噪的音乐，在街头游行，昼夜跳舞。
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Columbus in the New World. A festival to honor Gandhi (India) Gandhi was the leader who helped
他庆祝耶稣的复活，也欢庆春天和新生命的到来
Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.
在晚些时候，日本就迎来了樱花节
The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered with pink snow.
Festivals of the dead
Para. 2 Festivals of the Dead
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在这个重要的节日里，人们会吃制成颅骨形 状的食物和装点有骨头的蛋糕。
They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead. 他们向亡者祭献食物、鲜花和礼品。
The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.
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Harvest festivals
Para 4. Harvest Festivals
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Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians aroud the world.
复活节是全世界基督徒的一个最重要的宗教和公 众节日。
It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、 迎来春天的日子。
Festivals and Celebrations
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.
自古以来，世界各地就有各种各样的节日和 庆典。
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
最古老的节日总是庆祝严冬的结束，春季的 种植和秋天的收割。
Sometimes celebratewould be held after hunters had caught animals.
有时，在猎人捕获猎物后，也举行庆祝活动。
At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.
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China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in China,enjoy mooncakes.
中国和日本都有中秋节，这时，人们会赏月，在中 国，人们还品尝月饼。
Spring festivals
节日让我们享受生活，让我们为自己的习俗而自 豪，还可以暂时忘掉工作中的烦恼。
在欧洲国家，人们通常用花果来装饰教堂和市政厅， 在一起用餐。
Some people might win awards for their farm produce,like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.
有些人还可能因为他们的农产品参加各种评 选而获，比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。