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His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert（改变） the native pagans to Christianity. Patrick was quite successful at it. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity(基督教). His mission（任务） in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired（隐退） to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated（纪 念） as St. Patrick's Day ever since.
Easter Day is one of the most important holidays celebrated in Western world.Most Western holidays have a religious（宗教的） origin.Easter Day occurs on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox（春分）.It is originally the day to commemorate（纪念） the Resurrection （复活） of Jesus Christ.And this year，Easter Monday falls on April 4.
On Easter Sunday morning，the breakfast eggs are boiled in several pans（盘子） in some families.Each containing a different vegetable dye（染料），so that when they are served the shells（贝壳） are no longer white or pale brown in color，but yellow or pink，blue or green.Easter eggs are meant to give enjoyment——and they doHale Waihona Puke BaiduThey are pretty and decorative（作装饰的），they signal（表示） good wishes and shared happiness in the changing seasons.
A More Bona Fide Irish Tale
在很久以前有一个小男孩在晚上的时候出来玩耍，可是他 突然在一片草丛里听见叫声：“help（救命）！”他听见 以后猛的在草丛旁边寻找声音。突然他在草丛里看见一个 留有白胡须和白头发的小矮人。他一把抓这小人问：“你 是谁？”小矮人（小精灵）说：“你放开我吧。”小男孩 说你把你的金子藏在的地方告诉我我就放了你。”小矮人 说：“好，好我告诉你就在那颗树的下面。”小男孩立刻 就放了小矮人，他跑过去想把土挖开可是他没有铲子所以 他就想回家去拿可是他又怕忘记了所以就把身上的黄色手 帕给绑在树上，并提醒小矮人不可以把手帕给栽下。可是 第二天当他拿着铲子来的时候，发现整个森林里的树都有 黄色的手帕所以他就丧气的回家了，而躲在树后的小精灵 说：“我可没有把手帕给栽下来！”
Introduction
为了纪念爱尔兰守护神圣帕特里克，起源于，5世纪末期，爱尔兰。
The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint (守护神)of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn„t get the job of bishop （主教） of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.
Far from being a saint（圣徒）, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan （无宗教信仰的人）. At that age, he was sold into slavery（奴隶） by a group of Irish marauders（掠夺者） that raided （劫夺） his village. During his captivity （俘虏）, he became closer to God.
The St. Patrick‘s Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick’s Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston. Gradually other states took it up（继续）. And it was New York that took out the largest ever St Patrick‘ s Day parade. Held since 1762, the New York City parade on St Patrick’s Day draws more than one million spectators（旁观者） each year.
But now for most people，Easter is a secular（世 俗的） spring holiday，while for the children，it means，more than anything else，but Easter eggs or chocolate eggs！The Easter Bunnyis a rabbit－spirit.Long ago，he was called the“Easter Hare（复活节兔子）”.Hares and rabbits have frequent（时常发生的）multiple（多个的 ） births so they became a symbol of fertility（繁殖力）.The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass.The Romans believed that “All life comes from an egg.”Christians consider eggs to be “the seed of life”and so they are symbolic of the resurrection（复活） of Jesus Christ.
复活节岛与复活节
在烟波浩渺的南太平洋上，有一个面积仅为165 平方公里的小岛－－复活节岛，它以神秘的巨石 人像和奇异的风情吸引着无数游人。复活节岛是 智利的一个小岛，距智利本土3600多公里。据说， 1722年荷兰探险家雅可布•洛吉文（Jabbo Roggeween）在南太平洋上航行探险，突然发现一 片陆地。他以为自己发现了新大陆，赶紧登陆， 结果上岸后才知道是个海岛。正巧这天是复活节 （1722年4月5），于是就将这个无名小岛命名为 复活节岛。1888年，智利政府派人接管该岛，说 来也巧，这天又正好是复活节。
One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock（三叶草，爱尔兰的国花）. And this stems （茎）from a more bona fide（有诚意 的） Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity （复活主日）. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements（元素） of the same entity（实体）. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast（宗教节日） day.
These apart Irish community in various cities celebrate the Day with social and community（社区） works. Making charities（慈善机构）, attending mass （团体）, promoting their own culture, and feasting with their foods.