Lesson 96 The dead return

·单词

festival n.    节日

    ·traditional festival    传统节日

    ·Spring Festival    春节

    ·Dragon Boat Festival    龙舟节

    ·celebrate a festival    庆祝节日

lantern n.    灯笼

spectacle n.    景象，壮观，场面

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·课文

    A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

be held    被举行

the dead    死去的人，the + 某些形容词 用来表示某类人

be said to    据说

be welcomed by    被 ... 欢迎

be laid out    被 摆放，布置，展示，摆设

Specially-made    特制的

    ·adv. + done = adj.

    ·well-dressed    穿的非常好

    ·well-ventilated    通风良好

    ·newly-arrived    新到的

all night long    整夜

be thrown    被扔

be considered    被认为是

had been hung    已经被挂起来

be placed    被放置

the other world    另一个世界，即阴间

no more    不再：表示某事或某物已经停止或结束，不再继续

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