·單詞

festival n.????節(jié)日

????·traditional festival????傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日

????·Spring Festival????春節(jié)

????·Dragon Boat Festival????龍舟節(jié)

????·celebrate a festival????慶祝節(jié)日

lantern n.????燈籠

spectacle n.????景象，壯觀，場(chǎng)面

·本課句型

·課文

????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????被舉行

the dead????死去的人，the + 某些形容詞 用來(lái)表示某類(lèi)人

be said to????據(jù)說(shuō)

be welcomed by????被 ... 歡迎

be laid out????被 擺放，布置，展示，擺設(shè)

Specially-made????特制的

????·adv. + done = adj.

????·well-dressed????穿的非常好

????·well-ventilated????通風(fēng)良好

????·newly-arrived????新到的

all night long????整夜

be thrown????被扔

be considered????被認(rèn)為是

had been hung????已經(jīng)被掛起來(lái)

be placed????被放置

the other world????另一個(gè)世界，即陰間

no more????不再：表示某事或某物已經(jīng)停止或結(jié)束，不再繼續(xù)

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