Lesson 11 · An Interesting Festival

S1

The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day.

“农业盛宴”在独立日之后举行。

agricultural 农业的 feast 盛宴、节日 take place 发生、举行 independence 独立

S2

It is not a worldwide celebration.

它并不是一个世界性的庆祝活动。

worldwide 世界范围的 celebration 庆祝、庆祝活动

S3

Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin: Long ago, humans' ancestors were bad.

只有墨西哥的基督徒因为它的宗教渊源而期待它的到来：很久以前，人类的祖先很坏。

Christian 基督徒 look forward to 期待、盼望 religious 宗教的 ancestor 祖先、祖宗

S4

They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word.

他们互相欺骗、互相捉弄，而且从来不守信用。

fool 欺骗、愚弄 play tricks on 捉弄、对…耍花招 keep one's word 遵守诺言

S5

So God turned up and drowned all their crops.

于是上帝出现了，淹没了他们所有的庄稼。

turn up 出现、露面 drown 淹没、淹死 crop 庄稼、农作物

S6

Humans starved day and night, weeping.

人类日夜挨饿，不停地哭泣。

starve 挨饿、饿死 weep 哭泣

S7

In order to gain God's forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God.

为了得到上帝的宽恕，一位女诗人动身去见上帝。

gain 获得 forgiveness 宽恕、原谅 poet 诗人 set off 出发、动身

S8

She admired God and kept apologizing.

她崇敬上帝，不停地道歉。

admire 钦佩、崇拜 apologize 道歉

S9

God was moved.

上帝被感动了。

moved 被感动的

S10

With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again.

得到他的允许后，人类终于又获得了大丰收。

permission 允许、许可 harvest 收成、丰收

S11

So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.

于是，为了抹去悲伤，并提醒自己保持对上帝的信仰，人们创办了这个节日。

wipe 擦去、抹去 sadness 悲伤 remind 提醒 belief 信仰、信念

S12

On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired.

节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，比如操场或停车场，整夜精力充沛地互相玩乐，好像永远不累似的。

gather 聚集 parking lot 停车场 energetically 精力充沛地 as though 好像、仿佛

S13

When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath.

当一位盛装打扮的美女朗诵诗歌来纪念那位女诗人时，所有人都屏住了呼吸。

beauty 美人、美女 dress up 打扮、盛装 in memory of 为了纪念 hold one's breath 屏住呼吸

S14

Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.

然后，按照风俗，人们会把公鸡的头骨作为奖品送给她。

custom 风俗、习俗 rooster 公鸡 award 奖品、奖励

S15

Obviously, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.

显然，这个故事不是真的，但这个节日很有趣。

obviously 显然地

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