英语必修课文翻译.docx

必修3 unit1 Festivals and celebrations Festivals and celebrations[sel?bre??(?)n]n. 庆典，庆祝会；庆祝；颂扬of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Sometimes celebratewouldbe held举办after hunters had caught animals.At that time people would starve [stɑ?v]vi. 饿死；挨饿；渴望vt. 使饿死；使挨饿if food was difficult to find,especially during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many origins[?r?d??n]n. 起源；原点；出身；开端,some religious[r?l?d??s]adj. 宗教的；虔诚的；严谨的；修道的n. 修道士；尼姑,some seasonal, and some for special people or events[ivents]n. [计][物][数] 事件；项目（event的复数）.人教版高中英语必修3课文翻译（Reading部分和Using language两部分） Unit 1Festivals around the world节日和庆典自古以来，世界各地就有各种各样的节目和庆典。大多数古老的节日总是庆祝严寒的结束，春季的种植和秋天的收割。有时，在猎人捕获猎物后，也举行庆祝活动。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，现在的节日有很多由来，一些是宗教上的，一些是季节性的，一些是纪念特殊的人和事件的。Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy [s?t?sfa?]vi. 令人满意；令人满足vt. 满足；说服，使相信；使满意，使高兴the ancestors [?nsest?]n. 始祖，祖先；被继承人,who might return either to help or to do harm.For the Japanese festivalObon,people should go to clean graves and light incense [?nsens]n. 香；奉承vt. 向…焚香；使…发怒vi. 焚香in memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this important feast[fi?st]n. 筵席，宴会；节日vt. 享受；款待，宴请vi. 享受；参加宴会day,people eat food in the shape of以…的形式；呈…的形状skulls [sk?l]n. 头盖骨，脑壳and cakes with”bones”on them.They offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween [?h?l??i?n]n. 万圣节前夕（指十月三十一日夜晚）also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival,when they can dress up and to to their neighbours’homes to ask for sweets.Ifthe neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might play a trick on them.亡灵节一些节目是为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也有可能带来危害