英语人教版九年级全册节日来历补充.docVIP

有关节日 一． 西方节日一览表： Western festivals: Advent (耶稣)降临节 Lady Day, Annunciation 天使报喜节(3月 Ascension Day 耶稣升天节(复活节后第四十日) Assumption 圣母升天节(8月 Candlemas 圣烛节(2月 New Year, New Years Day 新年(1月 Corpus Christi 圣体节 Quadragesima 四旬节(四旬斋的第一个星期日) Lent 四旬斋,大斋期(复活节前的第四十个星期日) Low (或Quasimodo) Sunday, 复活节后第一个星期日 All Souls Day (天主教)万灵节(11月2日 Palm Sunday 棕枝全日(复活节前的星期日) Easter Sunday, Easter 复活节 Epiphany, Twelfth Day 主显节(1月 day of obligation 每人需停止工作参加礼拜的日子 Maundy Thursday 濯足星期四(耶稣受难节) Shrove Tuesday 忏悔节(四旬斋开始的前一天) Ash Wednesday 复活节前的第七个星期三 Christmas 圣诞节(12月 Christmas Eve 圣诞前夕 New Years Eve 新年前夕 Easter 复活节 Whitsun, Whitsuntide 圣神降临周(复活节后的第七周,尤指前三天) Quinquagesima 四旬斋前的星期日 Ramadan 斋?/P Rogation Days 祈祷节(耶稣升天节的前三天) Sabbath 安息日 Feast of the Sacred Heart 圣心节 Midsummer Day 施洗约翰节(6月 Passion Week 复活节前第二周 Holy Week 圣周(复活节前一周) Septuagesima 四旬斋前的第三个星期日 Sexagesima 四旬斋前的第二个星期日 Ember Days 四季节 All Saints Day 万圣节 Trinity Sunday, Trinity 圣三主日(复活节后的第八个星期日) Good Friday 耶稣受难节 Visitation 圣母往见节(7月 Mother’s Day: A Celebration In Honor of All Mothers  Mothers Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayon scribbled I Love Yous. The history of Mothers Day The earliest Mothers Day celebrations are traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600s, England celebrated a day called Mothering Sunday, celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent . Mothering Sunday honored the mothers of England. During this time many of the Englands poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch. As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the Mother In the Un