DIWALI

by Lorraine Lee

Topic 本月主題

DIWALI

古老而神秘的排燈節

by Lorraine Lee

本篇適合：朗讀，復述

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排燈節，又稱萬燈節、印度燈節，是印度教等“以光明驅走黑暗，以善良戰勝邪惡”的節日，于每年10月或11月中舉行。由于這個節日也被視為財富女神拉什米（Lakshmi）的節日，因此家家戶戶都會清潔打掃，點燃蠟燭與油燈，等著女神大駕光臨。印度的小朋友們最喜歡過排燈節了，因為有美食、有焰火，還有新衣服穿。我們一起去感受一下吧。

Diwali is the festival of lights.

Mother buys us new saris.

Father buys us necklaces.

We buy some jasmine fl owers for our hair.

Father buys some diyas. Diyas are small lamps.

We clean the house.

We bake some cakes and cookies.

We cook some food.

Father lights the diyas in the garden.

We go to grandma’s house.

Word Power

diwali[d?'wɑ?l?] n. （印度的宗教節日）排燈節

festival['fest?v?l] n. 節慶

sari['sɑ?r?] n. 莎麗（復數：saris）

necklace['nekl?s] n. 項鏈（復數：necklaces）

jasmine['d??sm?n] n. 茉莉花

bake[be?k] v. 烘焙

Our aunt is at grandma’s house.

Our cousins are at grandma’s house.

We have a party at grandma’s house.

“Time to go home,” says mother.

We are so sleepy.

We reach our house. What a wonderful day!

Word Power

sleepy['sli?p?] adj. 困乏的，欲睡的

reach[ri?t?] v. 到達