The Easter Holiday

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翻譯：道韞

想必同學們平時都有聽說過“片尾有彩蛋或文后有彩蛋”類似的表達吧！“彩蛋”一詞源自西方復活節“找彩蛋”的游戲，在網絡語言中，通常喻指有驚喜。本期，讓我們一起來了解一下西方的這個重要的節日——復活節吧。

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Spring is the season of new beginnings.Flowers and treescome back to life. “I found one! I found one!” Spring is also the time to celebrate Easter.

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For1)Christians, Easter is a2)religiousholiday.Three days after Jesus was killed he wasbrought back to life. Easter is a holiday to celebrate Jesus’3)resurrection.

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Today, however, Christians are not the only ones who celebrate Easter. Where does the name“Easter” come from? What does the4)bunnyand egg have to do with Easter?

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The name Easter comes from the goddess Eostre. During the spring, people held a festival to5)worshipEostre. Her symbol on the Earth was a rabbit.

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Eostre, or Easters, and the rabbit symbolize6)fertility. Fertility means having lots and lots of babies. So the rabbit7)representedgiving life.8)Thereforethe rabbit waslinked withthe Easter egg.

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The Easter egg is a symbol of fertility and new life. Therearemany customs and traditionsassociated withthe eggs. Some cultures even believe that the Earth9)hatchedfrom a10)giantegg!

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11)Originally, Easter eggs were painted bright colors. These colors represented spring. But now Easter eggs can be whatever color you like.

1) Christian ['kr?stj?n] n. 基督徒

2) religious [r?'l?d??s] adj. 宗教的

3) resurrection [,rez?'rek??n] n. <宗>耶穌復活

4) bunny ['b?n?] n. 兔子

5) worship ['w????p] v. 敬奉

6) fertility [f??'t?l?t?] n. 繁殖能力

7) represent [,ri?pr?'zent] v. 代表

8) therefore ['ee?f??] adv. 因此

9) hatch [h?t?] v. 孵化

10) giant ['d?a??nt] adj. 巨大的

11) originally [?'r?d??n?l?] adv. 原來；起初

詞組加油站

★bring back to life使復活

★link with...與……聯系在一起

★be associated with與……有關

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In Greece, Easter eggs are colored red.Red represents Jesus’ blood. Some parts of Germany and12)Austriacolor their eggs green.And13)Slavicpeople14)decoratetheir eggs in beautiful patterns of gold and silver.

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While the kids are sleeping, the parents hide the eggs. But the children do not know about this.They believe the Easter bunny comes during the night.

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On Easter morning, the children look for the eggs. It is lots of fun for them. Sometimes, there is a prize for the child who finds the most eggs. But everyonehas a good time.

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On Easter day, some countries have egg-rolling competitions. The egg that rolls the farthest wins.

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Easter is a fun time for the whole family. It is a time to celebrate life.

12) Austria ['?str??] n. 奧地利

13) Slavic ['sl?v?k]adj. 斯拉夫人的

14) decorate ['dek?re?t] v. 裝飾

參考譯文

1. 春天是萬象更新、花木復蘇的季節。“我找到一個了！我找到一個了！”春天也是慶祝復活節的時節。

2. 對基督徒而言，復活節是一個宗教節日。耶穌被殺三天后就復活了。復活節就是慶祝耶穌重獲新生的節日。

3. 然而，如今，慶祝復活節的已不僅僅是基督徒了。Easter這個名字從何而來？兔子和雞蛋又和復活節有什么關聯呢？

4. Easter這個名字源自女神厄俄斯特（Eostre）。在春天，人們會舉辦慶典敬奉厄俄斯特。厄俄斯特在人間的象征就是兔子。

5. 厄俄斯特或復活節和兔子象征著繁殖能力。繁殖能力就是生育很多后代的能力。由于兔子代表著生命力，因此兔子和復活節彩蛋便聯系在了一起。

6. 復活節彩蛋是繁殖能力和新生的象征。與雞蛋相關的風俗和傳統很多。在某些文化里，人們甚至認為地球孵化自一個巨蛋！

7. 最初，復活節彩蛋用鮮亮的顏色上色，因為鮮亮的顏色代表春天。而現在人們按照自己的喜好給雞蛋上色。

8. 在希臘，復活節彩蛋是紅色的，紅色代表耶穌的血；德國的某些地方和奧地利的彩蛋是綠色的；而斯拉夫人則用金銀色圖案裝飾雞蛋。

9. 晚上待孩子們入睡后，父母會把彩蛋藏起來。對此，孩子們并不知情。他們以為是復活節兔子晚上來過。

10. 復活節當天早上，孩子們會開展尋找彩蛋的游戲，孩子們玩得可開心了。有時候，找到最多彩蛋的孩子會有獎品。獎品只是其次，關鍵是，大家都樂在其中。

11. 此外，有些國家會在復活節那天舉行滾彩蛋比賽。彩

蛋滾得最遠者獲勝。

12. 復活節對于一家老小都是個歡樂的節日，也是慶祝生命的節日。

名師考點小結

1. come back to life意為“死而復生；蘇醒過來，復活”。

Everything seems to come back to life in spring.

在春天，萬物似乎都蘇醒了。

2. have a good time意為“玩得高興”，have a good time=have a nice time=have a great time=have a wonderful time，與have fun、 enjoy oneself同義。

have a good time可以用于描述狀態，也可用于表示祝福，have a good time與enjoy oneself均接doing sth.，而不接to do sth.。

Kn ow More

1.Easter復活節（主復活日）是西方的一個重要節日，為每年春分月圓之后第一個星期日。基督徒認為，復活節象征著重生與希望，為紀念耶穌基督于公元30到33年之間被釘死在十字架之后第三天復活的日子。如果月圓那天剛好是星期天，復活節則順延一星期。因而復活節可能在3月22日至4月25日之間的任何一天，而今年的復活節正好是4月1日。

3.Easter Lily，在復活節這一天，到處都可以見到漂亮的百合花的影子，特別是白色的鐵炮百合花，其在基督教中被視為“復活之花”，代表著基督徒心中的純潔與神圣，絕對是復活節中不可缺少的花卉，所以它的英文名字也就叫作Easter Lily。

2.Good Friday，復活節前的星期五被稱為Good Friday，是為紀念耶穌受難日。

Let’s Talk

Susan and Anna are talking about how to decorate Easter eggs.

Susan: I’m going to decorate Easter eggs. Do you have any good ideas?

Anna: Why don’t you buy some at supermarkets?

Susan: Because those look like everyone else’s.

Anna: I see. You want to make your special eggs.

Susan: Yes, and I can use the decorated eggs for anegg hunt[尋找彩蛋]or set them in a bowl to decorate the table for Easter dinner.

Anna: I think you can recycle broken or short crayons to give the eggs aspeckled[有斑點的]look.

Susan: It sounds a good idea.