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An Interesting Festival（有趣的节日）

The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin:

农业盛会在独立日后举行。它不是一个世界性的庆典，由于它的宗教起源，只有墨西哥的基督徒才盼着节日的到来：

Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping. In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God. She admired God and kept apologizing. God was moved. With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again. So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.

很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。为了获得上帝的原谅，一位女诗人出发去见上帝。她对上帝的赞美和怀有的歉意感动了上帝，有了他的允许，人类终于又获得了丰收。因此，为了抹去忧伤并提醒自己对上帝的信仰，人们开始举办这个节日。

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. When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.

在节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，例如操场或停车场，通宵达旦地玩得非常开心，精力充沛的人们似乎不知疲倦。当一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮的美女朗读诗歌以纪念那位诗人时，在场的每个人都屏住了呼吸，然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。

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

很明显，这个故事不是真的，但是节日却很有趣。

重点词汇中英文对照

agricultural 英 [ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl]   美 [ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl]  adj.农业的

feast 英 [fi:st]   美 [fist]  n.宴会;盛会;

take place 发生

independence 英 [ˌɪndɪˈpendəns]   美 [ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns]  n.独立

worldwide 英 [ˈwɜ:ldwaɪd]   美 [ˈwɜ:rldwaɪd]  adj.全世界的

celebration 英 [ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn]   美 [ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn]  n.庆祝

christian 基督教徒

Mexico 墨西哥

look forward to 期望

arrival 英 [əˈraɪvl]   美 [əˈraɪvəl]  n.到达，抵达

religious 英 [rɪˈlɪdʒəs]   美 [rɪˈlɪdʒəs]  adj.宗教的

origin 英 [ˈɒrɪdʒɪn]   美 [ˈɔ:rɪdʒɪn]  n.出身

ancestor 英 [ˈænsestə(r)]   美 [ˈænˌsɛstɚ]  n.祖先

fool 英 [fu:l]   美 [ful]  n.愚人

play tricks on 捉弄

keep one's word 遵守诺言

turn up 出现

drown 英 [draʊn]   美 [draʊn]  vt.淹死;浸没;

starve 英 [stɑ:v]   美 [stɑ:rv]  vi.挨饿

day and night 日日夜夜

weep 英 [wi:p]   美 [wip]  vt.& vi.流泪

gain 英 [geɪn]   美 [ɡen]  vt.& vi.获得

forgiveness 宽恕

poet 英 [ˈpəʊɪt]   美 [ˈpoʊət]  n.诗人

set off 出发

admire 英 [ədˈmaɪə(r)]   美 [ædˈmaɪr]  vt.欣赏;赞赏

apologize 英 [əˈpɒlədʒaɪz]   美 [əˈpɑ:lədʒaɪz]  vi.道歉

permission 英 [pəˈmɪʃn]   美 [pərˈmɪʃn]  n.允许

harvest 英 [ˈhɑ:vɪst]   美 [ˈhɑ:rvɪst]  n.收割

wipe 英 [waɪp]   美 [waɪp]  vt.擦

sadness 英 [ˈsædnəs]   美 [ˈsædnəs]  n.悲哀

remind themselves of 提醒某人

belief 英 [bɪˈli:f]   美 [bɪˈlif]  n.信，信任;

gather 英 [ˈgæðə(r)]   美 [ˈɡæðɚ]  vt.收集

parking lot 停车场

energetic 英 [ˌenəˈdʒetɪk]   美 [ˌenərˈdʒetɪk]  adj.精力充沛的

have fun with 玩得开心

all night long 整夜

as though 好像

beauty 英 [ˈbju:ti]   美 [ˈbjuti]  n.美人

dress up 打扮

clothing 英 [ˈkləʊðɪŋ]   美 [ˈkloʊðɪŋ]  n.服装

in memory of 作为对某人的纪念

hold one's breath 屏住气;

custom 英 [ˈkʌstəm]   美 [ˈkʌstəm]  n.习惯

bone 英 [bəʊn]   美 [boʊn]  n.骨头

rooster 英 [ˈru:stə(r)]   美 [ˈrustɚ]  n.公鸡

obvious 英 [ˈɒbviəs]   美 [ˈɑ:bviəs]  adj.明显的

The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its (1)            (arrive) for its religious origin.

Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept (2)            word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping. In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God. She admired God and kept apologizing. God (3)            (move). With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again. So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.

(4)            the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds (5)                parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they (6)               

(be) never tired. When a beauty (7)            (dress) up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of (8)            poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom (9)            the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.

Obviously, the story is not true, (10)            the festival is interesting.     

Answers:

1. arrival    2. their   3. was moved 

4. On     5. or   6. were    7. dressed     

 8. the     9. that        10. but