The Easter Holiday

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翻译：道韫

想必同学们平时都有听说过“片尾有彩蛋或文后有彩蛋”类似的表达吧！“彩蛋”一词源自西方复活节“找彩蛋”的游戏，在网络语言中，通常喻指有惊喜。本期，让我们一起来了解一下西方的这个重要的节日——复活节吧。

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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 ['krɪstjən] n. 基督徒

2) religious [rɪ'lɪdʒəs] adj. 宗教的

3) resurrection [,rezə'rekʃən] n. <宗>耶稣复活

4) bunny ['bʌnɪ] n. 兔子

5) worship ['wəːʃɪp] v. 敬奉

6) fertility [fəː'tɪlɪtɪ] n. 繁殖能力

7) represent [,riːprɪ'zent] v. 代表

8) therefore ['ðeəfɔː] adv. 因此

9) hatch [hætʃ] v. 孵化

10) giant ['dʒaɪənt] adj. 巨大的

11) originally [ə'rɪdʒənəlɪ] adv. 原来；起初

词组加油站

★bring back to life使复活

★link with...与……联系在一起

★be associated with与……有关

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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 ['ɒstrɪə] n. 奥地利

13) Slavic ['slævɪk]adj. 斯拉夫人的

14) decorate ['dekəreɪt] v. 装饰

参考译文

1. 春天是万象更新、花木复苏的季节。“我找到一个了！我找到一个了！”春天也是庆祝复活节的时节。

2. 对基督徒而言，复活节是一个宗教节日。耶稣被杀三天后就复活了。复活节就是庆祝耶稣重获新生的节日。

3. 然而，如今，庆祝复活节的已不仅仅是基督徒了。Easter这个名字从何而来？兔子和鸡蛋又和复活节有什么关联呢？

4. Easter这个名字源自女神厄俄斯特（Eostre）。在春天，人们会举办庆典敬奉厄俄斯特。厄俄斯特在人间的象征就是兔子。

5. 厄俄斯特或复活节和兔子象征着繁殖能力。繁殖能力就是生育很多后代的能力。由于兔子代表着生命力，因此兔子和复活节彩蛋便联系在了一起。

6. 复活节彩蛋是繁殖能力和新生的象征。与鸡蛋相关的风俗和传统很多。在某些文化里，人们甚至认为地球孵化自一个巨蛋！

7. 最初，复活节彩蛋用鲜亮的颜色上色，因为鲜亮的颜色代表春天。而现在人们按照自己的喜好给鸡蛋上色。

8. 在希腊，复活节彩蛋是红色的，红色代表耶稣的血；德国的某些地方和奥地利的彩蛋是绿色的；而斯拉夫人则用金银色图案装饰鸡蛋。

9. 晚上待孩子们入睡后，父母会把彩蛋藏起来。对此，孩子们并不知情。他们以为是复活节兔子晚上来过。

10. 复活节当天早上，孩子们会开展寻找彩蛋的游戏，孩子们玩得可开心了。有时候，找到最多彩蛋的孩子会有奖品。奖品只是其次，关键是，大家都乐在其中。

11. 此外，有些国家会在复活节那天举行滚彩蛋比赛。彩

蛋滚得最远者获胜。

12. 复活节对于一家老小都是个欢乐的节日，也是庆祝生命的节日。

名师考点小结

1. come back to life意为“死而复生；苏醒过来，复活”。

Everything seems to come back to life in spring.

在春天，万物似乎都苏醒了。

2. have a good time意为“玩得高兴”，have a good time=have a nice time=have a great time=have a wonderful time，与have fun、 enjoy oneself同义。

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

Kn ow More

1.Easter复活节（主复活日）是西方的一个重要节日，为每年春分月圆之后第一个星期日。基督徒认为，复活节象征着重生与希望，为纪念耶稣基督于公元30到33年之间被钉死在十字架之后第三天复活的日子。如果月圆那天刚好是星期天，复活节则顺延一星期。因而复活节可能在3月22日至4月25日之间的任何一天，而今年的复活节正好是4月1日。

3.Easter Lily，在复活节这一天，到处都可以见到漂亮的百合花的影子，特别是白色的铁炮百合花，其在基督教中被视为“复活之花”，代表着基督徒心中的纯洁与神圣，绝对是复活节中不可缺少的花卉，所以它的英文名字也就叫作Easter Lily。

2.Good Friday，复活节前的星期五被称为Good Friday，是为纪念耶稣受难日。

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[寻找彩蛋]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[有斑点的]look.

Susan: It sounds a good idea.