新概念英语二册Lesson 96 The dead return 亡灵返乡超详教案讲义笔记

 

Lesson 96     The dead return    亡灵返乡

 

【New words and expressions】（3）

festival   n. 节日

lantern   n. 灯笼

spectacle   n. 景象，壮观，场面

 

★festival   n. 节日

(1)    n. 喜庆，节日

eg. the Mid-Autumn Festival                       中秋节

the Spring Festival                           春节

They hold a festival on Independence Day.     他们在独立日举行庆典。

（中国的节日前加定冠词the，而西方的节日前通常不加定冠词。）

(2)    n. （定期举办的）文化性活动，…节

eg. Our school holds a musical festival every year.

    我们学校每年举办音乐节。

 

★lantern   n. 灯笼

(1)    n. 手提灯，提灯，灯笼

eg. light a lantern                               点亮提灯

a Chinese lantern                             中国灯笼

the Lantern Festival                          元宵节

(2)    n. 天窗

 

★spectacle   n. 景象，壮观，场面

(1)    n. 景象

eg. a fine spectacle                              绝佳的景象

a sad spectacle                               哀伤的景象

(2)    n. 壮观，奇观，壮观的场面

eg. The sunrise I saw from the top of Mt. Tai was a tremendous spectacle.

我从泰山上看到的日出真是蔚为奇观。

                                                                    spectacles    n. 眼镜

eg. a pair of spectacles                          一副眼镜

make a spectacle of oneself

穿上可笑的服装，做出让人取笑的行为，在人前出丑，出洋相

 

【Text】

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

参考译文

日本每年过一次“亡灵节”。这个节日是个欢乐的日子，因为在这一天，据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。因为预料到他们在经过长途旅行之后会感到饥饿，所以为他们摆放好了食品。特制的灯笼挂在各家的门外，为的是帮助亡灵看清道路。整个夜晚人们载歌载舞。一大早，人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔进河中或海里，因为人们认为活着的人吃了这些东西是不吉利的。在靠海的城镇中，头天夜里挂在大街小巷的小灯笼在节后就放在了水里。成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。这是一个感人的场面，人们成群地伫立在海岸上，注视着灯笼远去，直到再也看不见为止。

 

【课文讲解】

1、A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.

                                                                    the dead和the living均为“定冠词+形容词”结构，表示某类人。

the dead                                       死去的人

the living                                     活着的人

the poor                                       穷人

the rich                                       富人

                                                                    Festival for the Dead                           亡灵节

 

2、This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.

                                                                    be said                                         据说

 =  it is said that = it was said that

eg. 改动后的句子：It is said that the dead will return to their homes and they are

welcomed by the living.

                                                                    be welcomed                                     被欢迎