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.

句子講解:

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

在日本,人們每年都會(huì)過一次"亡靈節(jié)"。

語言點(diǎn)a Festival forsb.為了紀(jì)念某人的節(jié)日,如a Festival forQuyuan為了紀(jì)念屈原的節(jié)日。

2、This fesdval is a cheerful occasion, for onthis day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed bythe living.

這個(gè)節(jié)日是一個(gè)歡樂的日子,因?yàn)樵谶@一天,據(jù)說死去的`人都會(huì)回到他們的家里來,活著的人則對(duì)他們表示歡迎。

語言點(diǎn)a cheerfulloccasion 一個(gè)讓人歡樂的日子;sb. / sth. be saidto據(jù)說