新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第96课(2)

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.

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3、As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.

因为预料到他们在长途旅行之后会感到饥俄,所以为他们摆放好了食品.

语言点 sth. be laid out for sb.某物为某人而摆放

4、Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.

人们把特制的灯笼挂在各家的`门外,以帮助这些亡灵找到回家的路。

语言点 to help the dead to find动词不定式作目的状语

5、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.

整个夜晚人们栽歌载舞。第二天清晨,人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔到河里或海里去。因为人们认为活人吃了这些东西会不吉利。