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Unit 14 Festivals Reading
第14单元 节日 阅读
THE BIRTH OF A FESTIVAL
节日的起源
You probably know that Christmas,
你也知道圣诞节，
the Spring Festival and Ramadan are important holidays in the world.
春节,和斋月是世界上较为重要的节日。
But have you heard about Kwanzaa?
可是你听说过宽扎文化节吗?
Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival
宽扎文化节是个为期7天的节日。
celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.
用以庆祝非裔美国人的文化和历史。
The week following Christmas Day,
在紧随圣诞节之后的一周里，
Many African American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past.
许多非裔美国家庭聚集在一起迎接新年回想过去。
African Americans have a long history and a rich culture,
非美国人历史悠久，文化丰富，
but Kwanzaa is a young holiday.
但是宽扎节是个年轻的节日。
Kwanzaa was born in 1966,
宽扎节起源于1966 年,
when people created a new festivalM.
卡伦加博士为了创立这个新节日。
so that African Americans would be able to celebrate their history and culture.
非裔美国人庆祝他们的历史和文化。
The people who created Kwanzaa used the word for "first fruit" in Swahili,
创立宽扎节的人们选择了斯瓦希里语中“初收果实”一词。
one of the largest languages in Africa.
非洲最大语言。
They chose the word
他们选择这个词
because there are many festivals in Africa called "first fruit" festivals.
因为在非洲有许多节日叫做“果实初收”节。
The African first-fruit festivals had many things in common:
非洲的果实初收节有许多共同之处：
people would get together to celebrate their harvest;
人们聚会庆祝丰收；
they used to give thanks for their harvests and for life:
他们感谢丰收,感谢生活：
they used to honour their ancestors,celebrate their past,
他们庆祝他们的祖先,他人们的过去，
and the group or society they lived in.
他们的种族或是他们的生活于其中的社会。
The festivals were a way to celebrate history and culture,
这些节日是礼赞历史和文化的一种方式，
as well as the new year.
也作为新年。
The people who created Kwanzaa
创立宽扎节的人们
liked the characteristics of the African festivals so much
对于非洲节日的特色喜欢之极。
that they used them to write the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.
他们把这些节日特色写成<<宽扎节七原则>>.
The seven principles are:Unity.
这七个原则是:统一。
We must build unity of family,community and nation.
我们必须建立统一的家庭，社会和国家。
Self-determination.We have to build our own lives,think for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
自治。我们必须建立起自己的生活,为我们自己而创造为自己仗义执言。
Living together. We should build our community and solve our problems together.
一起生活。我们必须建立自己的社区,共同解决我们的问题。
Working together. We should build and support our factories and shops.
一起工作。我们必须建立并支持自己的工厂和商店。
Purpose.We should remember our past and build our future.
目标.我们必须记住我们的过去,建设我们的末来。
We should honour our ancestors.
缅怀祖先，教育后代。
Creativity. We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful.
创造。我们应当尽最大努力使我们的社区更加美好。
Faith. We should believe in our family,our people,our teachers and our leaders.
信任。我们应当信任我们的家庭，我们的人民，我们的老师，还有我们的领袖。
People celebrate Kwanzaa from December 26 to January1.
人们庆祝宽扎节的时间是从12月26 日至元月1日。
The dates were chosen so that Kwanzaa begins the day after Christmas Day
这个日期的确定使得宽扎节从圣诞节后的第一天开始
and ends on New Year's Day.
到元旦的那一天结束。
This way,people who celebrate Kwanzaa can enjoy the spirit of the holidays
这样，庆祝宽扎节的人们就可以完全。
without all the commercial activities of Christmas.
抛开圣诞节的一切商业活动,尽情领略节日的欢乐。
Since Kwanzaa is a time for learning as well as joy,
因为宽扎节是一个感悟和喜庆的时刻，
people celebrate it by lighting a candle each day
因而人们的庆祝方式是每一天都点燃一支蜡烛
and discussing one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
讨论宽扎节七大原则中的一条。
The candle is usually lit by the youngest child in the family.
蜡烛一般由家庭中年龄最小点燃。
On the last day of Kwanzaa,
在宽扎节的最后一天，
family and friends gather to enjoy a large meal
家庭成员和友人要聚集起来吃大餐，
and to celebrate the new year.
以庆祝新年的到来。
Creating a new festival may seem an unusual way to celebrate history and culture,
创造一个新的节日看起来很不一样礼赞我们的历史和文化，
but we are in fact all creating new festivals every year.
但事实上，我们每年都在创造新的节日。
Each time we celebrate a festival it changes a little
每次庆祝节日都有一点点改变
and in that way we keep our culture alive.
就是以这种方式来保持我们的文化新活力。
The Spring Festival,Christmas,Ramadan,Kwanzaa
春节，圣诞节，斋月，宽扎节，
and all the other holidays and festivals
和其它的节日
help us understand who we are,
都在帮助我们弄明白我们是谁，
remember where we come from,and share our hopes for a happy future.
记住我们是从哪里来，并共同希冀幸福的未来。
| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| arrange | [ə'reindʒ] | 联想记忆 | ||
| community | [kə'mju:niti] | 联想记忆 | ||
| symbol | ['simbəl] | 联想记忆 | ||
| traditional | [trə'diʃənəl] | |||
| celebrated | ['selibreitid] | 联想记忆 | ||
| gather | ['gæðə] | |||
| creativity | [.kri:ei'tiviti] | 联想记忆 | ||
| commercial | [kə'mə:ʃəl] | 联想记忆 | ||
| reminder | [ri'maində] | |||
| solve | [sɔlv] |
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