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 C:    The Day of the Dead has arrived All Soul’s
        Dayand All Saint’s Day!

 A:    Your neighbor is crazy. Why is he screaming that?

 B:    Because today is the first of November the Day of
       the Dead

 A:    Oh, that’s right.

 B:    This is a very special day among many cultures
       around the world especially in Latin America

 A:    Seriously? I thought it was just like any other day,
       except for the fact that people visit the cemetery¹
       and remember their loved ones.
 B:    Well, that’s just part of it People across the world
       celebrate in different ways In Mexcio for example
       it’s common to see people building private altars
       honoring the deceasedusing sugar skulls², prepar-
       ing the favorite foods and beverages³ of the de-
       parted and visiting graves with these as gifts. In
       the Philippines, the tombs are cleaned or re-
       painted, candles are lit and flowers are offered
       Entire families camp out in cemeteries⁴ .and some-
       times spend a night or two near their relatives’
       tombs!

 A:    Whoa! That’sscary! I don’t know if I could do that!

 B:    Why? We should fear the living, not the dead .
 

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 skulls   

颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜

参考例句：

• One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
• We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

3 beverages   

n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
• regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例

4 cemeteries   

n.（非教堂的）墓地，公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句