美国小学英语教材4:第217课 后记

A BACKWARD LOOK

后记

Each holiday has its own special kind of celebration.

每个节日都有自己独特的庆祝活动。

Christmas means giving and receiving presents.

圣诞节意味着送出并接受礼物。

On birthdays we make others happy with presents and best wishes.

在生日那天，我们用礼物和美好的祝愿让别人开心。

Thanksgiving makes us think of a feast¹ of good things to eat.

感恩节让我们想到了一顿美食盛宴。

Fourth of July calls to mind fireworks, games, and parades.

七月四日，让人们想起烟花、游戏和游行。

What a sad world this would be without holidays!

如果没有假期，这将是一个多么悲伤的世界！

But there is something more to a holiday than these things we do: there is a spirit, or feeling, that we should have.

但是，假期中还有比我们所做的这些更重要的事情：我们应该持有一种精神或一种感觉。

Turn back to page 319 and read the last two lines of the little poem there.

回到第319页，读那页上那首小诗的最后两行。

Where must Christmas really begin?

圣诞节到底从何开始？

Who in these stories did not have Christmas in his heart?

这些故事中的人物，谁心中没有圣诞节呢？

The Cratchit were poor, and Father and Mother Cratchit were worried about Tiny Tim's health; but they were happy on Christmas.

克拉特基特一家非常贫穷，父母都担心小提姆的健康；但他们在圣诞节这天过得非常开心。

There was Christmas in their hearts.

圣诞节在他们心中。

How did the Pilgrims² show, on the first day of their festival, that Thanksgiving was in their hearts?

在感恩节庆祝的第一天，朝圣者如何表现出他们心中的节日？

On the Fourth of July, what spirit should you have in your heart?

在七月四日这一天，你心中应该抱持怎样的精神？

Of course your family celebrated³ Christmas for you when you were just a baby.

当你还是个孩子时，你的家人都会为你庆祝圣诞节。

You probably received rattles⁴ and other toys, but you did not know what it all meant.

你可能收到了拨浪鼓和其他玩具，但你不知道这一切意味着什么。

Can you tell the true meaning of some of the holidays now?

你现在能说出一些假期的真正含义吗？

If you will turn to page 374, you will find a list of books that have some other good stories about holidays.

如果你翻到第374页，会发现一个书目，里面是有关假期的其他有趣的故事。

You would enjoy reading them.

你会喜欢阅读它们的。

1 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！

2 pilgrims   

香客，朝圣者( pilgrim的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca 前往麦加的穆斯林朝圣者
• Many pilgrims knelt piously at the shrine. 许多朝圣者心虔意诚地在神殿跪拜。

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

4 rattles   

（使）发出格格的响声， （使）作嘎嘎声( rattle的第三人称单数 )； 喋喋不休地说话； 迅速而嘎嘎作响地移动，堕下或走动； 使紧张，使恐惧

参考例句：

• It rattles the windowpane and sends the dog scratching to get under the bed. 它把窗玻璃震得格格作响，把狗吓得往床底下钻。
• How thin it is, and how dainty and frail; and how it rattles. 你看它够多么薄，多么精致，多么不结实；还老那么哗楞哗楞地响。