英语人教版九年级全册节日来历补充.docx

1、英语人教版九年级全册节日来历补充有关节日一 西方节日一览表：Western festivals: Advent (耶稣)降临节 Lady Day, Annunciation 天使报喜节(3月25日)Ascension Day 耶稣升天节(复活节后第四十日)Assumption 圣母升天节(8月15日)Candlemas 圣烛节(2月2日)New Year, New Years Day 新年(1月1日)Corpus Christi 圣体节Quadragesima 四旬节(四旬斋的第一个星期日)Lent 四旬斋,大斋期(复活节前的第四十个星期日)Low (或Quasimodo) Sunday, 复

2、活节后第一个星期日All Souls Day (天主教)万灵节(11月2日)(如遇星期日则顺延一天)Palm Sunday 棕枝全日(复活节前的星期日)Easter Sunday, Easter 复活节Epiphany, Twelfth Day 主显节(1月6日)day of obligation 每人需停止工作参加礼拜的日子Maundy Thursday 濯足星期四(耶稣受难节)Shrove Tuesday 忏悔节(四旬斋开始的前一天)Ash Wednesday 复活节前的第七个星期三Christmas 圣诞节(12月25日)Christmas Eve 圣诞前夕New Years Eve 新

3、年前夕Easter 复活节Whitsun, Whitsuntide 圣神降临周(复活节后的第七周,尤指前三天)Quinquagesima 四旬斋前的星期日Ramadan 斋?/PRogation Days 祈祷节(耶稣升天节的前三天)Sabbath 安息日Feast of the Sacred Heart 圣心节Midsummer Day 施洗约翰节(6月24日)Passion Week 复活节前第二周Holy Week 圣周(复活节前一周)Septuagesima 四旬斋前的第三个星期日Sexagesima 四旬斋前的第二个星期日Ember Days 四季节All Saints Day 万圣

4、节Trinity Sunday, Trinity 圣三主日(复活节后的第八个星期日)Good Friday 耶稣受难节Visitation 圣母往见节(7月2日)1. Mothers Day: A Celebration In Honor of All MothersMothers Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayon scribbled I Love Yous.The history of M

5、others DayThe earliest Mothers Day celebrations are traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600s, England celebrated a day called Mothering Sunday, celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent . Mothering Sunday honored the mothers of En

6、gland. During this time many of the Englands poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day

7、 with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch. As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the Mother Church - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church

8、 festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church. In the United States Mothers Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a nat

9、ional Mothers Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mothers Day on the second anniversary of her mothers death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mothers Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia. Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to minis

10、ters, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day. It was successful, by 1911 Mothers Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national holiday that was to be held each ye

11、ar on the 2nd Sunday of May. While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May.Richer Than Gol

12、d- Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)I had a mother who read me thingsThat wholesome life to the boy heart brings -Stories that stir with an upward touch,Oh, that each mother of boys were such! You may have tangible wealth untold;Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you can never be -I h

13、ad a mother who read to me.2. Holloween 西方节日 万圣节前夜 Halloween is a holiday observed 1 on the evening of October 31 in most areas of North America and in some areas of Western Europe. The word “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows Eve.” November 1, “All Hallows Day” (or “All Saints Day”), is a Catholic

14、（天主教的） festival observed in honour 2 of all saints. All Souls Day, observed on November 2 to help purify 3 the spirits of the dead, is also closely linked to Halloween. 北美的大部分和西欧部分地区在 10 月 31 日晚间庆祝万圣节前夜。英文“ Halloween ”一词源于“ All Hallows Eve ”。 11 月 1 日是万圣节，天主教纪念所有圣徒的节日。 11 月 2 日是万灵节，帮助所有死者净化灵魂的节日，与万圣

15、节前夜的关系也较密切。 Most Halloween customs are based on folk beliefs concerning supernatural （超自然的） forces and spirits of the dead. Halloween decorations （装饰） are typically images of supernatural beings such as witches, werewolves （狼人） , vampires, goblins （小妖怪） , and ghosts. Images thought to symbolize bad

16、omens 4 such as black cats, bats, owls and spiders are also commonly used as Halloween decorations. People once believed that ghosts roamed 5 the earth on Halloween. They also thought that all witches met on October 31 to worship 6 the Devil. Today, most people do not believe in ghosts or witches, but the