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11 An Interesting Festival
11 有趣的节日
The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day.
农业盛会在独立日后举行。
It is not a worldwide celebration.
它不是一个世界性的庆典。
Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin:
只有墨西哥的基督徒才盼着节日的到来，因为它的宗教起源：
Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏。
They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word.
他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。
So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。
In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God.
为了获得上帝的原谅，一位女诗人出发去见上帝。
She admired God and kept apologizing. God was moved.
她赞美上帝，不断表示歉意。上帝被感动了。
With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again.
有了他的允许，人类终于又获得了丰收。
So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.
因此，为了抹去忧伤并提醒自己对上帝的信仰，人们开始举办这个节日。
On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots,
在节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，例如操场或停车场，
and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired.
通宵达旦地玩得非常开心，精力充沛的人们似乎不知疲倦。
When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone
holds their breath.
当一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮的美女朗读诗歌以纪念那位诗人时，在场的每个人都屏住了呼
吸。
Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。
Obviously, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.
很明显，这个故事不是真的，但是节日却很有趣。
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Vocabulary 词汇表
1. agricultural / ɡr k lt r l/ [农业的；农艺 26. admire / d ma r/ [钦佩；赞美；欣赏]
的] 27. apologize / p l d a z/ [道歉；谢罪]
2. feast /fi st/ [盛宴；宴会；节日] 28. permission /p m n/ [允许；许可]
3. take place /te k ple s/ [发生；举行] 29. harvest / hɑ rv st/ [收获；收割；收成]
4. independence / nd pend ns/ [独立；自主] 30. wipe /wa p/ [擦；抹；拭]
5. worldwide / w ldwa d/ [全世界的；世界范 31. sadness / s dn s/ [悲伤；忧愁]
围内的] 32. remind sb. of sth. /r ma nd s mb di v
6. celebration / sel bre n/ [庆祝；庆典] st mθ / [提醒某人某事]
7. Christian / kr st n/ [基 du 教的；基 du 教 33. belief /b li f/ [信念；信仰]
tu] 34. gather / ɡ r/ [聚集；收集；搜集]
8. Mexico / m ks ko / [墨西哥] 35. parking lot / pɑ rk l t/ [停车场]
9. look forward to /l k f rw rd tu / [期待；盼 36. energetically / en r d et kli/ [充满活力
望] 地；精力充沛地]
10. arrival / ra v l/ [到达；到来] 37. have fun with /h v f n w / [玩得开心；
11. religious /r l d s/ [宗教的；信仰的] 享受乐趣]
12. origin / r d n/ [起源；源头] 38. all night long / l na t l / [整夜；一整夜]
13. ancestor / ns st r/ [祖先；祖宗] 39. as though / z o / [好像；仿佛]
14. fool /fu l/ [傻瓜；愚人；愚弄] 40. beauty / bju ti/ [美丽；美好]
15. play tricks on /ple tr ks n/ [捉弄；戏弄] 41. dress up /dr s p/ [打扮；盛装]
16. keep one’s word /ki p w nz w rd/ [遵守 42. clothing / klo / [服装；衣服]
诺言；信守承诺] 43. in memory of / n m m ri v/ [纪念；为了
17. turn up /t rn p/ [出现；到达；开大声音] 纪念]
18. drown /dra n/ [淹死；淹没；呛死] 44. hold one’s breath /ho ld w nz br θ/ [屏
19. starve /stɑ rv/ [饿死；挨饿；饥饿] 息；屏气]
20. day and night /de nd na t/ [日夜；昼夜] 45. custom / k st m/ [习俗；风俗；惯例]
21. weep /wi p/ [哭泣；流泪] 46. bone /bo n/ [骨头；骨骼]
22. gain /ɡe n/ [获得；增加；收益] 47. rooster / ru st r/ [公鸡；雄鸡]
23. forgiveness /f r ɡ vn s/ [宽恕；原谅] 48. award / w rd/ [奖励；授予]
24. poet / po t/ [诗人；文学家] 49. obviously / bv sli/ [明显地；显然地]
25. set off /s t f/ [启程；出发；引爆]
Morphology 构词法
Prefixes & Suffixes 前后缀
(1) -al: agricultural / ɡr k lt r l/ 农业的，cultural / k lt r l/ 文化的，natural / n t r l/ 自
然的
(2) -ence: independence / nd p nd ns/ 独立， confidence / k nf d ns/ 自信， difference
/ d f r ns/ 区别
(3) -wide: nationwide / ne nwa d/ 全国范围的，worldwide / w ldwa d/ 全球范围的
(4) -al: arrival / ra v l/ 到达，survival /s va v l/ 幸存，proposal /pr p z l/ 提案
(5) -ness: forgiveness /f ɡ vn s/ 宽恕，correctness /k rekt n s/ 正确性，greatness / ɡre tn s/ 伟
大
(6) -ize: apologize / p l d a z/ 道歉，emphasize / mf sa z/ 强调，legalize / li ɡ la z/ 合法化
(7) -sion: permission /p m n/ 允许， intermission / nt m n/ 中场休息， discussion
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/d sk n/ 讨论
(8) -ly: lovely / l vli/ 可爱的，friendly / fr ndli/ 友好的，likely / la kli/ 可能的
(9) -y: memory / m m ri/ 记忆，victory / v kt ri/ 胜利，community /k mju n ti/ 社区
(10) -th: breath /br θ/ 呼吸，depth /d pθ/ 深度，truth /tru θ/ 真相
Etymology 词源学
Root Word 词根
-mis/mit-=send 发送派送
(1) mission=mis+sion=send+act / m n/ 派送行为，使命，任务
(2) Mission Impossible / m n m p s bl/ 碟中谍（不可能完成的使命）
(3) missionary=mission+ary=send+person / m n ri/ 派送人员，肩负使命的人，传教士
(4) vision-visionary / v n/ 有远见的人，secret-secretary / si kr t/ 秘书，dignity-dignitary / d
ɡn t / 贵人，要人
(5) dismiss=dis+mis=away+send /d s m s/ 送走，解散，排除
(6) missile / m sa l/ 投掷物，导弹
(7) intermission=inter+mission=between+mission / nt m n/ 任务中间的间隙，中场休息
(8) emit=ex+mit=out+send / m t/ 派送出去，发射出去，发出
(9) omit / m t/ 遗漏，排除 （谐音：饿没它，没了，就排除掉）
(10) remit=re+mit=back+send /r m t/ 派送回来，寄回，减刑
(11) submit=sub+mit=under+send /s b m t/ 呈递，提交，顺从
(12) permit=per+mit=through+send /p m t/ 允许
(13) commit=com+mit=together+send /k m t/ 承诺，致力
(14) commission /k m n/ 调查团，佣金
(15) transmit=trans+mit=across+send /tr ns m t/ 传送，传输
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