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如何用英語介紹美國的節日

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如何用英語介紹美國的節日
  如何用英語介紹美國的節日

1.情人節

Valentine's Dayis a saints day commemorating Saint Valentine on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

2. 復活節

Easter, Pascha, or Resurrection Day,is an important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33.

3.感恩節

In the United States,Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Dayis an annual one-day holiday to give thanks to God,for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November ( The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day is often collectively referred to as the "holiday season," and the holiday itself is often nicknamed Turkey Day. Thanksgiving is generally considered a secular holiday, and is not directly based in religious canon or dogma.

4.聖誕節

Christmas,also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday falling on December 25 or January 6,that honors and celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the transcultural Western calendar, has been determined by modern historians as having occurred between 8–4 BC, and is traditionally told to have taken place in a stable within the city of Bethlehem.

5.萬聖節

Halloween, or Hallowe'en,is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day",[1] which is now also known as All Saints' Day. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.

6.母親節

Mother's Dayis a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. Mothers often receive gifts on this day.

7.父親節

Father's Dayis a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

8.愚人節

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day,though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. In some countries, April Fools' jokes (also called "April Fools") are only made before noon on 1 April.

  美國的節日

1、元旦節(New Years Day), 每年1月1日慶祝新的一年開始。人們舉辦各種各樣的新年晚會,到處可以聽到"辭舊迎新"的鐘聲,

2、聖瓦倫丁節(St. Valentines Day ),每年2 月14日, 是3世紀殉教的聖徒聖瓦倫丁逝世紀念日。情人們在這一天互贈禮物,故又稱"情人節" (the lovers day)。

3、華盛頓誕辰 (George Washingtons Birthday),每年2月22日,慶祝華盛頓誕辰,為美國的聯邦假日。

4、復活節(Easter Day, Easter Sunday),一般在每年春分後月圓第一個星期天, 約在3月7日左右。 該節是慶祝基督 ( Jesus Christ)的復活,過節人們吃復活節彩蛋( Easter Eggs),為美國的聯邦假日。

5、愚人節(April Fools Day), 每年4月1日, 該節出自於慶祝 "春分點" (Venal equinox)的`來臨, 在 4月1日受到惡作劇愚弄的人稱為"四月愚人" (April Fools)。

6、母親節(Mothers Day), 每年5月份的第2 個星期日,政府部門和各家門口懸掛國旗, 表示對母親的尊敬。在家裡,兒女們和父親給母親買些禮物或做些家務

7、父親節(Fathers Day), 每年6月份的第3 個星期天,表示對父親的尊敬。 在家裡,兒女們和母 親給父親買些禮物。

8、國慶節(Independence Day), 每年7月4日,慶祝美國建國,為美國的聯邦假日。

9、萬聖節 (Halloween;Eve of All Saints Day), 每年10月31日,孩子們多化裝成鬼, 打著燈籠或點燃篝火盡情地玩耍。

10、感恩節 (Thanks giving Day),每年11月最後一個星期四,幹且上帝所賜予的秋收,為美國的聯邦假日。