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分类: 外语/出国
问题描述:
Christmas Day
Christmas is a joyful religious holiday when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. To people all over the world, Christmas is a season of giving and receiving presents. In some European countries, Father Christmas, or Saint Claus, es into houses in the night and leaves gifts for the children. Saint Nicholas
is represented as a kindly man with a red cloak and long white beard.
Most children believe that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. All year he lists the names of children, both those who have been good and those who have been bad. He decides what presents to give to the good children. Each child hung a stocking, or sock, over the fireplace. Santa entered down the chimney and
left candy and presents inside the socks for the children. On the morning of Christmas day. Each child can"t wait to open his or her eyes to see what Santa has left in the stocking.
Christmas Cards
Another important custom of Christmas is to send and receive Christmas cards, which are meant to help express the sentiment of the season. Americans begin sending Christmas cards early in December to friends,
acquaintances, and co-workers. The post office advises customers to mail early in the season and avoid the Christmas rush. Some people heed the advice; others wait until the last minute and then are upset when their loved ones have not received the greeting card or the present which they sent.
解析:
(括号里是本人的题外话)翻译得不太通顺,不过大体意思应该可以明白吧…………
圣诞节
圣诞节是一个基督教徒庆祝耶苏诞辰的快乐的宗教假期,对于全世界的人来说,圣诞节是一个送出和收到礼物的季节,在一些欧洲国家,圣诞老人(称为Father Christmas, 或者Saint Claus)在夜里进入屋里,把礼物留给孩子们,圣尼古拉斯(好象是圣诞老人最早起源的名字,记不清楚了)被描述成一个友好的人,带者红斗篷长着长长的白胡子,大多数的孩子相信圣诞老人住在北极。一整年里,他记录所有孩子的名字,包括那些好的和不好的。他决定把礼物给好孩子。每个孩子把长筒袜,或短袜挂在火炉旁。圣,从烟囱进去,留下糖果和礼物在袜子里给孩子们
圣诞卡
圣诞节的另一个风俗就是发收圣诞贺卡,以用于表达这个季节的情感。美国人在12月初就给朋友.认识的人和co-workers(这个不知道)发贺卡。邮局建议顾客早点发贺卡,以躲过圣诞(发贺卡)高峰期。一些人留意这些建议;一些人等到最后一分钟,之后因为他们爱的人没有收到他们发送的问候贺卡或礼物而郁闷。