A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

句子講解:

3、As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.

因?yàn)轭A(yù)料到他們?cè)陂L(zhǎng)途旅行之后會(huì)感到饑俄,所以為他們擺放好了食品.

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sth. be laid out for sb.某物為某人而擺放

4、Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.

人們把特制的燈籠掛在各家的`門外,以幫助這些亡靈找到回家的路。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) to help the dead to find動(dòng)詞不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)

5、All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.

整個(gè)夜晚人們?cè)愿栎d舞。第二天清晨,人們便把為死者擺放的食品扔到河里或海里去。因?yàn)槿藗冋J(rèn)為活人吃了這些東西會(huì)不吉利。