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1、The Easter11届商贸英语 2班 09 陈娟09 陈娟Some brief introduction of the Easter Easter (Greek: ) is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.1 According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day from his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this
2、 resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday09 陈娟(also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between 26 and 36 AD. Easter also refers to the season of the
3、church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season. Easter also marks the end of Lent, a season of fasting, prayer and penance.09 陈娟 Date：The old dictionaries say,“ Easter, anniversary (周年纪纪念)of the Resurrection of Christ, observed on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March.“ So, eve
4、ry year, the festival is between 22 March and 25 April. 1。日期：旧的字典说说，“复活节节，纪纪念日（周 年纪纪念）复活的基督，观观察一个满满月后的第一个星期日 后21日。” 所以，每一年，节节日之间间的22日和四月25。09 陈娟 2Legend：We all know the legend about the Jesus Resurrection. But theres an another legend. Its said that Lord( another name is Baal巴力神) had a sister called
5、 Easter who was born from a swans egg. Lord found the egg and a bunny hatched(孵化) from it. Then the bunny grew up and became a beauty Easter. She had once saved Lords life. 2legend：我 们们所知道的传说传说 有关耶稣稣的复活。但有一个传说传说 。据说说 上帝（的另一个名字是巴力巴力神）有个妹妹叫复活节谁节谁 是天生的从天鹅鹅蛋。主发现鸡发现鸡 蛋和兔子孵化（孵化）从 它。然后兔子长长成了一个美丽丽的复活节节。她曾经经
6、救了主 人的生命。09 陈娟The custom of the Easter The custom of the Easter egg hunt, folklore tells us, was started by a German duchess. It was said the brightly decorated eggs were left by the Easter rabbit for the country children, who made a game of finding the eggs. 09 陈娟 Customs：Children usually have pain
7、ted egg- shape chocolates to eat and they can get surprising gifts from the stores or find a basket of painted eggs under the trees in the park. People will clean their rooms thoroughly. It means that the new life starts. Easter bunnies are also popular. Because they multiply quickly, people regard
8、them as the creators of new lives. Adults will tell children that the little bunnies hatched from the painted eggs. 3customs ：孩子们们都有彩绘绘蛋形巧克力吃，他们们在公园里能得到 意外的礼物从商店或找到一篮篮子鸡鸡蛋在树树下。人们们打扫扫 他们们的房间彻间彻 底。这这意味着新生活的开始。复活节节兔子 也很受欢欢迎。因为为他们们迅速繁殖，人们们把它们们作为创为创 造 者的新生活。对对于孩子们们来说说，没有比复活节节彩蛋或巧 克力蛋。09 陈娟Easter eggs The
9、 most elaborate Easter eggs are not even real eggs. A Russian jeweler, Carl Faberge, made his eggs out of gold, silver and jewels. The eggs opened to show tiny figures of people, animals, plants or buildings. The Russian emperor gave these eggs as gifts.09 陈娟09 陈娟Easter egg hunt The custom of the Ea
10、ster egg hunt, folklore tells us, was started by a German duchess. It was said the brightly decorated eggs were left by the Easter rabbit for the country children, who made a game of finding the eggs. 寻寻找复活节节彩蛋的习习俗，据民间传说间传说 ，是由 一位德国公爵夫人兴兴起的。据说说，五彩缤纷缤纷 的彩蛋是复 活节节兔子为乡为乡 村的孩子们们留下的。孩子们们把找蛋作为为一 种游戏戏。 09 陈
11、娟Easter Rabbits The Easter Bunny is the modern version of a very old Easter symbol. The hare, a larger relative of the rabbit, was an animal sacred to the goddess Easter. 09 陈娟09 陈娟 The custom of wearing new clothes on Easter began around 300 A.D., around the time of Constantine, the first Christian
12、 emperor. He decreed that members of his court should wear their finest clothes on Easter. 在复活节穿新衣服的习俗是在公元后300年左右开始的， 大约在第一个基督徒皇帝康斯坦丁的时代。他下令在复活 节那天朝臣们都得穿最好的衣服。09 陈娟The Story of Easter Easter(Easter Day, or Easter Sunday复活节) is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrat
13、ed as the religious holiday commemorating the death and resurrection(复活) of Jesus Christ. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends. Traditions associated with the festival survive(持续流 传) in the Easter rabbit(复活节兔子，它会带彩蛋给乖巧 小孩), a symbol of fertility(繁殖力), and in colored Easter eg
14、gs(复活节彩蛋), originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg(or Easter eggs given as presents at Easter) rolling contests or given as gifts 09 陈娟 The Christian celebration of Easter embodies(包含) a number of converging(集合在一起) traditions with emphasis on
15、 the relation of Easter to the Jewish(犹太 人的) festival of Passover(逾越节纪念犹太人自埃及 获得自由的节日), another name used by Europeans for Easter. Passover is an important feast in the Jewish calendar(犹太曆) which is celebrated for 8 days and commemorates the flight and freedom of the Israelis(犹太人) from slavery in Eg
16、ypt. Easter is observed(庆祝)by the churches of the West on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or following the spring equinox(春分， March 2I). So Easter became a “movable“(可以改变日 期的) feast which can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 09 陈娟 Christian churches in the East which were closer to the birthplace of the new religion and in whic
