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1. The agricultural feast takes place after the Independence Day.
- 翻译：农业盛会在独立日后举行。
- 生词：
- agricultural /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/ adj. 农业的
- feast /fiːst/ n. 盛宴，节日
- independence /ˌɪndɪˈpendəns/ n. 独立
2. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin.
- 翻译：它不是一个世界性的庆典。由于它的宗教起源，只有墨西哥的基督徒才盼着节日的到来。
- 生词：
- worldwide /ˈwɜːldwaɪd/ adj. & adv. 全世界的（地）
- celebration /ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/ n. 庆祝；庆典
- Christian /ˈkrɪstʃən/ n. 基督徒 adj. 基督教的
- religious /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/ adj. 宗教的
- origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/ n. 起源；出身
3. Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word.
- 翻译：很久以前，人类的祖先很坏。他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。
- 生词：
- ancestor /ˈænsestə(r)/ n. 祖先
- fool /fuːl/ v. 欺骗；愚弄 n. 愚人
- trick /trɪk/ n. 诡计；恶作剧 v. 欺骗
- keep one's word 遵守诺言
4. So God turned up and drowned all their crops.
- 翻译：于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。
- 生词：
- turn up 出现
- drown /draʊn/ v. 淹死；淹没
- crop /krɒp/ n. 庄稼；作物
5. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
- 翻译：人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。
- 生词：
- starve /stɑːv/ v. 挨饿；饿死
- day and night 日日夜夜
- weep /wiːp/ v. 哭泣
6. In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God.
- 翻译：为了获得上帝的原谅，一位女诗人出发去见上帝。
- 生词：
- gain /ɡeɪn/ v. 获得；赢得
- forgiveness /fəˈɡɪvnəs/ n. 原谅；宽恕
- poet /ˈpəʊɪt/ n. 诗人
- set off 出发；动身
7. She admired God and kept apologizing. God was moved. With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again.
- 翻译：她对上帝的赞美和怀有的歉意感动了上帝。有了他的允许，人类终于又获得了丰收。
- 生词：
- admire /ədˈmaɪə(r)/ v. 钦佩；赞美
- apologize /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ v. 道歉
- move /muːv/ v. 感动；移动
- permission /pəˈmɪʃn/ n. 允许；许可
- harvest /ˈhɑːvɪst/ n. 收获；收成 v. 收割
8. So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.
- 翻译：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。
- 生词：
- wipe /waɪp/ v. 擦；抹去
- sadness /ˈsædnəs/ n. 悲伤；忧伤
- remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ v. 提醒
- belief /bɪˈliːf/ n. 信仰；信念
9. On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired.
- 翻译：在节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，例如操场或停车场，通宵达旦地玩得非常开心，精力充沛的人们似乎不知疲倦。
- 生词：
- gather /ˈɡæðə(r)/ v. 聚集
- open air 露天
- playground /ˈpleɪɡraʊnd/ n. 操场
- parking lot 停车场
- energetically /ˌenəˈdʒetɪkli/ adv. 精力充沛地
- all night long 整夜
- as though 好像
10. When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
- 翻译：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。然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。
- 生词：
- beauty /ˈbjuːti/ n. 美人；美丽
- dress up 打扮
- clothing /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ n. 衣服
- in memory of 纪念
- hold one's breath 屏住呼吸
- custom /ˈkʌstəm/ n. 风俗；*惯
- rooster /ˈruːstə(r)/ n. 公鸡
- award /əˈwɔːd/ n. 奖品 v. 授予
11. Obviously, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.
- 翻译：很明显，这个故事不是真的，但是节日却很有趣。
- 生词：
- obviously /ˈɒbviəsli/ adv. 明显地
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