美語情景對話 第356期:Easter Sunday 復活節

Easter is a holiday celebrated in March on the Sunday after the full moon, or on the Sunday after the first day of spring which I think is March 23rd. So it would be the Sunday after March 23rd.

復活節是在三月滿月後的週日慶祝的節日，或者說是在春分之後的週日，我想春分是在3月23日。所以復活節是在3月23日之後的週日。

Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That means the rebirth of Jesus Christ, when he was born again after his death. If you ask children, however, what Easter is all about, they will say that it is about Easter eggs and the Easter bunny. It's interesting this tradition comes from a non-Christian source.

復活節是基督教慶祝耶穌基督復活的節日。耶穌基督復活指耶穌在死後重生。如果你問孩子們什麼是復活節，他們會說是和復活節彩蛋和復活節兔子有關的節日。有意思的是這個傳統的起源是非基督教的。

A long time ago when non-Christians would celebrate the springtime, there is a story of a bird who had a broken wing and a magician turned him into a rabbit so he would be able to survive the winter better. And this rabbit was still able to lay eggs like a bird. So now they celebrate the Easter Bunny during springtime and we—children paint eggs and adults hide them and the children have to go find the eggs and put them in their Easter basket.

很久以前，非基督教人士會慶祝春令，有一個有關鳥的故事，有一隻鳥翅膀受傷了，而一個魔術師把這隻鳥變成了兔子，這樣它就能更順利地熬過冬天。而這隻兔子還能像鳥一樣下蛋。所以現在他們會在春令時分慶祝復活節兔子，而我們孩子就會在蛋上繪畫，成年人會把這些蛋藏起來，讓孩子們去找彩蛋，找到後放進復活節籃子裏。

重點講解：
1. come from
來自；始於；
eg. Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.
此一計劃除了導致失敗而外將一無所獲。
eg. Many idioms, for instance, come from favorite traditional British activities such as fighting, sailing and hunting.
譬如，很多成語起源於英國人鍾愛的傳統活動，如搏鬥、航海和狩獵。
2. a long time ago
很久以前；
eg. I'm afraid I can't remember, it was such a long time ago.
很抱歉，我想不起來了--那是很久以前的事了。
eg. A long time ago, in between the birds and beasts have taken place in a war.
很久以前，在鳥和獸之間發生了一場戰爭。
3. turn into
（使）變成；（使）成爲；
eg. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale.
在這個卡通童話裏王子變成了一隻青蛙。
eg. He soon turned his dreams to reality.
他不久便夢想成真了。