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1、高考英语《流行话题语境识词4500》Unit101 EasterDayTraditions素材Unit101 EasterDayTraditions EasterDayiscommonlyobservedonthefirstSundayafterthefullmoonthatoccursbetweenMarch22andApril25.ItisareligiousholidaythatcommemoratestheresurrectionofJesusChristthreedaysafterhisdeathbycrucif
2、ixionsome2,000yearsago.ForChristians,Easterisadayofreligiousservicesandthegatheringoffamily.InmanychurchesEasterisprecededbyaseasonofprayer,abstinence,andfasting.Thisisobservedinmemoryofthe40days'fastofChristinthedesert. TheEasterBunny,apopularimageoftheholiday,ori
3、ginatedwiththehare,anancientsymbolforthemoon.Accordingtolegend,thebunnywasoriginallyalarge,handsomebirdbelongingtoEostre,theGoddessofSpring.Shechangedthebirdintoarabbit,whichexplainswhytheEasterbunnybuildsanestandfillsitwithcoloredeggs. Theeggisanotherpopularsymbol
4、ofEaster.EggsweredyedandeatenduringsprigfestivalsinancientEgypt,Persia,GreeceandRome.coloredeggswerenotassociatedwithEasteruntilthe15thcentury. TheEasterSunriseServicecustomcanbetracedbacktotheancientPagancustomofwelcomingthesunGodwhendaytimeisabouttoexceedthelengt
5、hofthenighttime.Itwasatimeto"celebratethereturnoflifeandreproductiontoanimalandplantlifeaswell." AtthefeastofEostre,anoxwassacrificed.Theox'shornsbecameasymbolforthefeast.Theywerecarvedintotheritualbread.Thusoriginatedthe"hotcrossbuns."Theword"buns"isderivedfromthe
6、Saxonword"boun"whichmeans"sacredox". Manysuperstitionsgrewoutofthiscustom--acrossbunkeptfromoneGoodFridaytothenextwasthoughttobringluck,thebunsweresupposedtoserveasacharmagainstshipwreck,andhangingabunoverthechimneypieceensuredthatallbreadbakedtherewouldbeperfect.A
7、notherbeliefwasthateatinghotcrossbunsonGoodFridayservedtoprotectthehomefromfire.Today,thesymbolofasymmetricalcross,markedwithwhiteicingisusedtodecoratethebuns;thecrossrepresentsthemoon,theheavenlybodyassociatedwiththeGoddess. Thewhitelily,thesymboloftheresurrection
8、,isthetypicalEasterflower.Thewhitelilystandsforpurity.ArtistsforcenturieshavepicturedtheangelGabrielcomingtotheVirginMarywithasprayoflilie
