新世纪大学英语第三册快速阅读-课文翻译.doc

新世纪大学英语第三册快速阅读 课文翻译UNIT one1.How Is New Year's Day Celebrated Around the World?Celebrating New Year's Day is one of the oldest and most exciting customs around the world. Ringing church bells, blowing horns and ear-piercing shrieks echo throughout the world on this festive day. Whether visiting relatives or watching New Year's Day parades at home on the TV, welcoming the New Year is always a time of entertainment, celebration and resolution. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year's Day is thought of as a perfect time for a "clean start" or New Year's resolutions. People worldwide resolve to act better in the year just beginning than in the year just ended. No day has ever been observed on so many different dates or in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.While many people in the United States observe New Year's Day on January 1st by throwing parties late into the night on the eve of December 31st, people in China celebrate this holiday for several days between January 17th and February 19th, at the time of the new moon. Lanterns illuminate the streets as the Chinese use thousands of lanterns to "light the way" for the New Year. The Chinese believe that evil spirits roam the earth at the New Year, so they let off firecrackers to scare off the spirits and seal their windows and doors with paper to keep the evil demons out. In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar are set afire and then rolled down the streets. This ritual symbolizes that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. New Year's Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Greece. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year's Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who was famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts. The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is a holy time when Jews recall the things they have done wrong in the past, and then promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the synagogues, children are given new clothes and New Year loaves are baked to remind people of harvest time. Iran's New Year's Day, which is in March, celebrates not only the beginning of the new year according to the solar calendar, but also bahar, "the beginning of spring."On New Year's Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated with pine branches and bamboo — symbols of long life. In European countries such as Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In Italy, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year's Day.1.世界各地如何庆祝元旦？庆祝元旦是全世界历史最悠久，最令人兴奋的习俗之一。

振铃教堂的钟声，吹角和刺耳的尖叫声回响在世界各地在这喜庆的日子无论是探亲或者看元旦游行在家里的电视上，迎接新年总是娱乐，庆祝活动和解决问题的时间由于这个节日标志着一年的开始，元旦被认为是一个完美的时间为“干净启动”或新年的决议全世界的人们下定决心，采取行动在今年更好刚开始比在刚刚结束的一年没有一天曾经被观察到这么多不同的日期，或在这么多不同的方式在世界各地，各国有自己的什么新年意味着给他们特殊的信仰虽然很多人在美国已故扔当事人到深夜的1月1日观察元旦12月31日前夕，中国人庆祝这个节日为1月17日和2月19日之间的天数，在新月的时候灯笼照亮街道作为中国人用灯笼十万到“点燃方式”为新年中国人相信，邪灵漫游地球在新的一年，所以他们放鞭炮吓跑了烈酒和密封的门窗纸，以保持恶魔出来在苏格兰，新年被称为除夕夜在苏格兰的村庄，焦油桶被放火，然后滚落街头这个仪式象征着旧的一年燃烧起来，新一被允许进入元旦也是圣巴西尔在希腊的节日孩子们把鞋子脱了新年的炉边一天，希望圣徒罗勒，谁是著名的为他的好意，会来填补他们的鞋子相赠犹太新年被称为犹太新年这是一个神圣的时候，犹太人回忆起他们在做错事过去，然后答应做更好的未来。

特殊服务在会堂里举行，孩子们得到的新衣服新年面包是烤提醒收获时间的人伊朗的元旦，这是在三月份，庆祝不仅是新的一年的开始根据太阳日历，也巴哈尔，“立春”在元旦在日本，每个人都被穿上了新衣服和家庭装饰用松枝和竹 - 长寿的象征在欧洲国家，如意大利，葡萄牙和荷兰，家庭开始新的一年，首先参加教会服务随后，他们参观的朋友和亲戚在意大利，男孩和女孩收到钱元旦礼物2.Japanese Social EtiquetteThere are many customs and social etiquette to appreciate in Japan. Here is some general advice which might be helpful when you first arrive. Never address individuals by their given name. The word "san" is added to the last name to show proper respect. Dress is relatively formal and the word "no" is never heard in public. Eye contact is to be avoided and the Japanese do not like casual body contact. Shoes are never worn inside the home. They are removed at the entrance, which is often a small room called a genkan, inside the front door. Slippers may be worn in the house although they are never worn on a tatami, the straw mats traditionally used in sleeping and dining areas. Inside the home or office slippers are often changed when entering a restroom to "toilet slippers." Generally feet are kept out of sight. Do not put them on a desk or coffee table. The most senior person or the guest of honor sits furthest from the door. The seniority may be social status, so always just observe and wait to be told where to be seated. It is polite to pour drinks such as beer, sake or tea for others, not for yourself. Avoid groups of four in gifts or fruit, as the Japanese character for "four" is associated with death. Greetings in Japan take the form of a long, low bow. Bowing is complex in Japan, and the an。