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Lesson 96 The dead return亡灵返乡

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle,for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

参考译文

日本每年过一次亡灵节。这个节日是个欢乐的日子，因为在这一天，据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。因为预料到他们在经过长途旅行之后会感到饥饿，所以为他们摆放好了食品。特制的灯笼挂在各家的门外，为的是帮助亡灵看清道路。整个夜晚人们载歌载舞。一大早，人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔进河中或海里，因为人们认为活着的人吃了这些东西是不吉利的。在靠海的城镇中，头天夜里挂在大街小巷的小灯笼在节后就放在了水里。成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。这是一个感人的场面，人们成群地伫立在海岸上，注视着灯笼远去，直到再也看不见为止。

词汇和短语

festival n. 节日
lantern n. 灯笼
spectacle n. 景象，壮观，场面

1.This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.

the dead are said to可以换种形式表达：It is said that the dead would return to ...

2.As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.

lay out陈设; 展开

例句：She laid out all her new clothes on the bed.
她把她所有的新衣服都摊开在床上。

The goods for sale were attractively laid out.
供出售的商品都陈列了出来, 极引人注目。

3.This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

no more和no longer区别

1)强调的不同

no more=not any more
强调程度和次数上不再，主要用来表示数量和程度，一般常修饰短暂性动词，指某动作不再重复发生。
no longer=not any longer
强调时间和距离上不再， 它一般修饰延续性动词，表示某个动作或状态不再延续下去。

2)no more mo longer与not any more ,not any longer在句中位置不同

no more和no longer一般要放在行为动词前，be动词后，而not…any more和not…any longer则要放在助动词和be动词后。

例：

You are no longer a child. = You aren’t a child any longer.
He no longer lives here. = He doesn’t live here any longer.
The baby no more cried. = The baby didn’t cry any more
He is no more a student. = He is not a student any more
He is no more angry with me =he is not angry with me any more

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