發表日期 2016-06-08T16:04:41+08:00
又到瞭一年一度的端午節,除瞭劃龍舟、包粽子、掛艾草、喝雄黃酒等民間習俗,你知道「立蛋」可以帶來好運嗎?立蛋的由來又是甚麼呢?這個看似簡單其實不易的民間習俗,到底該在甚麼時候、甚麼地點最容易達成呢?點擊下方《子璿教英文》新聞英文--「掌握小秘訣 端午立蛋很簡單」,一邊學英文、一邊讓子璿老師告訴你立蛋小秘訣喔!!
●Dragon Boat Festival – Egg Standing Contests
端午節—立蛋大賽
●The Dragon Boat Festival is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is traditionally an unlucky month. To ensure luck for the coming year, people compete in egg standing contests. It is believed that making an egg stand on this day, especially at mid-day, will bring luck.
端午節的農曆五月初五,傳統上被認為是不吉利的月份,因為太熱瞭。為瞭確保來年的好運,人們競相舉辦立蛋比賽。在端午節立蛋被認為會帶來好運,特彆是在正中午。
●Can You Really Make an Egg Stand Up?
你真的可以讓一個雞蛋站起來嗎?
●It is possible to make the egg-stand up; though many people try to cheat by tampering with the eggs. Taking a raw egg and placing it straight up is doable though an urban legend claims it is only possible on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
蛋是有可能站立的;盡管很多人試圖用煮熟的蛋、或破壞雞蛋來作弊。拿一個生雞蛋,並將它直立是可行的,雖然民間傳說宣稱,隻有在夏至是可行的,也就是一年之中白天最長的那一天。
●However, you can make the egg stand straight up any day you choose by just being patient and carefully setting it on a flat surface.
然而任何一天你都可以使蛋直立,隻要有耐心的、小心的把它放在一個平坦的錶麵。
●It’s easier to place the egg on its wider side and use the natural bumps on the egg to help balance it.
以蛋底部較寬的那一側來站立是比較容易的,同時利用蛋錶麵天然的突起物來協助平衡。
●To make egg standing easier to accomplish, you can place the egg on the ground or spread salt on the table, place the egg on top and then blow the salt away.
為瞭使立蛋更容易完成,可以將雞蛋放置在有撒鹽的地上或桌上,然後再把鹽吹掉。
●One of the traditional pastimes during the Dragon Boat Festival is the egg standing contest. The aptly titled egg standing contest consists of players attempting to get a raw egg to stand up.
立蛋比賽是端午節期間的傳統民俗活動之一,同時是由一些嘗試將生雞蛋竪立的參與者貼切命名的。
●重要單字、片語
1. festival:名詞,節日;喜慶日
2. hold:動詞,舉行
3. lunar:形容詞,陰曆的;農曆的
4. ensure:動詞,確保
5. compete:動詞,競爭
6. contest:名詞,比賽
7. mid-day:正中午
8. tamper with:片語,竄改;刻意破壞
9.raw:形容詞,生的;未煮過的
10. urban legend:都市傳說;民間習俗
11. claim:動詞,宣稱
12. solstice:名詞,(天)至;至點
13. surface:名詞,錶麵
14. bump:名詞,突起物;粗糙麵
15. accomplish:動詞,完成
16. aptly:副詞,適當地;貼切地
17. title:動詞,命名
18. consist of:片語,由…組成
19. attempt:動詞,嘗試
好好把握端午節當天中午12點,把圓滾滾的雞蛋立起來,求得下半年度的好運氣唷!!還等什麼?趕快多立幾顆蛋吧,過瞭就要再等一年瞭喔~~喜歡今天的新聞英文嗎?歡迎幫我們按個贊~~
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