墨西哥有哪些節(jié)日，在節(jié)日期間會做什么

今天的這段對話，在討論墨西哥節(jié)日，
 
墨西哥有哪些節(jié)日，在節(jié)日期間會做什么
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Hi Olga, how are you?
 
嗨，奧爾加，你好嗎？
 
B: Fine, Daniel, how are you?
 
我很好，丹尼爾，你怎么樣？
 
A: Good, thanks. I wanted to ask you something. I'm really interested about Mexican holidays.
 
我也很好，謝謝。我想問你件事。我對墨西哥節(jié)日非常感興趣。
 
B: What?
 
什么？
 
A: Can you tell me something about it?
 
你能給我介紹一下墨西哥的節(jié)日嗎？
 
B: Sure but what do you want to know? I mean why are you interested in Mexican holidays?
 
好啊，你想了解什么？我是問，你為什么對墨西哥節(jié)日感興趣？
 
A: What kind of holidays you have, what do you do in those holidays?
 
墨西哥有什么節(jié)日，你們在節(jié)日期間會做什么？
 
B: Well my favorite holiday is the Dìa de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
 
嗯，我最喜歡的節(jié)日是墨西哥亡靈節(jié)。
 
A: What is it?
 
那是什么？
 
B: What do you think about when you hear Day of the Dead?
 
你聽到亡靈節(jié)的時候，想到了什么？
 
A: I don't know. It's a bit scary, isn't it?
 
我不知道。有點可怕，是吧？
 
B: Yeah, kind of but actually for us Mexicans it's not really scary. We're so used to it. Actually that day we celebrate the, not celebrate but remember the people who are already dead especially in our close family.
 
是有點兒可怕，實際上對我們墨西哥人來說，這并不可怕。我們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了。這個節(jié)日是我們慶祝，不是慶祝，是紀念已故家庭成員的日子。
 
A: OK.
 
好。
 
B: We put an altar for them which is like a big table decorated with flowers, bread, coffee or whatever the person that is dead used to like and we think that on that day that person is going to come back from the dead.
 
我們會為死者準備祭桌，在一張大桌子上放上鮮花、面包、咖啡等逝去的人以前喜歡的食物和物品，因為我們認為逝去的人會在這一天回來。
 
A: Really?
 
真的嗎？
 
B: Yeah and visit us and maybe eat the food.
 
對，他們會回來看我們，可能還會吃我們準備的那些食物。
 
A: OK.
 
好。
 
B: It's on November first, the second too. The second, the altar is still there and after that we just take everything off and go on with our lives.
 
11月1日到2日是亡靈節(jié)。11月2日那天，祭桌還要擺在那里，之后我們就可以把上面的東西拿走，繼續(xù)過我們自己的生活了。
 
A: You keep the altar only on the first and the second?
 
只在11月1日和2日這兩天擺祭桌？
 
B: Yeah.
 
對。
 
A: OK and do you do it just for your family or do you go and visit friends or other relatives?
 
好，你們是只紀念家人嗎？還是會去拜訪其他親戚朋友？
 
B: No, we only keep it within the family actually.
 
不會，我們只紀念家人。
 
A: OK.
 
好。
 
B: Well sometimes we do it at school but still it's just like you know to keep the tradition but usually in the family.
 
有時我們也會在學(xué)校里進行紀念活動，不過這只是為了保持傳統(tǒng)，通常我們只紀念家人。
 
A: OK.
 
好。
 
B: Well another holiday I can think about is Easter. You have Easter too in Chile?
 
另一個我想介紹的節(jié)日是復(fù)活節(jié)。智利也有復(fù)活節(jié)吧？
 
A: Yes, we do have Easter.
 
對，我們也有復(fù)活節(jié)。
 
B: Easter we actually don't keep it traditional any more.
 
實際上，我們不再像以前那樣傳統(tǒng)地過復(fù)活節(jié)。
 
A: What do you mean?
 
你是什么意思？
 
B: You know traditionally we make plays where we represent Jesus and the moment when he died and everything right? But you know we don't reflect about it any more. We just go on vacations to the beach and celebrate and you know go to concerts and stuff.
 
傳統(tǒng)上來說，我們會扮演耶穌，重現(xiàn)耶穌死亡的情景。不過現(xiàn)在，我們已經(jīng)不再這樣做了。我們會去海灘享受假期，去聽音樂會，享受這個節(jié)日。
 
A: Just as Chilean people do.
 
和智利人一樣。
 
B: I guess it's kind of a trend now right?
 
我想這是現(xiàn)在的一種趨勢，對吧？
 
A: Yeah. We don't really think a lot about Easter.
 
對。我們不太關(guān)心復(fù)活節(jié)了。
 
B: Yeah.
 
對。