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Easter Eggs
Easter Eggs
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Easter Eggs
1 When the first spring flowers blossom, Easter
comes. It is the oldest Christian holiday, marking
the rebirth of Jesus Christ.
2 Along with the traditional Easter walk, the giving
of Easter eggs and, more recently, of Easter
presents is a main feature of the holiday. Parents
give their children "Easter eggs"— colored and
boiled eggs, chocolate eggs —Easter bunnies,
sweets, and other gifts. In some German regions,
children virtually "collect" Easter eggs from their
relatives.
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3 Usually, the Easter eggs are carefully hidden in
the garden or in the house and the children must
search for them on the morning of Easter Sunday.
They are told that Easter bunny has brought them.
This mysterious bunny is like Santa Claus at
Christmas. But it is less of an "educational" figure
than Santa Claus is, since the eggs are not given
to children as rewards for being good.
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4 Some Easter egg games have been preserved at
certain places in Germany or have even been newly
developed. Children try to outdo each other in
rolling colored eggs down grassy slopes, for
instance, or they knock the eggs' pointed ends
together and the child whose egg does not break
gets the broken one, too. In some places, this
custom was even used as the name of a local
festival.
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5 Easter presents are a source of interesting
stories of cultural and social change. The first
historical mention of colored eggs goes back to
the year 1230 A.D. In the 16th and 17th
centuries colored eggs were given as Easter
presents. In the Baroque period it became
customary for young people who wanted to
become engaged to give each other colored and
decorated eggs. This remained a rural custom in
some regions of central and eastern Europe for a
long time.
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6 The origin of the "Easter egg" custom is not fully
known. One reason for it is that around Easter
time the rural household had plenty of eggs. The
hens began to lay eggs again in the spring.
Another explanation is that Easter marks the end
of the time of fasting during which eggs and meat
were forbidden. The decisive factor, however,
probably had to do with the taxes which the
peasants had to pay to their lords and to the
Church. Easter was one of the dates when they
became due and many eggs were among the
payments delivered at this time.
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复活节蛋
1 当春天的第一批鲜花开放之时，复活节就到了。这是
个纪念耶稣复活的最古老的基督教节日。
2 分发复活节彩蛋，尤其是近来赠送复活节礼物（的活
动），连同传统的复活节步行活动一起成为复活节的
主要特色。父母送给孩子们“复活节鸡蛋”——彩色
煮鸡蛋和巧克力鸡蛋——复活节兔、糖果及其他礼物
。在德国的一些地区，孩子们实际上是从亲戚那里“
收集”鸡蛋。
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复活节蛋
3 复活节蛋通常被精心地藏在花园或家里，孩子们在
复活节星期天的当天早晨开始寻找。他们被告知复
活节蛋是复活节兔送来的。神秘的复活节兔就像圣
诞节的圣诞老人。不过，它没有圣诞老人那样具有
“教育意义”，因为这些蛋不是用来奖励孩子们良
好表现的奖品。
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复活节蛋
4 有些复活节的游戏在德国的某些地方一直被保留至
今，而有些游戏则刚刚出现。例如，在草坡上滚彩
蛋的游戏中，孩子们都努力战胜对方。或者，他们
把鸡蛋尖的一头对碰，鸡蛋没被碰破的人赢取被撞
破的鸡蛋。在有些地方，这个习俗甚至被当作一个
地方性节 日的名称。
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复活节蛋
5 许多有关文化和社会变迁的有趣故事都出自于复活
节的礼物。历史上第一次提到彩蛋可以追溯到1230
年。在16、17世纪，人们将彩蛋作为复活节的礼物
。在巴罗克时期，互赠彩饰蛋成为年轻人订婚的习
俗。这一风俗在中欧和东欧农村的一些地区沿袭了
很长时间。
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复活节蛋
6 “复活节彩蛋”这一习俗的来历尚不能完全确定。其
中的一个原因是在复活节前后，农户们存有很多鸡
蛋，因为春天母鸡又开始下蛋了。另一种解释是，
复活节标志着斋戒的结束。而在斋戒期间是禁止食
用蛋和肉的。但是，起决定作用的因素可能与农民
要交给地主和教会的租税有关。复活节这一天是交
税日之一。这时，人们会交上很多鸡蛋作为他们的
支付物。
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mark
vt.
indicate or denote
表示，指明
e.g. His death marked the end of an era.
他的死标志着一个时代的结束。
Exercise
The circles mark the places where she has visited.
这些圆圈标明她曾经去过的地方。
mark还可用作名词，意为“斑点，痕迹，特征，记号，标
签”等。
e.g. Who made the dirty marks on my new book?
谁把我的新书弄上了这些污迹？
White marks painted on the trees show the route.
树上涂有白色符号用以表示行进路线。
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along with sth.
in addition to sth.
in one’s company
e.g.
除某事物以外
随同，陪同
Tobacco is taxed in most countries, along
with alcohol.
除酒之外烟草在多数国家都要征税。
Last night Lily came to the party along
with her friends.
昨天晚上Lily和她的朋友一道来参加聚会。
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feature
n. distinctive characteristic
特征，特色，特点
e.g.
She was attracted by the memorable features
of the Scottish landscape.
她被苏格兰景色中令人难忘的特征给吸引了。
Many examples and extra grammatical
information are among the special features
of this dictionary.
提供充足例句及额外语法讲解是这本词典的特色
之一。
v.
have an important part in
在某事中起重要作用
e.g.
Does the new job feature in your future plans?
这份新的工作在你的未来计划中十分重要吗？
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search for
look at, examine or go over (a thing or place)
carefully in order to find sb. or sth.
细查（某物或某处）以搜寻某人或某物
e.g.
The policemen searched (the woods) for the
escaped prisoners.
警察搜查（树林）寻找逃犯。
The little boy searched for the information
through the Internet.
那个小男孩在网上搜寻资料。
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search for
注意与search sb. or sth.的区别
search sb. or sth.
empty the pockets of sb. and examine his body
and clothes to see if anything is concealed there
搜身或搜查某处
e.g.
He searched the drawers for the missing
papers.
他翻遍抽屉寻找遗失的文件。
The police searched her for drugs.
警察搜查她看她身上是否有毒品。
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mysterious
a.
hard to understand or explain
神秘的，不可思议的，难解的
keeping or liking to keep things secret
保密的，好故弄玄虚的
e.g.
Yesterday he received a mysterious letter
and he was afraid to open it.
他昨天收到了一封神秘的信件，他有些害怕不敢
打开。
When she passed me, she gave me a
mysterious look.
当她从我身边经过的时候向我使了个神秘的眼神。
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mysterious
mystery
e.g.
n. 神秘的事物，秘密
Everybody wants to know the mystery of life.
每个人都想知道生命的奥秘。
It’s a mystery to me why she didn’t choose him.
她为什么不选择他我觉得是个谜。
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reward
n.
something given or received in return for work,
merit or services
报酬，奖赏，报答
e.g. He received a medal in reward for his bravery.
他因表现勇敢而获得了一枚奖章。
One reward of my job is meeting people.
我在工作中的一个收获是能够认识许多人。
v.
e.g.
奖赏（某人）
She rewarded him with a smile.
她向他报之以一笑。
His persistence was rewarded when the car
finally started.
他的力气没有白费，汽车终于发动了。
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reward
rewarding
a.
worth doing or satisfying
值得做的，令人满意的
e.g.
Gardening is a very rewarding past time.
园艺劳动是非常有益的消遣。
Teaching is not very rewarding financially.
教书的工作报酬不太高。
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preserve
v.
keep or maintain in an unchanged or perfect condition
保护，维持
e.g. Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
打蜡上光可以保护木料和皮革。
It is difficult to preserve one’s self respect in
that job.
做那样的工作很难保持自尊。
preservation
n. 维护，保护，保持，保存
e.g. The aim of the policy is the preservation of peace.
这一政策旨在维护和平。
The paintings were in an excellent state of
preservation.
这些画保存得非常好。
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outdo
v.
do more or better than sb.
比某人做的多或做得好；超过，胜过
e.g.
She was determined to outdo her brother at
work and games.
她决心在工作和体育活动中胜过她哥哥。
Not to be outdone, she tried again.
她很好强，又试了一次。
outdo的过去式、过去分词分别是outdid和outdone
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…it became customary for young people who
wanted to became engaged to give each other
colored and decorated eggs.
It（形式主语）+ be + adj. for sb./ of sb.+to do…
这种结构要根据形容词的不同类型来选取for或of。
当形容词用来描述不定式行为者的性格、品行时，常用of。
这类形容词有brave, careless, wise, clever, polite, kind,
good, nice, foolish, selfish, rude, right, wrong 等。
e.g.
It’s wrong of you to laugh at the disabled people.
= You are wrong to laugh at the disabled people.
It’s foolish of him to say the silly words to his boss.
= He is foolish to say the silly words to his boss.
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当形容词只是对不定式行为者做某种描述，而不涉
及其品行时，常用for。
这类形容词有important, difficult, hard, easy,
dangerous, impossible, possible, necessary等。
e.g.
It’s necessary for us Chinese to study English
very well.
It’s dangerous for the students to go to the
area alone.
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One reason for it is that around Easter time
the rural household had plenty of eggs.
句中that引导的是一个表语从句。表语从句和主语从句
指同一内容，它对主语进行解释、说明，使主语的内容
具体化。
（1）that引导的表语从句，that通常不能省略。
e.g.
The trouble is that he is short of experience.
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（2）表语从句可由because，as if等引导。
e.g.
He looks as if he were rather angry.
He was late this morning. That was
because he was caught in a traffic jam.
（3）由wh-引导的表语从句，下列副词还可以翻译为：
why ……的原因，when ……的时候，where ……的地方，
how ……的方式/方法。
e.g.
This is why she was late again.
That is where we are going.
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have to do with
be connected with or related to sb or sth.
与某人或某事有联系或有关系
e.g.
Why he came here had to do with that
letter you had sent me.
他为什么来这儿跟你写给我的那封信有关。
The result has to do with the efforts you
have made.
结果与你所付出的努力有关。
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due
a.
requiring immediate payment 需立即支付，到期的
arranged or expected
预订，预期，
e.g.约定My rent isn’t due till next week.
我的租金下星期才到期。
His book is due to be published in October.
他的书预定十月份出版。
due to
caused by/because of
由……引起, 由于
e.g. The team’s failure was largely due to her
carelessness.
该队的失败在很大程度上是由于她的粗心。
Due to our teacher’s guidance, we finally
got the first prize.
由于老师的指导，我们最终获得了一等奖。 Text
deliver
v.
take (letters ,parcels ,goods ) to the places or
people they are addressed to
递送，传送（信件，包裹，货物）
e.g. Did you deliver my message to my father?
你把我的信息传给我父亲了吗？
The postman delivered your order to your door.
邮差送货上门。
delivery
n.
递送，交付
e.g. We had a big delivery of coal today.
今天我们收到大批订购的煤。
Please pay on delivery.
请于交货时付款。
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After-reading Exercises
Translation
纪念耶稣复活
mark the rebirth of Jesus Christ
庆祝俱乐部的成立
mark the founding of the club
连同传统的复活节步行活动一起
along with the traditional Easter walk
连同几个朋友一起
along with some friends
赶超对方
outdo each other
在打篮球方面超过他的同学
outdo his classmates in playing basketball
After-reading Exercises
Translation
被用作某个地方性节日的名字
be used as the name of a local festival
被当作食物
be used as food
一个不太具有教育意义的人物
less of an educational figure
不常见到这个老师
see less of the teacher
与租税有关
have to do with the taxes
跟语言有关
have to do with language
After-reading Exercises
Translation
有趣故事的出处
a source of interesting stories
信息的来源
a source of information
互定终身
become engaged to each other
与一位医生订婚
be engaged to a doctor
从亲戚那收集鸡蛋
collect eggs from the relatives
向农民收钱
collect money from farmers
After-reading Exercises
Translation
决定因素
the decisive factor
一个决定性的战役
a decisive battle
初次提及……
the first mention of…
最后一次提到他的名字
the last mention of his name
鸡蛋的尖头
eggs’ pointed ends
尖头鞋
pointed shoes