British Holiday and Festivals
英国节日 British_Festivals_and_Holidays
1月1日，一年一度的英 国伦敦新年大游行吸引 了来自英国、美国、日 本、德国、加拿大等地 的100多支游行队伍、 3000多名街头表演者参 加，展示的内容主要包 括卡通人物气球、各国 音乐舞蹈等。这是一对 父子坐在小火车上参加 英国伦敦新年大游行。
英国人在除夕的深夜，人们常常带上糕点和酒出去拜访亲 友。他们不敲门，就径直走进亲友家去。朝屋里迈进第一 只脚的人，预示着主人在新的一年里运气的好坏。如果迈 进第一只脚的人是个快乐、幸福、有钱的人，主人将全年 吉利；如果是个忧伤、不幸、贫穷的人，主人在新的一年 里将会遇到困难、倒霉。
Jesus
It is traditional for all denominations to eat hot cross buns（上面有十字架形的 圣糕）
Easter
A special day that move each other
复活节（主复活日）是现今基督教徒的重要节日之一，定在每年 春分月圆之后第一个星期日。基督徒认为，复活节象征重生与希 望，乃纪念耶稣基督于公元33年被钉死后第三天复活的事迹。
It is also a memorable occasion to make New Year's resolutions, which they hope
to fulfill in the coming year.
Saint Patrick's Day
St. Patrick„s Day, is an annual feast day, which celebrates Saint Patrick ,one of the patron saints（守护神；保护圣徒） of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.
英国节日的英语作文
In the United Kingdom,a variety of festivals and holidays are celebrated,each with its own unique traditions and significance.Here is an overview of some of the most notable British festivals and holidays:1.New Years Day1st January:This is a public holiday in the UK,marking the start of the new year.Celebrations often involve fireworks,parties,and the setting of new year resolutions.2.Valentines Day14th February:Although not a public holiday,this day is widely celebrated with romantic gestures such as the exchange of cards,flowers,and chocolates.3.Mothering Sunday March:This is a Christian holiday that falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent.It is a day to honor mothers and mother figures,and it is often celebrated with family gatherings and the giving of gifts.4.Good Friday Variable Date:This is a Christian holiday that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.It is a public holiday,and many people attend church services or observe the day with fasting and reflection.5.Easter Variable Date:Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.It is marked by church services,Easter egg hunts,and the consumption of hot cross buns.6.May Day1st May:This is a traditional spring festival that has its roots in ancient agricultural customs.It is celebrated with Maypole dancing,the crowning of a May Queen,and the giving of May baskets.7.Spring Bank Holiday Last Monday in May:This is a public holiday that provides a long weekend for many people.It is often used as an opportunity for outdoor activities and travel.8.Trooping the Colour June:This is the official birthday celebration of the British monarch,which is marked with a grand military parade in London.9.Guy Fawkes Night5th November:Also known as Bonfire Night,this is a celebration of the failed Gunpowder Plot of1605.It is marked by fireworks displays,bonfires,and the burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes.10.Christmas Day25th December:This is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.It is a public holiday and is characterized by family gatherings,the exchangeof gifts,and the decoration of homes with Christmas trees and lights.11.Boxing Day26th December:The day after Christmas,Boxing Day is a public holiday in the UK.It is traditionally a day for giving gifts to service workers and is also a time for shopping,as many retailers offer postChristmas sales.These festivals and holidays are an integral part of British culture,offering a mix of religious observance,national celebration,and family traditions.Each event provides an opportunity for people to come together,share in the festivities,and create lasting memories.。
英国节日英文带翻译
英国节日英文带翻译British Festivals: Celebrating Culture and Tradition。
英国节日，庆祝文化和传统。
Britain is a country that is rich in culture and tradition, and one of the ways in which this is celebrated is through the many festivals that take place throughout the year. From religious holidays to cultural events, there is always something to celebrate in Britain.英国是一个文化和传统丰富的国家，庆祝这一点的方式之一就是通过全年举行的许多节日。
从宗教节日到文化活动，英国总有值得庆祝的事情。
One of the most important festivals in Britain is Christmas. This is a Christian holiday that is celebrated on December 25th every year. It is a time when families come together to exchange gifts, eat delicious food, and enjoy each other's company. Many towns and cities also holdChristmas markets, where people can buy handmade crafts and enjoy festive treats.英国最重要的节日之一是圣诞节。
这是一个基督教节日，每年12月25日庆祝。
这是一个家庭聚会的时刻，家人们互相交换礼物，享用美味的食物，享受彼此的陪伴。
英国节日介绍
5．复活节（Easter/Easter Sunday）： 春分月圆后的第一个星期日。
6．愚人节（April Fool）：每年4月1日。
7.五月节 (May Day)：每年5月1日。 8. 母亲节(Mother's day ), 5月第二个星期 日 。
9．万圣节ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱHalloween）：10月31日。 10. 圣诞节（Christmas Day）：每年12月25 日
The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that rabbits laid eggs in the grass.
Labor Day
Labor's Day is on May 1st. The Labor's Day is workers' holiday and workers can enjoy themselves to their heart's content. Many people choose to travel. And some others will go to the cinema. Some will go to parks. And others will stay at home.
英国劳动节民俗 表演
Saint Patrick's Day（圣帕特里
克节）
St. Patrick's Day（圣帕特里克节） , is an annual feast day, which celebrates Saint Patrick ,one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.
chapter8britishholidaysandfestivals英国的节假日
Chapter 8 British Holidays and Festivals 英国的节假日I. Religious Holidays*Most of the world’s religions are practiced in Britain, with sizeable Hindu(印度教), Muslim and Sikh（印度锡克教职工）communities and many smaller groupsChristian festivals---Christmas: the biggest and the most popular British holiday celebrated on December 25th each year to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. People usually decorate homes with evergreen plants, Christmas trees and ornaments. They also exchange gifts and Christmas cards. Three typical British traditions on Christmas are: the Christmas Pantomime(圣诞童话剧), the Queen’s speech over the television and radio, and the Boxing Day（节礼日）.the Christmas Pantomime: a typical British Christmas tradition. It is a comical musical play usually based on a popular traditional children’s story. There are two main ch aracters in the play: “the principal boy”, played by a young woman, and “the Dame”（滑稽老太婆角色）, played by a man. It is a play with songs and jokes which can be enjoyed by both adults and children.Boxing Day: a typical British tradition celebrated on the day after Christmas.People used to give Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants on this day.And now they mostly do shopping, pay visits, enjoy eating or just relax.---Easter (the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after March 21. 复活节3月21日或其后月满之后的第一个星期天). This festival occurs in the spring, which commemorates the crucifixion(钉死在十字架上)and resurrection (复活) of Jesus Christ. It is the most important Christian festival for many church-goers. The Easter egg, originally a Christian symbol of new life, is the main symbol of Easter for most people. Rabbits and chicks are also animals traditionally associated with Easter and widely appear in chocolate form around this time.* Christmas and Easter have been adopted and celebrated by non-Christian people who emphasise the secular rather than the religious aspects of the holidays.Islamic festival---Ramadan(斋月): a traditional Islamic festival, a fast (禁食) which lasts 29 days during which nothing can be eaten or drunk between dawn and nightfall, and ends with a festivalII. national holidays---the Queen’s birthday (one of Britain’s most impressive and color ful festivals) celebrated officially on the 2nd Saturday in June by “Trooping the Colour”---Trooping the Colour: an official celebration for the Queen’s Birthday on the 2nd Saturday in June around Buckingham Palace in London. This ceremony of the Queen inspecting her troops derives from old military traditions in which regimental(团的) flags were paraded before the monarch. Early in V ictoria’s(英国女王1819-1901) reign, it was decided that this ceremony should be held on the sovereign’s birthday.III. holidays in England---Bonfire Night /Guy Fawkes Night (篝火之夜/福克斯之夜): a truly English holiday celebrated on November 5. It originates from the 1605 Gunpowder Plot (火药阴谋事件)—a plan to blow up the British Parliament, kill the Protestant King and replace him with a Catholic king. People celebrate it by having public bonfires and fireworks. A str aw effigy called the “Guy”(one of the conspirator Guy Fawkes) is thrown on the bonfire. The biggest Bonfire Night celebration is held in Lewes (刘易斯：英格兰东南部城市)IV. holidays in Northern Ireland---the Orange March: Protestant celebration of their victory(William of Orange) over the exile Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne (博因战役)(12 July) in 1690. This victory symbolizes the Protestant “right” to be in Ireland and the defeat of Catholicism as the national religion. On this day, the Protestant “Orangemen”(奥伦治会会员，1795年成立) march through the streets, wearing their traditional uniform. They sometimes will clash with the Catholic bystanders.--- St Patrick’s Day: it is on March 17 each year, when northern Irish Catholics celebrate the birthday of the patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick who was a Catholic bishop who lived in 5th C.and is thought to have brought Christianity to Ireland; drove snakes out of Ireland, and used shamrock (三叶草，爱尔兰的国花) to explain the Christian Trinity— the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (圣父、圣子、圣灵合成一神). So, the shamrock is a popular symbol to wear on St Patrick’s Day, and it is also considered very lucky to wear something green.V. holidays in Scotland---Hogmanay (苏格兰的除夕,12月31日), in which one widely practiced custom is “first footing”first footing: a custom practiced on Hogmanay in Scotland. There is a superstitious belief that the first person to cross the threshold of a household in the New Y ear can bring luck andprosperity. First-footers often bring a bottle of spirits (烈酒，火酒), alcohol, a lump of coal or a peat（泥炭块）as a gift and are given a “dram (一杯) of whisky” as their reward.---the Burns Night: a celebration by Scottish people on the evening of the birthday (25 January ) of their most beloved national poet, Robert Burns. People celebrate it with suppers of haggis (肉陷羊肚)and whisky and Burn’s poems are recited throughout the evening.---Halloween (万圣节前夜:31 October) and traditions— It is a Scottish festival celebrated on 31 October each year. Communion (交流，恳谈)with the dead, mischief（恶作剧）, fortune-telling（算命）and masquerades（化妆舞会）are common practices. Some of the other customs are “turnip” lantern for children and girls using magic spells to see into future（用咒语占卜未来）.VI. holidays in WalesPoems written in the traditional Welsh language and style are governed by ancient codes and conventions which can be traced back to the Druids (德鲁伊特：古代凯尔特人中一批有学识的人，担任祭司、教师和法官等), who instituted rigid rules of composition to help them to correctly memorize and pass on poems and stories.---Eisteddfod (一年一度的威尔士诗歌音乐比赛会)：a popular festival of music-making and poetry-writing in August each year to celebrate the Welsh culture and language. During the festival, competitions are held to find the best choirs, translators, essayists and poets. The highlight is the crowning of the two bards who have written the best poems of the festival。
holiday和festival的区别
外教一对一holiday和festival的区别holiday来自于holy day(神圣的日子)，从词源上来说，是和宗教有关的。
该词本身强调是不用工作的假期，在BrE中还指vacation。
festival指有一定公众仪式和民俗活动的节日，但是不一定有放假，以及“人造”的节日。
如果你到网络上搜索，会发现“holidays and festivals”有时候是作为一个词组出现的。
有的日子既是holiday也是festival，比如Christmas;而有的只是festival，比如Teachers’ Day。
如果非要只用一个词来概括的话，则用holiday。
festival的词源：Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin festivus festivefestival的词义：1. a: a time of celebration marked by special observances b: feast 22. an often periodic celebration or program of events or entertainment having a specified focus | a daffodil festival,a Greek festivalholiday的词义：1: [holy day] an important Muslim holiday2: a day on which one is exempt from work; specifically : a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event | will be closed for the July 4th holiday; a national holiday; plans for the holiday weekend外教一对一3: chiefly British : vacation — often used in the phrase on holiday | going on holiday — often used in plural | spent the summer holidays in Spain4: a period of exemption or relief | corporations enjoying a tax holiday。
英国传统节日文化介绍
4.Holy Saturday(圣星期六) Easter前一天
5.Easter一般每年春分后月圆第一个星期天，3.21左右
6.Good Friday(耶稣受难日) 复活节前的星期五
7.Ascension Day(耶稣升天节) Easter第40天之后的星 期四,也称为Holy Thursday。 8.April Fool\‘s Day(愚人节) 每年4月1日
Close relatives and friends, at different ages, send small gifts to each other to express affection, promote the comity. A lot of stores in the United States sell this type of gift exclusively, such as chocolates in heart-shaped boxes, tulip nosegays tied with red satin, cards with lace or perfume as well.
9.Queen’s Birthday(女王诞辰日) 每年4月21日
10.May Day(五月节)
每年5月1日
monwealth Day(英联邦纪念日),每年5月24日 12.Queen’s Official Birthday(女王法定诞辰日),英国 在6月10日或前一个星期六放假,以取代4月21日女王的 生日。 13.Hallowe’en (万圣节前夕),每年10月31日 14.Guy Fakes Day (烟火节),每年的11月5日 15.Christmas Day (圣诞节),每年的12月25日 16.Childermas (婴儿殉教日),每年的12月28日, 纪念 殉教幼儿的日子,也称Holy Innocents’Day。
英国节日介绍
The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that rabbits laid eggs in the grass.
Labor Day
Labor's Day is on May 1st. The Labor's Day is workers' holiday and workers can enjoy themselves to their heart's content. Many people choose to travel. And some others will go to the cinema. Some will go to parks. And
British holidays and festivals
contents:
1. 新年（New Year’s Day）：每年1 月1号。 2. 情人节（Valentine’s Day）：每 年2月14日。 3.圣帕特里克节 （St. Patrick’s Day）:每年3月17日。 4．耶酥受难日（Good Friday）：复 活节前一周的星期五。(Before easter Friday of the week)
People celebrate this day by wearing green, having green food, and attending parades.
parade
Eating green
Wearing green
• 关于情人节的起源有许多种说法。有关人士认
为情人节是一个名叫桑特-瓦伦丁的人士发起的
。他是罗马人，因为拒绝放弃基督教而于公元
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It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[2] in the early part of the 17th century, and is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The date of the feast is occasionally, yet controversially, moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on April 3 in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and happened again in 2008, having been observed on 14 March.[3] March 17 will not fall during Holy Week again until 2160.
British Holiday and Festivals
New Year’s Day
January 1th of each year to celebrate the arrival of a new year. People hold a variety of New Year’s parties.
St. Valentine’s Day ---February 14
In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14th to honour St. Valentine. Lovers exchange presents each other on that day.
People sent flowers, presents or cards to their mother.
Father’s Day ---the third Sunday in June
People sent their father flowers, cards or presents.
St. Patrick’s Day
(圣帕特里克节)
March 17th
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. People use this day to honour him.
The day is the national holiday of Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In the rest of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.
Holy
Saturday
The day before Easter
Easter
They usually give children colorful eggs which are made of chocolate as Easter gifts.
Mother’s Day
---the second Sunday in May
April Fool’s Day
---April 1th
People make fun of each other on that day and they can’t become angry.
Halloween
November 1th
Thanst Thursday of November
Christmas Day ---December 25th
People celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This is a very important holiday in British.