新概念英语第二册英音版 96－The Dead Return

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[00:13.01]What happens to the lanterns at the end of the festival?
[00:19.74]A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.
[00:25.17]This festival is a cheerful occasion,
[00:28.06]for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.
[00:36.03]As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.
[00:43.33]Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.
[00:50.61]All night long, people dance and sing.
[00:55.15]In the early morning the food that had been laid out for the dead
[00:59.00]is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.
[01:08.60]In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before,
[01:16.38]are placed into the water when the festival is over.
[01:20.87]Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.
[01:30.55]This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people
[01:34.31]stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.