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Lesson 96 The dead return

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

ðə dɛd rɪˈtɜrn

əˈfɛstəvəl fɔr ðə dɛd ɪz hɛld wʌns ə jɪr ɪn ʤəˈpæn. ðɪs ˈfɛstəvəl ɪz əˈʧɪrfəl əˈkeɪʒən, fɔr ɑn ðɪs deɪ, ðə dɛd ɑr sɛd tu rɪˈtɜrn tu ðɛr hoʊmz ænd ðeɪɑr ˈwɛlkəmd baɪðəˈlɪvɪŋ. æz ðeɪɑr ɪkˈspɛktɪd tu bi ˈhʌŋgri ˈæftər ðɛr lɔŋ ˈʤɜrni, fud ɪz leɪd aʊt fɔr ðɛm. ˈspɛʃəli-meɪd ˈlæntərnz ɑr hʌŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd iʧ haʊs tu hɛlp ðə dɛd tu faɪnd ðɛr weɪ. ɔl naɪt lɔŋ, ˈpipəl dæns ænd sɪŋ. ɪn ði ˈɜrli ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ðə fud ðæt hæd bɪn leɪd aʊt fɔr ðə dɛd ɪz θroʊn ˈɪntu əˈrɪvər ɔr ˈɪntu ðə si æz ɪt ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ənˈlʌki fɔr ˈɛniˌwʌn ˈlɪvɪŋ tu it ɪt. ɪn taʊnz ðæt ɑr nɪr ðə si, ðəˈtaɪni ˈlæntərnz wɪʧ hæd bɪn hʌŋ ɪn ðəstrits ðə naɪt bɪˈfɔr, ɑr pleɪst ˈɪntu ðəˈwɔtər wɛn ðəˈfɛstəvəl ɪz ˈoʊvər. ˈθaʊzəndz ʌv ˈlæntərnz ˈsloʊli drɪft aʊt tu si ˈgaɪdɪŋðə dɛd ɑn ðɛr rɪˈtɜrn ˈʤɜrni tu ði ˈʌðər wɜrld. ðɪs ɪz əˈmuvɪŋ ˈspɛktəkəl, fɔr kraʊdz ʌv ˈpipəl stænd ɑn ðəʃɔr ˈwɑʧɪŋðəˈlæntərnz ˈdrɪftɪŋ əˈweɪənˈtɪl ðeɪ kæn bi sin noʊ mɔr.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

lantern 灯笼

all night long 一整夜

tiny 微小的；很少的

journey 旅行；行程

moving 感人的

spectacle 场景，景色

lay out 摆放，铺开；展现出来，清晰表达

练习感悟：

今天是新2最后一课，到明天开始新3，虽然不知道还能持续多久，能练尽量练吧。