新概念入门第二册96 journey, expected, festival, dance

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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, (1)___________________. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. (2)___________________. 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. (3)___________________. 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.

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veryenglish

随风去

1. the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.
2. specially -made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.
3. thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to the sea ,guiding the dead on their return journey
    to the other world.

竹间明月

the dead are said to their housed and they are welcome to back their living.
special made lanterns are hung upside each house to help the dead to find their way.
thousands of lanterns slowly drafed into the sea guiding the dead and return their roads to the other world.

dragon520

1 the dead are set to return to their homes and they are welcome to by the living;
2 Specially XXX lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead find the way;
3 Thousands of lanterns XXX out the sea,getting the dead on the return journey to the other world.
Answer:The lanterns were placed into the water when the festival is over.

xiaotantan

1)the dead are set to return to their homes and they are welcome to living
2)Specially maid lanterns are hang outside each house to help the dead to find their way
3)Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out of sea ,guarding the dead on the return journey to the other world