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A Chins holiday is gaining worldwid popularity 一个逐渐受到全球欢迎的中国节日
Som holidays ar so much fun that thy catch on outsid of thir cultur. Th most obvious xampl is probably Christmas, which is clbratd around th world by popl who arn’t vn Christian. Similarly, in rcnt yars, th Dragon Boat Fstival has movd byond China to bcom an intrnational holiday clbratd by popl who may know littl about th holiday’s origins.
有些节日实在是很有趣，所以在本土文化以外的地方也很受欢迎。最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节，世界各地的人都会庆祝圣诞节，即使是非基督徒。同样，最近几年端午节已经不局限于中国，成为国际性节日，而庆祝的人可能对节日的由来并不太了解。
Th Dragon Boat Fstival is on of thr major Chins holidays, along with th Spring and Moon Fstivals. Of th thr, it is possibly th oldst, dating back to th Warring Stats Priod in 227 B.C. Th fstival commmorats Qu Yuan, a ministr in th srvic of th Chu mpror. Dspairing ovr corruption at court, Qu thrw himslf into a rivr. Townspopl jumpd into thir boats and trid in vain to sav him. Thn, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, th popl scattrd ric on th watr.
端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中，它可能是最古老的一个，可以追溯到公元前227年的战国时代。这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原，他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他，却没有成功。后来大家把米撒到水里，希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。
Ovr th yars, th story of Qu’s dmis transformd into th traditions of racing dragon boats and ating zongzi – a kind of ric wrappd in bamboo lavs. Th racs hav crtainly capturd th imagination of popl from all ovr th world. vry spring thr ar narly 60 dragon boat racs hld outsid of China in citis from Vancouvr to Sydny, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cap Town, South Africa. Canada alon has narly 50 dragon boat tams and Grmany has narly 30.
多年以后，屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子(一种包在竹叶中的米食)的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的想像，每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举办，从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近50支龙舟队伍，德国则有近30个。
So what is it about th Dragon Boat Fstival that appals to forignrs? “It’s an unusual sport,” says on racr from Grmany. “It’s not lik vrybody’s doing it. That’s on of th rasons that thr’s such grat tam spirit in a dragon boat tam – vrybody fls lik w’r doing somthing spcial.” And what about th zongzi? “hhh, thy’r not bad, I guss,” h says. “Somthing of an acquird tast. I just havn’t rally acquird it yt.”
那么，为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢？“这是一项不寻常的运动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说，“这并不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的原因之一，每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽子呢？“喔，我觉得它不难吃。”他说，“那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。”
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