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托福阅读素材:圣诞老人的故事

2015-12-16 15:16:43来源:网络

  Christmas Trees 圣诞树

  In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated, both indoors and out, with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper. In the Middle Ages, a popular religous play depicted the story of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

  16世纪的德国,很多家庭的室内室外都摆着枞树,用苹果、玫瑰、蜡烛和彩色纸来装饰。在中世纪时期,一个非常流行的宗教剧描绘了亚当和夏娃被逐出伊甸园的故事。

  A fir tree hung with apples was used to symbolize the Garden of Eden — the Paradise Tree. The play ended with the prophecy of a saviour coming. It is held that Protestant reformer Martin Luther first adorned trees with light. While coming home one December evening, the beauty of the stars shining through the branches of a fir inspired him to recreate the effect by placing candles on the branches of a small fir tree inside his home

  挂满苹果的树用来象征伊甸园,剧本以预言救世主的到来而结束。据称,新教改革家马丁• 路德首先用光来装饰树。一个十二月的夜晚当他返家时,树枝间闪烁着的星光给了他灵感,遂将蜡烛放在枞树的枝头上作为点缀。

  The Christmas Tree was brought to England by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert from his native Germany. The famous Illustrated News etching in 1848, featuring the Royal Family of Victoria, Albert and their children gathered around a Christmas tree in Windsor Castle, popularized the tree throughout Victorian England. Brought to America by the Pennsylvania Germans, the Christmas tree became by the late 19th century.

  圣诞树由英国维多利亚女王的丈夫阿尔伯特亲王从他的祖国德国带到了英国。1848年的一条著名新闻就是维多利亚女王、阿尔伯特和他们的孩子们围坐在温莎城堡里的圣诞树下,使得圣诞树在维多利亚时代风靡全英国。到19世纪晚期,圣诞树由宾夕法尼亚的德国人带到了美国。

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