Lesson 96 The dead return 亡灵返乡

What happens to the lanterns at the end of the festival?

1. 原文

2. 参考译文

sb. / sth. be said to 据说

“to be hungry” 是不定式短语，用来描述人们的预期状态

Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. outside 为介词，each house 为名词短语，outside each house 为介词短语作副词修饰 are hung 这个动作

• ××× Specially-made lanterns are hung each house 去掉了 outside 就不对了，are hung 是被动语态，each house 名词短语，仍然是名词，

it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. unlucky 作补语，补充说明 it，补语分为主补或宾补，对主语或宾语进行补充说明，主补通常在被动语态中展现。living 现在分词修饰 anyone，补全即为：anyone who is living，活着的人

drift out to sea 漂向大海： out 副词，修饰 drift，to 介词，同 sea 构成 介词短语

Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.

• “guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world” 是一个现在分词短语，用作句子的状语。它进一步描述了灯笼的作用，说明灯笼是如何引导死者返回另一个世界的旅途。

for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more. no more 作状语，表示不再

the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before

• the night before意思是前一个夜晚（只能是晚上）；
• bfefore the night意思是夜晚之前（可以是白天）。

3. 语法知识

1．… the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. ……据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。

（1）the dead与the living 均为定冠词+ 形容词结构，表示某类人。

（2）被动语态 the dead are said 在这里的作用是缓和说话语气，因为对事情是否属实的把握不太大。

2．… food is laid out for them. ……
为他们摆放好了食品。

lay out 为短语动词，其含义之一为“摆出”、“摊开”：
Just as he laid out his book, the telephone rang.
他刚把书摊开电话就响了。

Don’t lay out your clothes on the bed. Put them away.
别把你的衣服都摊在床上。把它们收起来。

3．specially-made lanterns，特制的灯笼。
specially-made 是个复合形容词，由副词+过去分词构成。在之前的词汇学习中，我们学习了名词+ 名词构成的复合名词。过去分词经常与其他词构成复合形容词：
well-intentioned 善意的
well-known 著名的
well-preserved 保存／保养得好的
widespread 广泛流传的
candle-lit 点着蜡烛的
a horse-drawn cart 一辆二轮马车
a tree-lined street 林阴街道

4．all night long，整夜。
long 在这里是副词，表示“整个”、“在整段期间中”，通常与 all 连用：
It snowed all day long.
一整天都在下雪。

She stayed with her grandfather all summer long.
她整个夏天都和她爷爷呆在一起。

5．their return journey to the other world，返回另一个世界。
world 可以与一些限定词连用以表示“今世／现世”、“来世”、“黄泉”等：
the next world / the world to come 来世
She believes that she will meet her dead parents in the other world.
她相信她会与她死去的父母在阴间重逢。

6．a moving spectacle，一个感人的场面。
moving 为形容词，表示“动人的”、“感人的”：
I’ve just read a moving story / letter.
我刚读了一个感人的故事／一封感人的信。

4. 课后题答案

4.1 难点练习答案

A

1 usual 2 among 3 manager 4 clothes
5 greets 6 clean 7 washing 8 temper
9 too 10 fairly 11 enough 12 single
13 queue

B

1 in 2 out of 3 up 4 over
5 away from 6 for 7 in 8 out
9 down 10 after 11 into 12 over
13 out 14 up

4.2 多项选择题答案

1 d 2c 3c 4b 5a 6d
7c 8d 9a 10b 11c 12b