A：We have another traditional holiday-the Dragon Boat Festival.
我們還有一個傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)日：端午節(jié)。
B：When is it?
它是在什么時候?
A：It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
是在農(nóng)歷五月初五。
B：Could you tell me the origin of the two festivals?
你能告訴我它的來歷嗎?
A：OK. The Dragon Boat Festival is a way to commemorate a great ancient poet named Quyuan. On that day, people will hold a boat race as a symbol of the attempt to save him who threw himself into the river.
好。端午節(jié)是為了紀念一位古代的偉大詩人屈原。人們在那天要舉行劃龍舟比賽，象征他們在奮力救投江自盡的屈原。
B：Why do people eat rice cakes on that day?
那為什么人們要在那天吃棕子?
A：In order to prevent the fish from eating the poet's body.
為了不讓魚吃掉詩人的身體。
B：It sounds so moving.
聽起來很感人。