新概念英語第二冊聽力

Lesson 2 The dead return1. First listen and then answer the question. What happens to the lanterns at the end of the festival? 2. Listen again and answer the questions How often is a Festival for the Dead held in Japan? Why is the festival a cheerful occasion? What are hung outside each house and why?In the morning, how do people deal with the food?3. listen and fill the blanksA Festival for the Dead is _ once a year in Japan. This festival is a _ occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are _ by the living. As they are _ to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are _ outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is _ _ a river or into the sea as it is _ unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been _ in the streets the night before, are _ into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns _ drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a _ spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore _ the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.New words and expressions cheerful 'trf()l adj. 快樂; 歡樂的occasion 'ke()n n. 場合hang hæ v. 懸掛consider knsd(r) v. 認(rèn)為drift drft v. 漂流spectacle n. 景象，壯觀，場面