伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料:

Lesson96 The dead return

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.

This festival is a cheerful occasion,

for on this day,

the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.

As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey,

food is laid out for them.

Specially-made lanterns are hung 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 thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.

In towns that are near the sea,

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

are placed into the water when the festival is over.

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

This is a moving spectacle,

for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：spectacle/spɛktəkl 

练习感悟：不间断打卡第96天，新概念英语第二册朗读完毕。今天是个小段落的句点，也是新开始的起点。需要继续努力，不断学习。后面越是累计越会产生各种易中断的可能，需要提前预防以及预定应急方案。加油，我会流利掌握英文的。