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.

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6、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.

在海邊的城鎮(zhèn),頭天夜里掛在大街小巷的小燈籠在節(jié)后就放到水里去。

語言點(diǎn) are placed into the water被放置在水中

7、Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the otherworld.

成千上萬只小燈籠慢慢漂向大海,指引著亡靈返回另一個(gè)世間。

語言點(diǎn) drift out to sea漂向大海

8、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.

這是一個(gè)感人的場面,人們成群地佇立在海岸上,注視著燈籠遠(yuǎn)去,直到再也看不見為止。

語宮點(diǎn) no more強(qiáng)調(diào)不再出現(xiàn)。