日期:2008-02-21 译文:Christmas为什么要拼写成Xmas 原文:Why is Christmas sometimes spelled Xmas? 尤其是当与sale这个词联系起来 根据书中记载,你也许会感到惊讶.........,通过Jeff.Rovin,Christ一词是从希腊文Xristos来的,Xmas是它的缩写,16世纪开始在欧洲流行 Xmas一词在广告中很... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文:为什么人们会在圣诞节互赠礼物? 原文:Why do people give each other presents on Christmas day? 赠送礼物的传统好像起源于智者(东方三贤人) 自东方携礼物去祝贺耶稣降生。在马太的圣经中这样描述,来到房里,他们看到了这个孩子和他的 母亲 玛利亚 。他们鞠... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文:谁是那头被叫做鲁道夫的驯鹿? 原文:Who is this reindeer named Rudolf? 那个长着异常的红色而充满生气的鼻子,能够在浓雾中辨别方向,拉着圣诞老人的雪橇的是谁呢? 关于鲁道夫的故事在1939年传出,并且很快就家喻户晓了。圣诞老人们在蒙哥马利沃德商店分发了二... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文: 圣诞节前一天---圣诞前夕著名的原因 圣诞前夕是一个重大的节日,是有神圣的理由的,像午夜聚会和商品零售原因.1867年是纽约市麦西百货公司在圣诞前夕持续营业到午夜的第一年. 一位HowStuffWorks的读者也十分亲切的指出:所有的犹太族节日是从节日前一天的傍晚(而不... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 原文: What, exactly, are the 12 days of Christmas? The 12 days of Christmas are the 12 days that separate Christmas day on December 25 from Epiphany, which is celebrated January 6. Depending on the church, January 6 may mark Christ's baptism (the Ca... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 原文:Why do I keep hearing the same songs over and over again? There is a set of songs that are played continuously during the Christmas season. Here's a pretty complete list: Away In A Manger Carol Of The Bells Deck The Halls God Rest Ye Merry Gent... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 原文:Why is this evergreen decorated? ....with ornaments, lights, fake snow and Mylar plastic tinsel? In Victorian times, people had already started decorating trees with candies and cakes hung with ribbon. In 1880, Woolworths first sold manufacture... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文:客厅里为什么会有一小株常青树? 原文:Why is there a small evergreen tree in the living room? 这是一项德国的传统,最早开始于公元前700年, 19世纪作为圣诞树在德国流行,然后通过宾西法尼亚的德国移民将这一传统带到英国,有传到美国. This is a German traditio... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文:12月25日真是耶稣的生日吗? 原文:Is December 25 really the day Jesus was born? 没有人真的了解,在公元336年基督教领袖设定12月25日这个日期是为了试图夺去农神节的光彩,,农神节是罗马的异教徒一个受欢迎的在冬至庆祝的节日.最早的圣诞节的庆祝仅仅是一个简单的... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 译文:小行星可能撞击火星 原文:Asteroid May Hit Mars 科学家星期三宣称有大块太空岩石以1/75的机率撞击火星。 史蒂文切斯利,美国宇航局喷射推进实验室近地球目标计划的科学家说:这种机率极不寻常。当我们跟踪......威胁小行星的物体时经常选取那些可能性较大的物体... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-02-21 Why is Santa characterized as a short, fat and jolly pipe smoker? Why does Santa wear such outlandish clothes? Why does he ride around in a sleigh? Pulled by reindeer? That lands on rooftops? So he can climb down the chimney? With a big sack full of... 阅读全文>> 日期:2008-01-08 地名志或地名研究(Toponymy)属于历史语言学范畴。历史语言学家对地名的来源作了相当的研究。美国内务部曾汇集了一批能干的语言学家,成立了专门机构,其任务是对美国的地名来源进行研究,给以准确的解释。 在美国的地名中,一半以上始源于印第安语。其余的始源于欧洲,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-10-11 6:1 以色列人出埃及地后四百八十年,所罗门作以色列王第四年西弗月,就是二月,开工建造耶和华的殿。 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-10-11 7:1 所罗门为自己建造宫室,十三年方才造成。 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 7:2 又建造黎巴嫩林宫,长一百肘,宽五十肘,高三十肘,有香柏木柱三(原文作四)行,柱上有香柏木柁梁。 He built also the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-10-11 8:1 那时,所罗门将以色列的长老和各支派的首领,并以色列的族长,招聚到耶路撒冷,要把耶和华的约柜从大卫城就是锡安运上来。 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israe... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-10-11 10:1 示巴女王听见所罗门因耶和华之名所得的名声,就来要用难解的话试问所罗门。 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. 10:2 跟随她到耶路撒冷的人甚多,又有骆... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-10-11 9:1 所罗门建造耶和华殿和王宫,并一切所愿意建造的都完毕了,And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 9:2 耶和华就二次向所罗门... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-09-22 11:1 所罗门王在法老的女儿之外,又宠爱许多外邦女子,就是摩押女子,亚扪女子,以东女子,西顿女子,赫人女子。 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-09-22 12:1 罗波安往示剑去。因为以色列人都到了示剑要立他作王。 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 12:2 尼八的儿子耶罗波安先前躲避所罗门王,逃往埃及,住在那里(他听见这事。) And it came to pass, when Jer... 阅读全文>> 日期:2007-09-22 14:1 那时,耶罗波安的儿子亚比雅病了。 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 14:2 耶罗波安对他的妻说,你可以起来改装,使人不知道你是耶罗波安的妻,往示罗去,在那里有先知亚希雅。他曾告诉我说,你必作这民的王。 And Jeroboam said to his wif... 阅读全文>> |
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