India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi,
印度在10月2日有个全国性的节目，纪念莫汉达斯·甘地，
the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain.
他是帮助印度脱离英国而独立的领袖。
Harvest Festivals
庆丰收的节日
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.
收获与感恩节是非常喜庆的节目。
People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.
人们都心怀感激，因为越冬的粮食收集起来了，农活结束了。
In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,
在欧洲国家，人们通常用花果来装饰教堂和市政厅，
and will get together to have meals.
在一起聚餐。
Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.
有些人还可能因为他们的农产品（参加各种评选）而获奖，比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。
China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals when people admire the moon and in China enjoy moon-cakes.
中国和日本都有中秋节，这时，人们会赏月。在中国，人们还品尝月饼。
Spring Festivals
春天的节日
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富生气的而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天，迎来春天的日子。
At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.
中国人过春节要吃饺子、鱼和肉，还要给孩子们送红纸包着的压岁钱。
There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
（他们）舞龙灯、狂欢，全家人聚在一起欢庆阴历年。
Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February.
在一些西方国家有激动人心的狂欢节，通常在二月，复活节前的四十天。
These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.
狂欢节期间，人们游行，昼夜跳舞，伴随着鼓噪的音乐，以及穿着各种艳丽的节日盛装。
Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world.
复活节是全世界基督教徒的一个重要的宗教和公众节日。
It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.
它庆祝耶稣复活，也庆祝春天和新生命的到来。
Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.
在晚些时候，日本就迎来了樱花节，。
The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.
（节日里）整个国度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。
People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.
人们喜欢聚在一起吃、喝、玩耍。
Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.
节日让我们享受生活，让我们为自己的习俗而自豪，还可以暂时忘掉工作中的烦恼。
