中国有句俗话,知己知彼,方能百战不殆。在古代战火纷飞时期,将领们指挥带兵征战沙场,最怕的就是中下敌人设的圈套。诸葛亮之所以被认为是中国历史上最为出色的军事家之一,就是因为他能够推测出敌人的一举一动,花费最短的时间在最小损失的情况下,赢下战争。古代的这些道理应用在雅思考试中,也具有同样的意义。在多年的雅思教学过程中,经常会听到很多考生都在抱怨说自己在考前付出了许多的努力,但反而成绩欠佳。这当中,原因有许多,但是我认为最根本的就是因为存在各种各样的误区,所以把劲使在了错误的方向和方面上,从而事倍功半。比如说,很多考生都会盲目的将大部分的时间花在背单词上,更有甚者,会去买一本3万单词的字典拿来啃,然后就陷入了背了忘,忘了又背的恶性循环里。如果考生们不能及时的将这些错误的思想和理解纠正过来的话,那恐怕越努力越会适得其反。就口语备考而言,专家认为考生们普遍存在着两大误区：
Easter DayA
Sunday between March 22 and April 25The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word "Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).
People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations (命名). Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected (复活). Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.
This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.
The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.
Egg RollingIn England, Germany and some other countries, children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
In the United States in the early nineteenth century, Dolly Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an egg roll in Washington, D.C. She had been told that Egyptian children used to roll eggs against the pyramids so she invited the children of Washington to roll hard-boiled eggs down the hilly lawn of the new Capitol building! The custom continued, except for the years during the Civil War. In 1880, the First Lady invited children to the White House for the Egg Roll because officials had complained that they were ruining the Capitol lawn. It has been held there ever since then, only canceled during times of war. The event has grown, and today Easter Monday is the only day of the year when tourists are allowed to wander over the White House lawn. The wife of the President sponsors it for the children of the entire country. The egg rolling event is open to children twelve years old and under. Adults are allowed only when accompanied by children!
Traditionally, many celebrants (司仪神父) bought new clothes for Easter which they wore to church. After church services, everyone went for a walk around the town. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country. Perhaps the most famous is along Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Good Friday is a federal holiday in 16 states and many schools and businesses throughout the U.S. are closed on this Friday.
以上就是宁波朗阁小编为大家整理的雅思口语：Easter Day(复活节)，大家可以在自己的雅思考试备考过程中对此进行适当的参考。预祝大家在考试中取得好成绩！烤鸭们，加油。
