Question

【題目】Birthday Food Around the World

(51)What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.

In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person’s age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles.(52) If he or she blows out all the candles in one go , The wish will come true. In the UK people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky.

(53)In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. (54)They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.

All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. （55）They bring good luck to the birthday person.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】人們在生日里想吃什么？不同的國家答案不同。

【2】如果他或她一口氣吹滅所有的蠟燭，愿望將會實(shí)現(xiàn)。

【3】在中國，過生日吃蛋糕正變得流行。

【4】他們從來不切碎面條因?yàn)殚L面條是長壽的象征。

【5】他們帶給過生日的人好運(yùn)。

【解析】

文章大意：本文介紹的是人們過生日的習(xí)俗，即過生日吃什么。不同的國家，人們過生日所吃的東西不同。文章介紹了西方（特別是英國）和中國人過生日的習(xí)俗。

【1】翻譯題。要求把句子“What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.”翻譯成漢語。What would like to do sth? 是固定句型“想要去做什么？” people人們；eat吃；on their birthday在他們的生日上；the answer答案、回答；be different不同；in different countries在不同的國家；故答案為：人們在生日里想吃什么？不同的國家答案不同。

【2】翻譯題。要求把句子“If he or she blows out all the candles in one go , The wish will come true.” 翻譯成漢語。if如果；he or she他或者她；blow out吹滅；all the candles所有蠟燭；in one go一口氣；the wish愿望；come true實(shí)現(xiàn)；故答案為：如果他或她一口氣吹滅所有的蠟燭，愿望將會實(shí)現(xiàn)。

【3】翻譯題。要求把句子“In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday.”翻譯成漢語。It is+形容詞+to do sth.是固定句型，意思是“做某事是…的”，It 是形式主語，不定式結(jié)構(gòu)是真正的主語；in China在中國；getting popular正變得流行；have cake吃蛋糕；on your birthday你的生日；故答案為：在中國，過生日吃蛋糕正變得流行。

【4】翻譯題。要求把句子“They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are symbol of long life.”翻譯成漢語。they他們；never從來不；cut up切碎；the noodles面條；because因?yàn)椋?/span>long noodles長面條；symbol of long life長壽的象征；故答案為：他們從來不切碎面條因?yàn)殚L面條是長壽的象征。

【5】翻譯題。要求把句子“They bring good luck to the birthday person.”翻譯成漢語。bring good luck to sb.給某人帶來好運(yùn)；they他們；the birthday person過生日的人；故答案為：他們帶給過生日的人好運(yùn)。