想没想过“耶稣受难日”怎么用英文表达？常听到的一系列稀奇古怪的宗教节日，如“四旬节斋戒”、“圣灰星期三”和“复活节守夜”是怎么回事？复活节玄词大解密和您一起解读西方文化…… 提醒一下哦，注意最下方的词语解释！

Ash Wednesday (1 March 2006) Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter,  is the beginning of Lent for Western Christian churches. It's a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast. On this day, many Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality. ** Symbolism of the ashes Ash cross marked on forehead The marking of their forehead with a cross made of ashes reminds each churchgoer that: Death comes to everyone They should be sad for their sins They must change themselves for the better God made the first human being by breathing life into dust, and without God, human beings are nothing more than dust and ashes    Lent  (1 March 2006 - 16 April 2006)  The Cross is the symbol of the Crucifixion, as opposed to the Resurrection. Lent is the period of forty days which begins on Ash Wednesday. The season is devoted to reflection, which is marked by fasting, both from food and festivities. ** Why is it called Lent? Lent is an old English word meaning to lengthen. Lent is observed in spring, when the days begin to get longer. ** Do you know? The colour purple is the symbolic colour used in some churches throughout Lent  because purple is the colour associated with royalty, and celebrates Christ' s resurrection and sovereignty.        Holy Week (9 April 2006 - 16 April 2006 ) Spain Seville Semana Santa Easter Holy Week Festival Holy Week , the last week of Lent, begins with the observance of Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday takes its name from Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem where the crowds laid palms at his feet. Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, which was held the evening before the Crucifixion. Friday in Holy Week is the anniversary of the Crufixion, the day that Christ was crucified and died on the cross.    Good Friday (14 April 2006 ) Good Friday commemorates Jesus' crucifixion ** Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the execution of Jesus by crucifixion. ** Man Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. His name, in the novel given to him by Robinson Crusoe, has later become an expression used to describe a male personal assistant or servant. (英语点津陈蓓编辑）

Vocabulary:

Ash Wednesday: 圣灰星期三，大斋首日、复活节前第七个星期三和大斋期的第一天。在这一天很多基督教都用灰在前额画一标记以作忏悔和必死的标志。 Lent fast: 四旬节斋戒 Lent: 封斋期，从圣灰星期三（大斋节的第一天）到复活节的四十天，基督徒视之为禁食和为复活节作准备而忏悔的季节。可参考“词海拾贝”有关Carnival（嘉年华会）起源的第三种理论 reflection: 反省，自省 Good Friday: 耶稣受难日（复活节前的星期五） Man Friday: “星期五”，英国作家丹尼尔·笛福的小说《鲁滨逊飘流记》中鲁滨逊的忠实奴仆。 现常用来指代“忠心的仆人；得力的男佣人”。 Holy Week:  the week before Easter（圣周，复活节前一周） Palm Sunday: the Sunday before Easter, observed by Christians in commemoration of Jesus's entry into Jerusalem, when palm fronds were strewn before him（棕榈星期日，复活节前的星期日，纪念耶稣胜利进入耶路撒冷，当天人们在他前面撒满了棕榈枝） Holy Thursday: 圣星期四，复活节前最后一个星期四，用以纪念耶稣最后的晚餐