雅思口语 [雅思口语背景：用英语介绍元宵节]
Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunarmonth. This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity andperfection. Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival , andmarks the official end of the long holiday.
元宵节是农历正月的第十五天，这是新年的第一次满月，象征着和睦和团圆。元宵节是春节的一个重要组成部分，也象征着春节长假的正式结束。
Thereare many legends concerning the origins of Lantern Festival.
关于元宵节的来历有很多传说。
Accordingto one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal worldwhere it was shot down by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the highest god inHeaven, vowed to avenge the swan. He started making plans to send a troop ofcelestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the firstlunar month, with orders to incinerate all humans and animals. But the othercelestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their livesto warn the people of Earth. As a result, before and after the fifteenth day ofthe first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set offfirecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression that their homes were alreadyburning. By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity wassaved from extermination.
有一个传说是这样的，在古代，有一位神界天鹅闯入人间被猎手误杀。天界最高的神玉皇大帝因此发誓为这只天鹅报仇。他开始制定计划，派出一支天兵天将于农历正月十五来到人间，命令他们火烧所有的人和动物。但是其他神仙并不赞同这一计划，他们冒着生命危险提醒人间的人们。结果，在正月十五这一天前后，每一个家庭在门外挂起灯笼，并燃放烟花爆竹，给天兵天将造成各家各户起火的假象。通过这种方式，人们成功骗过了玉皇大帝，人类也因此逃过灭绝的危险。
Accordingto another legend, during the time of Emperor Han Wudi of the Han Dynasty , apalace woman named Yuanxiao was prevented from carrying out her filial duty ofvisiting her parents on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Distraught,she said she would kill herself by jumping into a well. In order to helpYuanxiao fulfill her duty as a filial daughter, the scholar Dongfang Shuo cameup with a scheme. He told Emperor Han Wudi that the Jade Emperor, the highestgod in Heaven, had ordered the Fire God to burn down the capital city ofCh