日期：2007-10-07 New Year's Day January 1 10...9...8... The lighted ball in New York's Times Square （时代广场）starts picking up speed （加快速度）. 7...6...5... It's almost time. 4...3...2... Everyone holds their breath for the last few seconds. We're about to jum... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Saint Lucia's Day (Sweden) December 13th On December 13th, one of the shortest days of winter, girls in Sweden dress up as Santa Lucia wearing a white dress and a crown of candles . Boys carry a candle and wear a kind of white pyjama. They wear hats... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 December 1 According to UNAIDS （联合国艾滋病规划署）estimates there were 38.6 million adults and 3.2 million children living with HIV at the end of 2002, and during the year 5 million new people became infected with the virus. Around half of all pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 每年的12月16日是南非政府法定的种族和解日 （原为纪念祖鲁族人大屠杀的许愿日the Day of the Vow）。这个已经延续了100多年的纪念日曾经有过不同的名字和含义，这与它的来历密切相关。让我们来了解一下这一节日吧！ Prior to this the day was celebrated as The Day... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 冬至是我国农历中一个非常重要的节气，也是一个传统节日，至今不少地方仍有过冬至节的习俗。在二十四节气中，冬至节是被最早制定出来的一个，时间约在每年12月22日至23日左右。冬至是北半球全年中白天最短、黑夜最长的一天，过了冬至，白天就会一天天变长,各地气候都进... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 圣诞节虽然是西方的一个重要节日。但是随着西方文化的传播，越来越多的中国人开始接受并且喜欢上这个节日。圣诞节如此受人们欢迎是为什么呢？你想不想知道各个国家的人们是如果看待圣诞节以及渡过的吗？希望了解更多，就往下看吧!!! The polar express Father Christma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 再不懂西方历史，您也知道，圣诞节是为纪念耶稣的诞辰。不过，如何简洁明了地介绍圣诞节的渊源，如何解析圣诞节对现代西方人的意义？本文会给您一个满意的答案。甚至是，阅读完如下文字，您完全可以向友人炫耀您的圣诞知识，比如，关于圣诞树与维多利亚女王的爱情，关... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 St Andrew's Day November 30th St Andrew has been associated with Scotland for more than a millennium. Legend has it that relics of the Apostle, who was crucified in Patras in Greece, were first brought to Scotland as early as the seventh or eighth c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies alm... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Veterans' Day (U.S.) Second Monday in November In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an armistice （停战）was signed. The war to end all wars was o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 很多年前听过一首歌《没有情人的情人节》，孟庭苇恬静、忧伤的嗓音倾尽了单身的悲戚和落寞。十余年滑过，忽然发现，身边的单身贵族似乎有增无减，而且，单身不再是伤感的代名词，它代表着时尚、自由和神秘。2006年11月11日的光棍节，单身的你要不要也来凑个热闹？注意... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 你知道吗？每年11月28日是火星节，这是为了纪念水手四号（美国发射到金星、火星和水星附近的不载人航天探测飞船系列被称作水手号）航天飞船的成功发射。1964年11月28日，美国发射了水手四号火星探测器，并首次从火星附近发回了第一批人类拍摄的火星照片。被称为红星球... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Halloween October 31 On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes （节日服装）knock on their neighbors' doors and yell Trick or Treat when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Diwali October 26th Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Celebrated joyously all over the country, it is a festival of wealth and prosperity. The essence of this light is Shri Lakshmi-arising, at the beginning of time, out of the wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 United Nations Day October 24 United Nations Day was established by Presidential Proclamation （总统令） to commemorate the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It is celebrated very generally in all states and American possessions, and by a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 The Double Ninth Festival the ninth day of the ninth lunar month The Chong Yang Festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is as such known as the Double Ninth Festival. Origins: The festival began as early as the Warri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY October 15th October 15, 1970 was declared International White Cane Safety Day for the first time by the President of the International Federation of the Blind. This date was adopted at the first quinquennial convention of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 Columbus Day Second Monday in October Today we take for granted that the world is round. In the fifteenth century, however, most people believed the world was flat. They thought that monsters or a trip over the edge of the earth waited for anybody w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 October 26th Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Celebrated joyously all over the country, it is a festival of wealth and prosperity. The essence of this light is Shri Lakshmi-arising, at the beginning of time, out of the waters at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-07 农历九月初九，两阳相重，故叫重阳，重阳节又是老人节。九月重阳，金风送爽，重阳自然是登高远眺的好时节，在这一天，人们佩带茱萸，携酒登山，畅游欢饮。当然，重阳登山不仅仅是因为秋高气爽的好天气，做为重阳节一大重要习俗，登山源于一个为民除害的民间传说。关于... 阅读全文>>