A：We have another traditional holiday-the Dragon Boat Festival.
我们还有一个传统的节日：端午节。
B：When is it?
它是在什么时候?
A：It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
是在农历五月初五。
B：Could you tell me the origin of the two festivals?
你能告诉我它的来历吗?
A：OK. The Dragon Boat Festival is a way to commemorate a great ancient poet named Quyuan. On that day, people will hold a boat race as a symbol of the attempt to save him who threw himself into the river.
好。端午节是为了纪念一位古代的伟大诗人屈原。人们在那天要举行划龙舟比赛，象征他们在奋力救投江自尽的屈原。
B：Why do people eat rice cakes on that day?
那为什么人们要在那天吃棕子?
A：In order to prevent the fish from eating the poet's body.
为了不让鱼吃掉诗人的身体。
B：It sounds so moving.
听起来很感人。
