漲姿勢啦thedictator！12個月份的英文來歷

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　　童鞋們，thedictator你們有木有想過一年為什么有12個月，不是13個或14個thedictator？來來來，給童鞋們科普下1-12月英語單詞的來歷。

　　古羅馬原來只有10個月，古羅馬皇帝決定增加兩個月放在年尾。后來凱撒大帝把這兩個月移到年初（也是愛折騰），成為1月和2月，而原來的1月和2月就成了3月和4月。以此類推。這就是今天世界沿用的公歷。

　　January

　　一月

　　Januarywas named after the goal Janus. Janus was a strange god with two faces thatcould look in two directions. He could look forward and back at the same time, sohe was the god of beginnings and endings. January, the first month of the year,is a time at which one looks forward to the New Year and back to the old year.

　　來源于古羅馬門神杰納斯Janus。該神生兩張臉，一張回顧過去，一張?zhí)魍磥?。人們選擇他的名字作為除舊迎新的第一個月月名。

　　February

　　二月

　　The name February comes from a Roman celebration called Februarius and Februa is a kind of whip used on that occasion to 'punish' those females who are supposed to be in fertile. Toward the end of February, after the long winter months, people begin to think of spring cleaning. This probably was the origin of the name of the month.

　　每年2月初，羅馬人民都要殺牲飲酒，歡慶Februarius菲勃盧姆節(jié)。這一天，人們常用一種名叫Februa的鞭子抽打不育的婦女，以求懷孕生子。這一天人們要懺悔自己過去一年的罪過，洗刷自己的靈魂，求得神明的饒恕，使自己成為一個貞潔的人。

　　March

　　三月

　　The third month, March, was named after the Roman god of war, Mars. Mars was a stronggod, and the Roman people always connected him with thunder and lightning. Pictures of Mars always show him with lightning above his head.

　　按照傳統(tǒng)習慣，3月是古羅馬每年出征遠戰(zhàn)的季節(jié)。為了紀念戰(zhàn)神瑪爾斯Mars，人們便把這位戰(zhàn)神的拉丁名字作為3月的月名。據(jù)傳瑪爾斯是一位強壯的神，羅馬人把它與雷鳴電閃聯(lián)系在一起，因此瑪爾斯的像頭部總是被畫上閃電。

　　April

　　四月

　　The exactorigin of the word April is not known. The word probably comes from the Latin word aperire, meaning "to open". In the month of April, the skies open and give us rain. The rain aids in the opening of life among trees, grass,and flowers.

　　羅馬的4月，正是大地回春，鮮花初綻的美好季節(jié)。英文4月April便是由拉丁文aperire（開放，開花）演變而來。

　　May

　　五月

　　May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields, Maia. Maia was the mother of the god Mercury.

　　羅馬神話中的女神瑪雅Maia，專門司管春天和生命。羅馬人用她的名字命名5月。

　　June

　　六月

　　Another beautiful goddess, Juno, the wife of Jupiter, give us the name of the month of June.

　　主神朱庇特Jupiter的妻子朱諾Juno，司婚姻、生育和婦女之神，相當于希臘神話中的赫拉。古羅馬人對她十分崇敬，便把6月奉獻給她。英語6月June便由這位女神的名字演變而來。

　　July

　　七月

　　The seventh month of the year, July, was named after Julius Caesar. Caesar was a famous general who became dictator of Rome. He himself was born in July, the seventh month of the new calendar.

　　古羅馬凱撒大帝CaesarJulius遇刺身亡，元老院用凱撒的名字Julius命名凱撒大帝誕生的7月。英語7月July由拉丁語Julius演變而來。

　　August

　　八月

　　After Julius Caesar, his grandnephew Augustus became the ruler of Rome. Augustus' real name was Octavian, but when he became emperor, the people wished to please him. They gave him the title of Augustus, meaning "noble", and they named the eighth month, August, after him.

　　凱撒大帝繼任者屋大維為了和凱撒齊名，也想用自己的名字來命名一個月份。他的生日在9月，但他選定8月。因為他登基后，羅馬元老院在8月授予他奧古斯都Augustus（至高無上）的尊號。于是，他用這個尊號來命名8月。原來8月只有30天，為了和凱撒平起平坐，他又決定從2月中抽出一天加在8月上。從此，7/8兩月都是大月，而2月的日子變少了。英語8月August由這位皇帝的拉丁語尊號Augustus演變而來。

　　九月——十二月

　　The months of September, October, November, and December need little explanation Inour calendar today, they are the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months. Butin the old calendar before Julius Caesar, they were the seventh, eighth, ninth,and tenth months. Their names therefore came from the Latin words for seventh, eighth,ninth, and tenth.

　　September、October、November以及December在thedictator我們今天的日歷里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二個月，但是在凱撒以前的古歷法中，它們是一年的第七、第八、第九、和第十個月。它們的名字分別源自拉丁文的Septem“7”，Octo“8”，Novem“9”以及Decem“10”。

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