据说，赛龙舟起源于人们划船寻找爱国诗人屈原（公元前343-278年）的尸体的传说。屈原投河溺水身亡。赛龙舟是端午节期间最重要的活动。木船是中国龙的形状和相关装饰。船的大小因地区而异，一般来说，长度约为20-35米，需要30-60人 划船。比赛中，龙舟队在鼓声的伴奏下，和谐而急促地划桨。据说获胜的队伍在来年会有好运和幸福的生活。

中国人如何庆祝端午节？

Duanwu Festival(Dragon Boat Festival) is a folk festival celebrated for over 2,000 years, when Chinese peoplepractice various customsthought todispel disease, and invoke good health. Some of the most traditional customs include dragon boat racing, eating sticky rice dumplings (zongzi), hanging Chinese mugwort and calumus, drinking realgar wine, and wearing perfume pouches.

端午节（端午节）是一个有两千多年历史的民间节日，中国人在端午节期间奉行各种祛病防疫、祈求健康的习俗。一些最传统的习俗包括赛龙舟，吃粽子，挂艾蒿和菖蒲，喝雄黄酒，戴香包。

Practice various customs：奉行各种习俗。practice有【奉行】的意思。

(Be) thought to:这是被动语态做修饰语，意思是【被认为】，翻译时可以不用翻译。

Dispel disease, and invoke good health：祛病防疫、祈求健康。Dispel的意思是【驱散，消除（尤指感觉或信仰）】， Invoke的意思是【向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)】。

吃粽子

Zongzi (粽子zòngzi /dzong-dzuh/) is the most traditional Dragon Boat Festival food. It is related to Qu Yuancommemoration, as the legend says thatlumps of ricewere thrown into the river to stop fish eating his drowned body. They are a kind ofsticky rice dumplingmade of glutinous rice filled with meats, beans, and otherfillings. Zongzi is wrapped in triangle or rectangle shapes in bamboo orreed leaves, and tied with soakedstalksor colorful silky cords. The flavors of zongzi are usually different from one region to another across China.

粽子是端午节最传统的食物。这与纪念屈原有关，传说有人把米块扔进河里，以阻止鱼吃掉他溺死的尸体。粽子是以糯米，加上肉、豆等馅料做成的糯米团，粽子用竹叶或芦苇叶包成三角形或长方形，用浸过水的茎秆或五颜六色的丝线捆扎而成。中国各地的粽子口味通常各不相同。

Commemoration的意思是【纪念】。

粽子的英文就是Sticky rice dumpling，剥开粽叶就是【米块】（Lump of rice），lump的意思【（一）块】的意思。馅料就是Fillings，粽子的馅料有glutinous rice，meats, beans。包粽子的动作，可以用wrap，包粽子用竹叶或粽叶，英文是bamboo or reed leaves。

雄黄酒

There is an old saying: 'Drinkingrealgar winedrives diseases and evils away!' Realgar wine is a Chinese alcoholic drink consisting of fermented cereals and powdered realgar. In ancient times, people believed that realgar was an antidote for all poisons, and effective for killing insects and driving away evil spirits. So everyone would drink some realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival.

有句老话：“喝雄黄酒驱除病魔！”雄黄酒是一种中国酒精饮料，由发酵谷物和雄黄粉组成。在古代，人们认为雄黄是所有毒药的解毒剂，对杀虫驱邪很有效。所以每个人都会在端午节喝些雄黄酒。

Realgar wine就是【雄黄酒】啦。

Drives diseases and evils away的意思是【驱病祛邪】。

戴香包

Before Dragon Boat Festival arrives, parents usually prepareperfume pouchesfor their children. They sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and thenstringthemwithsilk threads. During Dragon Boat Festival perfume pouches are hung around kids' necks or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. The perfume pouches are said to protect them from evil.

端午节到来之前，父母通常会为孩子准备香包。他们用五颜六色的丝布缝制小包，在包里装满香料或草药，然后用丝线挂起来。在端午节期间，孩子将香包挂在脖子上或系在衣服的前面作为装饰品。据说香包可以保护他们免受邪恶的侵害。

Perfume pouches就是【香包】的意思。pouch是【小袋子；荷包】。

String的意思是【用线（或细绳等）串，把…连在一起】。

挂艾蒿和菖蒲

The Dragon Boat Festival is held at the start of summer when diseases are moreprevalent. Mugwort leaves are used medicinally in China. Their fragrance is very pleasant,deterringflies and mosquitoes. Calamus an aquatic plant that has similar effects. On the fifth day of the fifth month, people usually clean their houses, courtyards, and hang mugwort and calamus ondoors lintelstodiscourage diseases. It is also said hanging mugwort and calamus can bring good luck to the family.

端午节在夏初，那时疾病比较普遍。艾蒿叶在中国做药用。它们的香味令人愉快，能驱赶苍蝇和蚊子。菖蒲是一种水生植物，有类似的功效。在五月初五，人们通常打扫房屋、庭院，并在门楣上悬挂艾蒿和菖蒲以防病。据说挂艾蒿和菖蒲能给家里带来好运。

Mugwort and calamus的意思是就是【艾蒿和菖蒲】。

Prevalent的意思是【流行的;普遍存在的;盛行的】。

Deter的意思是【制止；阻止；威慑；使不敢】。

Doors lintel的意思是【过梁 ; 门楣】。

Discourage disease的意思是【阻止疾病】。返回搜狐，查看更多