 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. 来源于古罗马门神杰纳斯 Janus。该神生两张脸，一张回顾过去，一张眺望未来。人们选择他的名字作为除旧迎新的第一个月月名。 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，罗马人民都要杀牲饮酒，欢庆 Februarius 菲勃卢姆节。这一天，人们常用一种名叫 Februa 的鞭子抽打不育的妇女，以求怀孕生子。这一天人们要忏悔自己过去一年的罪过，洗刷自己的灵魂，求得神明的饶恕，使自己成为一个贞洁的人。 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. 按照传统习惯，3 月是古罗马每年出征远战的季节。为了纪念战神玛尔斯 Mars，人们便把这位战神的拉丁名字作为 3 月的月名。据传玛尔斯是一位强壮的神，罗马人把它与雷鸣电闪联系在一起，因此玛尔斯的像头部总是被画上闪电。 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. 罗马的 4 月，正是大地回春，鲜花初绽的美好季节。英文 4 月 April 便是由拉丁文 aperire（开放，开花）演变而来。 May 五月 May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields, Maia. Maia was the mother of the god Mercury. 罗马神话中的女神玛雅 Maia，专门司管春天和生命。罗马人用她的名字命名 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 的妻子朱诺 Juno，司婚姻、生育和妇女之神，相当于希腊神话中的赫拉。古罗马人对她十分崇敬，便把 6 月奉献给她。英语 6 月 June 便由这位女神的名字演变而来。 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. 古罗马凯撒大帝 CaesarJulius 遇刺身亡，元老院用凯撒的名字 Julius 命名凯撒大帝诞生的 7 月。英语 7 月 July 由拉丁语 Julius 演变而来。 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. 凯撒大帝继任者屋大维为了和凯撒齐名，也想用自己的名字来命名一个月份。他的生日在 9 月，但他选定 8 月。因为他登基后，罗马元老院在 8 月授予他奥古斯都 Augustus（至高无上）的尊号。于是，他用这个尊号来命名 8 月。原来 8 月只有 30 天，为了和凯撒平起平坐，他又决定从 2 月中抽出一天加在 8 月上。从此，7/8 两月都是大月，而 2 月的日子变少了。英语 8 月 August 由这位皇帝的拉丁语尊号 Augustus 演变而来。 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 在我们今天的日历里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二个月，但是在凯撒以前的古历法中，它们是一年的第七、第八、第九、和第十个月。它们的名字分别源自拉丁文的 Septem"7"，Octo"8"，Novem"9" 以及 Decem"10"。 |
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