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凌哥，PEP五年级下册U4 When is Easter?第38页下部有一句“Talk about the holidays with your partner”，为什么这里不使用festival？holiday和festival有什么区别？ 你好！ holiday来自于holy day（神圣的日子），从词源上来说，是和宗教有关的。该词本身强调是不用工作的假期，在BrE中还指vacation。 festival指有一定公众仪式和民俗活动的节日，但是不一定有放假，以及“人造”的节日。如果你到网络上搜索，会发现“holidays and festivals”有时候是作为一个词组出现的。 有的日子既是holiday也是festival，比如Christmas；而有的只是festival，比如Teachers’ Day。 如果非要只用一个词来概括的话，则用holiday。 festival的词源： Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin festivus festive festival的词义： 1. a: a time of celebration marked by special observances b: feast 2 2. an often periodic celebration or program of events or entertainment having a specified focus | a daffodil festival, a Greek festival holiday的词义： 1: [holy day] an important Muslim holiday 2: a day on which one is exempt from work; specifically : a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event | will be closed for the July 4th holiday; a national holiday; plans for the holiday weekend 3: chiefly British : vacation — often used in the phrase on holiday | going on holiday — often used in plural | spent the summer holidays in Spain 4: a period of exemption or relief | corporations enjoying a tax holiday
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