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lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. 人們把特制的燈籠掛在各家的門外,以幫助這些亡靈找到回家的路?! ≌Z言點 to help the dead to find動詞不定式作目的狀語 All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. 整個夜晚人們栽歌載舞。第二天清晨,人們便把為死者擺放的食品扔到河里或海里去。因為人們認為活人吃了這些東西會不吉利?! n towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. 在海邊的城鎮(zhèn),頭天夜里掛在大街小巷的小燈籠在節(jié)后就放到水里去?! ≌Z言點 are placed into the water被放置在水中 Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. 成千上萬只小燈籠慢慢漂向大海,指引著亡靈返回另一個世間?! ≌Z言點 drift out to sea漂向大?! his is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more. 這是一個感人的場面,人們成群地佇立在海岸上,注視著燈籠遠去,直到再也看不見為止?! ≌Z宮點 no more強調(diào)不再出現(xiàn)。