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The world renowned Songkran, much celebrated on April 13th each year, is the Thai New Year’s national day. In order to let people go home for this holiday, the Thai government extended the festival to a seven-day holiday beginning from April 9th to 16th. The word, “Songkran,” which is “samkrānti” in Sanskrit, carries the meaning of “astrological passage” with its connotation of transformation or change. Viewed as ritual cleansing, the Songkran celebrations have people engage themselves to water fighting in public. It has thus become prevalent and widespread among Thai and foreign visitors. The origin of Songkran Festival can be traced back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. In the city of Sukhavati in Suvvannabhumi, Indra, King of Devas, witnessed the occurrence of corruption in the city where people were sinful for their bad behaviors and they led a life without faith in Dhamma. The king then decided to punish people by having them  impaired by lack of water and food. There is even a drought with a hot sun burning people to death.

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世界著名的潑水節在每年4月13日慶祝，是泰國的新年國定假日。為了讓人們回家過節，泰國政府將假期延長為從4月9日到16日的七天連假。『Songkran』一詞在梵語中為『samkrānti』，帶有『占星術上的過渡』之意，隱含轉變或改變的內涵。被視為一種淨化儀式，潑水節慶祝活動讓人們參與公開打水仗，因此它在泰國和外國遊客中變得流行且廣泛。潑水節的起源可追溯到一個關於豐收和春天的佛教民間神話。在Suvvannabhumi的Sukhavati城中，帝釋天（眾神之王）目睹了城市的腐敗現象：人們因惡行而罪孽深重，且過著不信仰佛法的生活。國王於是決定懲罰人們，讓他們因缺乏水和食物而受苦。甚至出現乾旱，烈日將人們燒死。

world renowned    /wɜrld rɪˈnaʊnd/    adj. phr.    世界知名的 Songkran    /ˈsɔŋ.krɑn/    n.    潑水節 Thai New Year    /taɪ nu jɪr/    n. phr.    泰國新年 national day    /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl deɪ/    n. phr.    國定假日 in order to    /ɪn ˈɔr.dər tu/    phr.    為了... government    /ˈɡʌv.ərn.mənt/    n.    政府 extend    /ɪkˈstend/    v.    延長 festival    /ˈfes.tə.vəl/    n.    節日 Sanskrit    /ˈsæn.skrɪt/    n.    梵語 astrological    /ˌæs.trəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/    adj.    占星術的 passage    /ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/    n.    通道；過渡 connotation    /ˌkɑː.nəˈteɪ.ʃən/    n.    內涵意義 transformation    /ˌtræns.fərˈmeɪ.ʃən/    n.    轉變 ritual cleansing    /ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl ˈklen.zɪŋ/    n. phr.    淨化儀式 engage in    /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ ɪn/    v. phr.    參與 water fighting    /ˈwɔː.tər ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/    n. phr.    打水仗 prevalent    /ˈprev.ə.lənt/    adj.    流行的

widespread    /ˈwaɪd.spred/    adj.    廣泛的 foreign visitors    /ˈfɔːr.ən ˈvɪ.zɪ.tərz/    n. phr.    外國遊客 origin    /ˈɔːr.ɪ.dʒɪn/    n.    起源 trace back to    /treɪs bæk tu/    v. phr.    追溯到 Buddhist    /ˈbʊ.dɪst/    adj.    佛教的 folk myth    /foʊk mɪθ/    n. phr.    民間神話 harvest    /ˈhɑːr.vɪst/    n.    豐收 spring    /sprɪŋ/    n.    春天 corruption    /kəˈrʌp.ʃən/    n.    腐敗 sinful    /ˈsɪn.fəl/    adj.    有罪的 faith    /feɪθ/    n.    信仰 Dhamma    /ˈdɑː.mə/    n.    佛法（巴利文） punish    /ˈpʌn.ɪʃ/    v.    懲罰 impaired    /ɪmˈperd/    adj.    受損的 lack of    /læk əv/    n. phr.    缺乏 drought    /draʊt/    n.    乾旱 burn to death    /bɜrn tu dɛθ/    v. phr.    燒死

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ㅤㅤ (A) traced追蹤 (B) spread傳播 (C) merged合併 (D) disregarded忽略 ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ Theorigin of Songkran Festival can be  traced back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. 潑水節的起源可以追溯到佛教關於豐收和春天的民間神話。