土拨鼠节

作者：笪景行

来源：中学生英语, 2019, Z2: 20-22.

<正>On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent2 meteorologist3, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, it gets scared and runs back into its burrow4, predicting six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.1887年的2月2日,在宾夕法尼亚州庞斯塔维尼的火鸡丘首次庆祝以啮齿动物气象学