每日背誦第三期54
This modern country maintains its traditions and hearty spirit, celebrating many festivals. Its most popular Midsummer's Day finds many Finns lighting bonfires and drinking enthusiastically at their country homes. Finland is also home to the world's longest-running rock festival, Ruisrock. The best-known event is the Savolinna Opera Festival, while the strangest is probably the annual wife-carrying championship, where the winner is awarded his wife's weight in beer.
這個現(xiàn)代化的國家仍保留其傳統(tǒng)和蓬勃的朝氣，并為許多節(jié)日舉辦慶?；顒?。在芬蘭最受歡迎的"施洗約翰節(jié)"這天，可以看見許多芬蘭人在他們自己的鄉(xiāng)間農(nóng)舍，點燃篝火，痛快暢飲一番。芬蘭也是世界上歷史最悠久的搖滾音樂節(jié)"路易斯搖滾"的主辦地。節(jié)慶中最富盛名的，首推"沙弗力拿歌劇節(jié)"；而最匪夷所思的，則是一年一度的扛老婆大賽，大賽冠軍可贏得和老婆重量相當(dāng)?shù)钠【啤?BR>
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于：芬蘭——圣誕老人的家鄉(xiāng))
