Mardi Gras is always the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins, and always falls exactly 46 days before Easter.

In some churches, the palms that are used on Palm Sunday are saved and burned into ashes for Ash Wednesday.

在一些教堂中，在棕枝全日为了灰节将保存起来的棕榈叶烧为灰烬。

Mardi Gras is the final day ofa three-day period, which starts on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras也是三天的最后一天，此项节日开始于圣灰星期三之前的周日。

Ash Wednesday falls between February the 4th and March the 10th each year, depending on the date of Easter.

每年圣灰星期三的举办日期为2月4日到3月18日，日期要取决于复活节的日期。

The dates of the carnival vary year depending on the date of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

每年狂欢节的时间都根据圣灰星期三来定，即四旬斋的第一天。

It is called Ash Wednesday because priests draw a small cross on the foreheads of people in church.

之所以叫做圣灰星期三的原因是，在这一天中，神父会在教堂中向人们的额头画十字。

It begins on Ash Wednesday.

四旬斋开始于圣灰星期三。

This is a religious holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.

这也是复活节前第七个星期三之前（大斋节的开始）要庆祝的宗教节日。

Is Ash Wednesday a Christian holiday?

圣灰星期三是个基督教节日吗？

Many Christians around the world celebrate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent.

全球许多基督徒都庆祝圣灰星期三，这天也是大斋日的首日。

On Ash Wednesday, people traditionally start fasting for 40 days, eating only simple food.

从传统意义上来讲，人们将会在这天开始进行为期40天的大斋，并只食用简单的食物。

Many Catholics will fast completely on Ash Wednesday or just have bread and water.

许多天主教教徒会在圣灰星期三完全斋戒，或者是只食用面包和水。

So the Christians will begin to fast after Ash Wednesday?

圣灰星期三后教徒们就要斋戒是吗？

People eat well the day before Ash Wednesday and hold celebrations.

人们会在圣灰星期三之前吃得饱饱的，并举办庆祝活动。

I helped him up, and he smiled at me ashamedly.

我扶他起来，他不好意思地冲我笑了一下。

Each ashbin can "speak" several kinds of languages.

每一个垃圾箱都能“说”好几种语言。

His name is Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Virginia.

他的名字是Farooque Ahmed，今年34岁，是佛吉尼亚州Ashburn城的居民。

It's a 1973 executive Ashburn attach é.

这是个1973年的阿诗本公文�

JJ: Ashburn has a winter festival every year and not a single attempt at kidnapping.

阿什本每年都有冬节园游，本次绑架事件不可能是个案。

Mr Ashburn said he does not plan to run for any public office after his term ends later this year.

阿什本本人声称，在他本届参议员任期结束后，他不会再竞选任何公职。

His subjects were not the crowded streets of the New York slums painted by the ashcan school but groups of happy people at their leisure on the beach, in the park, thronging the sunny boulevards of Paris or the bridges of venice.

他的题材不是垃圾箱画派所画的纽约贫民窟乱哄哄的街道，而是在海滩上、公园里，或云集在巴黎洒满阳光的林荫大道和威尼斯大桥上愉快消闲的人群。