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▍原文
Mexico returned Sunday to mass commemorations of the Day of the Dead, after traditional visits to graveyards were prohibited last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
There was a special altar in downtown Mexico City dedicated to those who died of COVID-19. Relatives were allowed into a fenced-off plaza and offered equipment to print out photos of their loved ones, which they could then pin, along with handwritten messages, on a black wall.
Mexico has over 288,000 test-confirmed deaths, by some counts the fourth-highest in the world.
▍语言点
1. commemoration /kəˌmeməˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 纪念活动
· in commemoration of sb./sth. 为了纪念某人/某事
· a statue in commemoration of a national hero 纪念民族英雄的雕像
2. the+形容词 表示“具有某种特性或特征的一类人”
· the Day of the Dead 亡灵节
· the rich 富人
· the poor 穷人
3. altar /ˈɔːltər/ n. 祭坛
4. die of sth. 死于(疾病、衰老等自然死因)
· die of cancer 死于癌症
· die of a heart attack 死于心脏病
5. fenced-off adj. 被围栏隔起来的
· fence /fens/ n. 围栏，栅栏 v. (用栅栏或围栏)围住，隔开
· fence sth. off (用栅栏或围栏)把某块区域隔开
· fenced-off plaza 被围栏围起来的广场
6. pin /pɪn/ v.(用别针等)别住，钉住 n. 别针，大头针
· pin sth. on/to sth. 把……钉在……，把……别在……
· He pinned the name tag on his jacket.
他把名牌别在了外套上。
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