In the past century, Irish painting has changes from a British-influenced lyrical tradition to an art that evokes the ruggedness and roots of an Irish Celtic past.
在过去的一个世纪里,爱尔兰绘画已经从一种受英国影响的抒情传统转变为一种艺术,唤起爱尔兰凯尔特过去的粗犷和根源。
Halloween's roots lie in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain which was celebrated in the British Isles on a full moon around November 1st.
万圣节起源于古代凯尔特人的属阴节(Samhain),生活在英伦列岛的赛尔特人把11月1日左近的一个月圆日定为节日。
It is easy now to dismiss the rise in living standards in the “Celtic Tiger” years as illusory, particularly as Ireland enjoyed house-price and credit booms that were big even by British standards.
(看图 1)现在,很容易把“凯尔特之虎”(注3)生活水准的上升打发成为经济泡沫年代的幻象, 特别是爱尔兰所经历的房价上升及流通信用的膨胀,哪怕以英国的标准来讲都是庞大的。
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