For some, fireworks are a solemn matter of superstition: the sound and light show is believed to scare away evil spirits and ensure an auspicious good year.

对一些人而言，爆竹是一种隆重的迷信：他们认为爆竹的声响和光亮能够驱赶恶灵，以保证一个吉祥的好年。

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Either the change in the quality of the air from heavy to light, or the sense of being amid new scenes where there were no invidious eyes upon her, sent up her spirits wonderfully.

也许是空气的性质从沉闷到轻松的变化，也许是她觉得已经到了没有人用恶意的眼光看待她的新地方，于是她的精神奇妙地振作起来。

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Spirits of relatives and friends who have already died come to meet him, and a loving, warm being of light appears before him.

一些往生的亲戚朋友的灵魂来接他，而且有一个温暖又有爱心的光亮众生出现在他前面。

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They would put out sacrifices of food and light fires to keep the spirits from doing any harm to the living.

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This was how we spoke of the local people: they were souls, they were transient spirits, a face in the window of a passing car, runny with reflected light, or a long street with a shovel jutting from a snowbank, no one in sight.

NEWYORKER: Midnight in Dostoevsky