1.The English names of the months of the year come from Latin.January,March,May,and June were all named after Roman gods.January was named after the goal Janus.Janus was a strange god with two faces that could look in two directions.He could look forward and back at the same time,so he was the god of beginnings and endings.January,the first month of the year,is a time at which one looks forward to the New Year and back to the old year.
1.在英语里，一年中每个月份的名字来源于拉丁语。JANUARY(一月)、MARCH(三月)、MAY(五月)和JUNE(六月)都是用罗马神的名字来命名的。JANUARY(一月)得名于神宙斯。宙斯是个奇特的神，他有两张脸能看两个方向。他能同时看到前面和后面，所以，他是开始和结束的神。JANUARY(一月)，一年的第一个月，是向前展望新年的时刻，也是向后回顾旧年的时刻。Wí‹°öw^ÃÅñbbs.petroren.comä-–žI=l×·
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2.The name February comes from a Roman celebration called Februa.Februa was a celebration of cleaning.Toward the end of February,after the long winter months,people begin to think of spring cleaning.This probably was the origin of the name of the month.February has only twenty-eight days except every fourth year,when it has an extra day.This is because in every year there are exactly 365 days and six hours.At the end of four years,these six extra hours of each year add up to twenty-four hours,or one full day.This fourth year,in which February has twenty-nine days,is called leap year.
2.FEBRUARY(二月)的名字来源于一个罗马庆典的日子（FEBRUA）。该日庆祝清洁。接近二月底，在漫长的冬季月份之后，人们开始考虑春天的清洁。大概是FEBRUARY(二月)这个名字的起源吧。除了每四年一次的额外多的一天，二月仅仅有二十八天。这是因为每一年实际上有365天6小时。在四年的年底，把每年额外的6小时累加，恰好是24小时，或者说是完整的一天。这个二月有29天的第四年被称为闰年。
3.The third month,March,was named after the Roman god of war,Mars.Mars was a strong god,and the Roman people always connected him with thunder and lightning.Pictures of Mars always show him with lightning above his head.It is natural that March should be named after this god since in most of North America,it is a month of strong winds,rain,and storms.There is frequent thunder and lightning in March.
3.MARCH(三月)，一年中的第三个月，得名于罗马战神玛斯（MARS），玛斯是一位强壮的神，罗马人把它与雷鸣电闪联系在一起。玛斯的像头部总是被画上闪电。三月以这个神命名是很自然的，因为北美洲的许多地方，三月是强风、大雨和暴风雪的季节。在三月，经常有雷鸣和闪电发生。
4.The exact origin of the word April is not known.The word probably comes from the Latin word aperire,meaning "to open".Today,the Italian word for "to open" is aprire and the Spanish word is abrir.In the month of April,the skies open and give us rain.The rain aids in the opening of life among trees,grass,and flowers.
4.APRIL(四月)这个词的确切来源并不为人所知。这个词也许来源于拉丁语的APERIRE，意思是“打开”。今天意大利语中的“打开”是APRIRE，西班牙语则是ABRIR。在APRIL(四月)，天空似乎打开并赐给我们雨水，雨水给树木、草、花朵带来生机。
5.May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields,Maia.Maia was the mother of the god Mercury.Another beautiful goddess,Juno,the wife of Jupiter,give us the name of the month of June.
5.MAY(五月)得名于年轻美丽的原野女神玛雅（MAIA）。玛雅是神麦克瑞（MERCURY）的母亲。另外一个美丽的女神朱诺（JUNO）是丘比特的妻子，她给了我们JUNE(六月)的名字。
6.The seventh month of the year,July,was named after Julius Caesar.Caesar was a famous general who became dictator of Rome.Before the time of Caesar,the year began in March instead of in January.Caesar made a new calendar,which is the one we use at present.He himself was born in July,the seventh month of the new calendar.
6.一年中的第七个月，JULY(七月)，得名于以朱利斯·凯撒（JULIUS CAESAR）。凯撒是一个著名的将军，后来成为罗马帝国的独裁者。在凯撒帝国之前，每年开始于三月而不是一月。凯撒创造了一部新历法，也就是我们现在使用的这部历法。凯撒自己也出生于JULY(七月)，即新历法的第七个月。
7.After Julius Caesar,his grandnephew Augustus became the ruler of Rome.Augustus' real name was Octavian,but when he became emperor,the people wished to please him.They gave him the title of Augustus,meaning "noble",and they named the eighth month,August,after him.
7.在凯撒之后，他的外孙奥古斯塔斯（AUGUSTUS）成为罗马的统治者。奥古斯塔斯的真名叫屋大维。但是当他成为君主后，人们为取悦他，给了他奥古斯塔斯的头衔，意思是“贵族”。在他之后，人们称一年的第八个月为AUGUST(八月)。
8.The months of September,October,November,and December need little explanation.In our calendar today,they are the ninth,tenth,eleventh,and twelfth months.But in the old calendar before Julius Caesar,they were the seventh,eighth,ninth,and tenth months.Their names therefore came from the Latin words for seventh,eighth,ninth,and tenth.
8.SEPTEMBER(九月)、OCTOBER(十月)、NOVEMBER(十一月)、和DECEMBER(十二月)需要一些小小的解释。它们在我们今天的日历里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二个月，但是在凯撒以前的古历法中，它们是一年的第七、第八、第九、和第十个月。因此，它们名字源自拉丁文的第七（SEPTEMBER），第八（OCTOBER），第九（NOVEMBER），和第十（DECEMBER）。
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