导读:Lancaster Brewery Go Green for St. Patrick's Day
每年的3月17日是圣帕特里克节,这天,各地会举办爱尔兰文化庆祝活动,以纪念爱尔兰的守护神圣帕特里克,他在公元五世纪期间在爱尔兰宣扬传颂基督教。St Patrick's Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century.
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圣帕特里克节在英格兰各地出人意料地受欢迎,3月17日是每个人表达自己心中爱尔兰情结的日子——亦真亦幻。St Patrick's Day is surprisingly popular all over England, and March 17 is a day when everyone celebrates their Irishness - real or imagined. 不必是爱尔兰人,你也可以在英格兰和整个英国庆祝圣帕特里克节。在伦敦,人们庆祝圣帕特里克节的习俗已有70多年了。而且,英国大城市的节日游行规模每年都在扩大。You don't have to be Irish to celebrate St Patrick's Day in England and around the UK. In London, they've been celebrating St. Patrick's day for more than 70 years. The festivals and parades in some of Britain's biggest cities seem to get bigger every year.
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号称“世界第三大圣帕特里克节游行”的伯明翰节日游行,吸引了多达100,000人!!Birmingham claims is the "third-biggest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the world", attracting as many as 100,000 people!!