11月11 日在英國(guó)可不是光棍節(jié)，而是榮軍紀(jì)念日！
November 11 is not Singles’ Day, but Remembrance Day in the U.K..

Remembrance Day
榮軍紀(jì)念日

World War I ended in 1918. After four years of fighting, 8,500,000 soldiers died. The fighting in France and Belgium (比利時(shí)) stopped at 11:00 a.m. on 11 November 1918—the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
1918年，第一次世界大戰(zhàn)結(jié)束。經(jīng)過4年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，850萬士兵犧牲。法國(guó)和比利時(shí)的戰(zhàn)火在1918年11月11日11時(shí)結(jié)束——11月，11日，11時(shí)。

Remembrance Day (榮軍紀(jì)念日) is held in the U.K. on 11 November. It is to honor those who died for their country in World War I and other wars. At 11:00 a.m. there is a two-minute slience at schools and factories across the country. On the nearest Sunday there are special church services, and the Royal Family and political leaders put poppies (罌粟花) on the Cenotaph (紀(jì)念碑) in London.
11月11日，英國(guó)舉辦榮軍紀(jì)念日。這是為了紀(jì)念那些在一戰(zhàn)中或在其它戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中保衛(wèi)自己國(guó)家而犧牲的士兵。11時(shí)，整個(gè)國(guó)家的學(xué)校，工廠進(jìn)行了2分鐘的靜默哀悼。最近的周日，開展了一次特殊的禮拜活動(dòng)。倫敦的王室，政治領(lǐng)袖將罌粟花放于紀(jì)念碑上。

11 November is also known as Poppy Day. Why a poppy? Because in Flanders, a part of Belgium, the huge guns destroyed everything. The only things that could grow in the sea of mud (泥漿) were poppies. A famous ?poem? called In Flanders Fields (《在佛蘭德斯戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)》) described these blood-red flowers covering the soldiers’??graves?, and the poppy soon became the ?symbol? of remembrance.
?11月11日，同樣也是罌粟節(jié)。為什么是罌粟？因?yàn)樵诟ヌm德斯（比利時(shí)的一部分），激烈的戰(zhàn)火焚毀了一切。但在一片泥漿中，唯有罌粟花存活了下來。一首著名的詩(shī)篇《在弗拉德斯戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)》描繪了這么一個(gè)場(chǎng)景——士兵的墳?zāi)古蚤_遍了血一樣紅的花，因此，罌粟花成了回憶的象征。
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