1·The Carnival takes place each year at the beginning of Lent, when Rio comes alive with colour, rhythm and a sense of theatre.
狂欢节每年都会在大斋节的开始时举行，届时里约热内卢人穿着盛装，涂上色彩载歌载舞。
2·Lent, in other words, provides us with practical exercise in dying and rising with Christ, such that we embody the meaning of Easter in our very lives.
换句话说，大斋节为我们提供了与基督一同死亡与复活的实际操练。例如，在我们的生命中我们能体现复活节的含义。
3·Those with eating disorders should fast not from food during Lent, but from unhealthy attitudes about food.
那些饮食失调的人不要在大斋节期间时禁食，而是要改正对食物不健康的态度。
4·In Lent, let us be free, but let us be responsible.
在大斋节，让我们得自由，但我们也必须有责任感。
5·Based on animal fur found in the scat, the researchers discovered that the hyenas hunt more during Lent, when meaty leftovers from human meals are scarcer.
根据在鬣狗粪便中发现的动物皮毛，研究人员判断，鬣狗在大斋节期间会大量捕猎——这是因为人类所丢掉的肉类极其匮乏的缘故。