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January
一月
　　Januarywas named after the goal Janus. Janus was a strange god with two faces thatcould look in two directions. He could look forward and back at the same time, sohe 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.
　　來源於古羅馬門神傑納斯 Janus。該神生兩張臉，一張回顧過去，一張眺望未來。人們選擇他的名字作為除舊迎新的第一個月月名。
February
二月
　　The name February comes from a Roman celebration called Februarius and Februa is a kind of whip used on that occasion to "punish" those females who are supposed to be in fertile. 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.
　　每年 2 月初，羅馬人民都要殺牲飲酒，歡慶 Februarius 菲勃盧姆節。這一天，人們常用一種名叫 Februa 的鞭子抽打不育的婦女，以求懷孕生子。這一天人們要懺悔自己過去一年的罪過，洗刷自己的靈魂，求得神明的饒恕，使自己成為一個貞潔的人。
March
三月
　　The third month, March, was named after the Roman god of war, Mars. Mars was a stronggod, and the Roman people always connected him with thunder and lightning. Pictures of Mars always show him with lightning above his head.
　　按照傳統習慣，3 月是古羅馬每年出征遠戰的季節。為了紀念戰神瑪爾斯 Mars，人們便把這位戰神的拉丁名字作為 3 月的月名。據傳瑪爾斯是一位強壯的神，羅馬人把它與雷鳴電閃聯繫在一起，因此瑪爾斯的像頭部總是被畫上閃電。
April
四月
　　The exactorigin of the word April is not known. The word probably comes from the Latin word aperire, meaning "to open". 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.
　　羅馬的 4 月，正是大地回春，鮮花初綻的美好季節。英文 4 月 April 便是由拉丁文 aperire（開放，開花）演變而來。
May
五月
　　May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields, Maia. Maia was the mother of the god Mercury.
　　羅馬神話中的女神瑪雅 Maia，專門司管春天和生命。羅馬人用她的名字命名 5 月。
June
六月
　　Another beautiful goddess, Juno, the wife of Jupiter, give us the name of the month of June.
　　主神朱庇特 Jupiter 的妻子朱諾 Juno，司婚姻、生育和婦女之神，相當於希臘神話中的赫拉。古羅馬人對她十分崇敬，便把 6 月奉獻給她。英語 6 月 June 便由這位女神的名字演變而來。
July
七月
　　The seventh month of the year, July, was named after Julius Caesar. Caesar was a famous general who became dictator of Rome. He himself was born in July, the seventh month of the new calendar.
　　古羅馬凱撒大帝 CaesarJulius 遇刺身亡，元老院用凱撒的名字 Julius 命名凱撒大帝誕生的 7 月。英語 7 月 July 由拉丁語 Julius 演變而來。
August
八月
　　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.
　　凱撒大帝繼任者屋大維為了和凱撒齊名，也想用自己的名字來命名一個月份。他的生日在 9 月，但他選定 8 月。因為他登基後，羅馬元老院在 8 月授予他奧古斯都 Augustus（至高無上）的尊號。於是，他用這個尊號來命名 8 月。原來 8 月只有 30 天，為了和凱撒平起平坐，他又決定從 2 月中抽出一天加在 8 月上。從此，7/8 兩月都是大月，而 2 月的日子變少了。英語 8 月 August 由這位皇帝的拉丁語尊號 Augustus 演變而來。
九月——十二月
　　The months of September, October, November, and December need little explanation Inour calendar today, they are the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months. Butin 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.
　　September、October、November 以及 December 在我們今天的日曆里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二個月，但是在凱撒以前的古曆法中，它們是一年的第七、第八、第九、和第十個月。它們的名字分別源自拉丁文的 Septem"7"，Octo"8"，Novem"9" 以及 Decem"10"。
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