易混淆的单词： Saturnalia

No , because we don 't celebrate the ancient pagan festival of saturnalia .

因为我们不庆祝古代异教徒的农神节。

Saturnalia the ancient roman seven-day festival of saturn , which began on december 17 .

农神节：古罗马的连续7天的农神节，从12月17日开始。

The romans called this celebration saturnalia , in honor of their god saturn .

古罗马人称其为农神节，为了纪念他们的神“萨杜恩”。

Festivals like saturnalia appeared to undermine the social order , but paradoxically helped to reaffirm it , by allowing people to act out their frustrations in a harmless way .

类似农神节的节日似乎破坏了社会秩序，但是事与愿违的通过让人们以一种无害的方式表现出他们的沮丧重申了这些秩序。

During saturnalia , a roman winter celebration , participants would dance , drink and play jokes on each other ; slaves pretended to rule their masters , and a mock king , the lord of misrule , reigned for a day .

在古罗马冬季庆祝农神节期间，参与者跳舞、喝酒、跟彼此开玩笑；奴隶们假装管制他们的主人，还扮成假国王，暴君，并统治国家一天。