The Orange Flower of Day of the Dead
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In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is on November 1 and 2. Families remember their loved ones with music, food and photos. One orange flower is everywhere: the cempasúchil.
1. What do families do on the Day of the Dead?
- AThey plant new trees
- BThey remember their loved ones
- CThey start the school year
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B. They remember their loved ones
Families remember their loved ones with music, food and photos.
La prueba en el texto: Families remember their loved ones with music, food and photos
The word cempasúchil comes from Nahuatl, a language spoken in Mexico since the time of the Aztecs. Many people say it means "twenty flowers," maybe because each flower has so many petals.
2. True or false? The word cempasúchil comes from Spanish.
- ATrue (Verdadero)
- BFalse (Falso)
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B. False (Falso)
The word comes from Nahuatl, a language spoken in Mexico since the Aztecs.
La prueba en el texto: The word cempasúchil comes from Nahuatl
Families put the flowers on altars called ofrendas. Tradition says the bright color and strong smell help the spirits find their way home. Some families make a path of petals from the street to the altar.
3. Why do some families make a path of petals?
- ATo sell the petals later
- BTo keep the street clean
- CTo show the way to the altar
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C. To show the way to the altar
Tradition says the flowers help the spirits find their way home, so the path leads to the altar.
La prueba en el texto: help the spirits find their way home
Cempasúchil flowers bloom in the fall, just in time for the holiday. Farmers in many parts of Mexico grow whole fields of them. In late October, the fields turn bright orange.
4. What does "bloom" mean here?
- ATo open their flowers
- BTo lose their leaves
- CTo be sold in stores
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A. To open their flowers
When the flowers bloom, they open, and the fields turn bright orange.
La prueba en el texto: In late October, the fields turn bright orange
Vocabulario en español
| Inglés | Español | Significado en inglés |
|---|---|---|
| loved ones | seres queridos | the people in your family and life you love |
| petals | pétalos | the soft, colored parts of a flower |
| altars | altares | special tables with flowers, photos and gifts |
| path | camino | a line to walk along from one place to another |
| bloom | florecer | to open and show flowers |
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