Traditional food served during Ramadan:斋月期间的传统食品

freeya

A vendor prepares food for Iftar (evening meal) before the breaking of fast on the first day of Ramadan on the outskirts of Peshawar September 2, 2008. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. [Agencies]

freeya

一名商贩从斋朋的第一天就在准备晚餐,斋月期间，从日出到日落间，不吃，不喝，不进行性生活，这是伊斯兰教最神圣的一个月

<注：背景资料参考了百度知道中的解释>

freeya

freeya

不要误会，他们还是会吃饭的，不过是在日落之后才进行，

apple_zhang

haha, learned such a traditional custom for the first time as well as following new words and expressions (第一次听说这个传统习俗哈，下面是这里学到的单词或短语) :D

1)  iftar: 开斋
2)  fast(n.): abstaining from food 绝食，禁食，斋戒  【注：长见识了，呵呵，以前只知道fast是“快”的意思】
3）Ramadan(n.): the ninth month of the islamic calendar 斋月
4) outskirt(n.): a part of the city far removed from the center 郊区；郊外
5）Peshawar(n.): city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass 白沙瓦（巴基斯坦北部城市）【附带：Khyber Pass（n.） a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush【兴都库石山脉】 on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan【阿富汗】开伯尔山口】
6) abstain(v.) (from doing sth.): choose not to consume 自制，戒绝
7) holiest应该是holy的最高级吧，呵呵，holy(adj.): 神圣的，圣洁的

freeya

apple_zhang: haha, learned such a traditional custom for the first time as well as following new words and expressions (第一次听说这个传统习俗哈，下面是这里学到的

没想到

回复的不错，还真是长知识的，

apple_zhang

haha, I am just trying to live up to your words   ^_^

freeya

apple_zhang: haha, I am just trying to live up to your words   ^_^

hehe , great.