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　　其实古罗马原来只要10个月，古罗马皇帝决议增加两个月放在年尾。后来凯撒大帝把这两个月移到年初(也是爱折腾)，成为1月和2月，而原来的1月和2月就成了3月和4月。以此类推。这就是今天世界沿用的公历。

　　January

　　一月

　　January was named after the goal Janus. Janus was a strange god with two faces that could look in two directions. He could look forward and back at the same time, so he 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.

　　来源于古罗马门神杰纳斯Janus。该神生两张脸，一张回忆过去，一张瞭望将来。人们选择他的名字作为除旧迎新的个月月名。

　　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，罗马人民都要杀牲饮酒，欢庆Februarius菲勃卢姆节。这一天，人们常用一种名叫Februa的鞭子抽打不育的妇女，以求怀孕生子。这一天人们要忏悔本人过去一年的罪恶，洗刷本人的灵魂，求得神明的宽恕，使本人成为一个贞洁的人。

　　March 三月

　　The third month, March, was named after the Roman god of war, Mars. Mars was a strong god, and the Roman people always connected him with thunder and lightning. Pictures of Mars always show him with lightning above his head.

　　依照传统习气，3月是古罗马每年出征远战的时节。为了留念战神玛尔斯Mars，人们便把这位战神的拉丁名字作为3月的月名。据传玛尔斯是一位强壮的神，罗马人把它与雷鸣电闪联络在一同，因而玛尔斯的像头部总是被画上闪电。

　　April 四月

　　The exact origin 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.

　　罗马的4月，正是大地回春，鲜花初绽的美妙时节。英文4月April便是由拉丁文aperire(开放，开花)演化而来。

　　May 五月

　　May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields, Maia. Maia was the mother of the god Mercury.

　　罗马神话中的女神玛雅Maia，特地司管春天和生命。罗马人用她的名字命名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的妻子朱诺Juno，司婚姻、生育和妇女之神，相当于希腊神话中的赫拉。古罗马人对她非常崇敬，便把6月贡献给她。英语6月June便由这位女神的名字演化而来。

　　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.

　　古罗马凯撒大帝CaesarJulius遇刺身亡，元老院用凯撒的名字Julius命名凯撒大帝降生的7月。英语7月July由拉丁语Julius演化而来。

　　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.

　　凯撒大帝继任者屋大维为了和凯撒齐名，也想用本人的名字来命名一个月份。他的华诞在9月，但他选定8月。由于他登基后，罗马元老院在8月授予他奥古斯都Augustus(高高在上)的尊号。于是，他用这个尊号来命名8月。原来8月只要30天，为了和凯撒等量齐观，他又决议从2月中抽出一天加在8月上。从此，7、8两月都是大月，而2月的日子变少了。英语8月August由这位皇帝的拉丁语尊号Augustus演化而来。

　　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在我们今天的日历里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二个月，但是在凯撒以前的古历法中，它们是一年的第七、第八、第九、和第十个月。它们的名字分别源自拉丁文的Septem“7”，Octo“8”，Novem“9”以及Decem“10”。