🇬🇧🇨🇳 Lent - 大斋节 : English Lesson

Meaning of "Lent" ("大斋节"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Lent is a special time, about 40 days long before Easter, when many Christians try to become better people by giving something up, like sweets, games, or bad habits, and by praying, helping others, and thinking about how Jesus lived.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

During Lent, Max promised to give up chocolate, but the chocolate did not promise to give up Max.

My sister said she was giving up laziness for Lent, then took a three-hour nap to “prepare.”

For Lent, I gave up complaining, so when my little brother ate my cookie, I just squeaked like a quiet guinea pig.

My brother said he’d give up arguing for Lent, and we all argued about whether that even counted.

My sister gave up social media for Lent and now talks to houseplants like they’re her followers.

Anna set out jars for Lent: a Lent jar for chocolate, a Lent jar for coffee, a Lent jar for screen time. Each morning during Lent she crossed off a day on the calendar and moved a jar away from her chair. By the final week of Lent she smiled at the quiet room, proud and ready for Easter.

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