Santa Lucia

During the celebration, each Swedish town and school chooses a long-haired girl to wear the candlelit crown of Santa Lucia, patron ( 13) saint of the blind.

在仪式中，每个瑞典小镇和学校选出一名长发女孩，戴上圣露西娅的蜡烛花冠。

After lunch most schools close on Santa Lucia day around noon.

圣·露西亚节是瑞典全国性的节日。这天中午午饭之后，大部分学校都不再上课。

About three years ago, a sunny day around late spring early summer, Michele and I arrived Venice Santa Lucia around10AM, nothing too different from our usual visit.

约莫三年前某个春末夏初的日子，我和外子一如往常，在早上十点多抵达威尼斯圣塔路西亚火车站。

In order to avoid the Portuguese, Magellan headed south until he came to a deserted harbour, which he called the Bay of Santa Lucia, now known as Rio de Janeiro Bay.

为避免遇见葡萄牙人，麦哲伦一直往南行驶，最后抵达一个废弃的港口，他把它叫做圣卢西亚湾，即现在的里约热内卢。

In schools people sing Santa Lucia's song.

人们还在学校高唱《圣·露西亚之歌》。

In 2005, the 35-year-old was in South Africa filming the TV mini-series To The Ends of the Earth and had gone to Santa Lucia, on the northeast coast near Mozambique, to learn scuba-diving with two friends.

2005年，35岁的他在非洲拍摄迷你剧《直到世界的尽头》。当时，他和两个朋友去到了莫桑比克东北海岸附近的圣卢西亚，去那里学习潜水课程。

On the day, girls in Sweden dress up as Santa Lucia wearing a white dress and a crown of candles.

这天，瑞典的女孩子会打扮成圣·露西亚的模样&身穿白色长裙，头戴插有蜡烛的花冠。