【正确答案】The bamboo dance originates from Li people's memorial ceremonies for their ancestors several hundred years ago. They used to have a grand celebration for a bumper harvest, when they would dress themselves in bright clothes, cook newly collected rice, brew rice wine, and kill domestic fowl and animals as offering for gods and their forefathers. After a big dinner, they would gather at mountain slopes for the bamboo dance. Around the bonfires and at the rhythmic and musical sound of the bamboo poles knocking, they danced merrily and anticipated another good harvest the following year. The game starting on the first day of spring would last fifteen days till the Lantern Festival. During the period the villages, lit up with bonfires every evening with people dancing and dancing, were immersed in a festival atmosphere.

【答案解析】1．原文中包含大量的文化特色词汇，需要在理解原文内涵意义的基础上，使用恰当的策略对其进行处理，如意译或音译加解释的方法等。本段“数百年前”标志时间，当用一般过去时进行翻译。
2．第1句的“祭祀”意为置备供品对神佛或祖先行礼，“方式”按“仪式”解，故“祭祀方式”可译为memorialceremonies for their ancestors或a ritual in memory of their ancestors。
3．第3句的“酒酣饭饱”简译为a big dinner，也可译为be fully satisfied with drinks and food。
4．第4句的“竹声叮咚”按“竹竿敲击的声音很有音乐的节奏感”译为the rhythmic and musical sound ofthe bamboo poles knocking。
5．第5句的“从开春之日起，直至元宵”指从正月初一直至“元宵节”(正月十五)，故增译了last fifteen days。