Yeah, with my wife, I also did a mini-fast, which was for one day.

有，我和我妻子还体验了小型斋，我们斋了一天。

So, there's a personal challenge of fasting, when you have to have discipline.

斋对人们的自律能力是一种挑战。

In other words, it is fasting season.

换句话说，这是斋季。

Lent is a time of fasting and repentance lasting 40 days, until Easter Sunday.

斋期间需要进行持续40天的食和悔改直到复活节来临。

She says people fast in order to understand the way others in need live.

她说人们斋是为了了解贫困人们的生活。

Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, as well as on other traditional fast days.

一开始大斋节和其斋日鸡蛋。

Many Catholics, however, are supposed to fast on this day.

天主教徒本应在这一天实行斋。

He warns against eating too much during the non-fasting hours.

警告称，不应在斋刚结束后食用太多食物。

Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism sprang from its sacred geography.

印度教、佛教、锡克教和斋教都起源于这个圣地。

What is the main advice for the millions of people who have begun this fasting period?

那么数百万开始斋的人们需要注意什么事项呢？

But not every religious fast is all or nothing.

但并不是所有的宗教斋都像这样，要么什么都可以要么完全不。

It is one of only two days in the Catholic calendar when fasting is required.

这是天主教中需要进行斋的两天之中的一天。

He retreated to his private quarters to engage in what the Taoists call 'the fasting of the heart.'

退回到自己的私人住处，进行道家所说的“心灵斋”。

The 40 days is because Jesus fasted in the wilderness for a similar period of time.

持续40天是因为耶稣也在相同的时间段在荒野中进行了40天的斋。

Many Catholics will fast completely on Ash Wednesday or just have bread and water.

许多天主教教徒会在圣灰星期三完全斋，或者是只食用面包和水。

Members of the mosque prepare for a busy schedule, including evening celebrations after the fast is broken.

清真寺的成员们紧张忙碌的进行准备, 包括斋结束后晚上的庆祝活动。

The blasts happened shortly before the evening meal that ends the day-long fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

就在爆炸发生前不久，神圣的斋月一天的斋刚结束，晚餐刚开始。

But it did not explain why my corn looked like it had been on a forty day fast.

但是包装袋上没说明为什么我的玉米看起来像是经历了40天的斋。

Shiny steel taps with plastic stools for ablutions clutter a once-verdant garden filled with ancient sculptures.

从前翠绿的花园里有古老的雕塑，现在为了斋沐浴，装了带着闪亮水龙头的塑料凳。

If barnacle geese were truly made of wood, they could be deemed vegetarian and enjoyed during meatless fasts.

如果白颊黑雁真的是木头做的，牠们就能被当作素食，在不能肉的斋时期也能享用牠们。