（電影《土撥鼠之日》聲音片段）“小圈子”成員：不好意思，各位，冬天還有六個星期。
——如果那天多雲陰天，土撥鼠看不到自己的影子，就代表春天很快就要到來。
冬至和春分之間的時期在曆史上一直很重要。例如，凱爾特人通過慶祝異教節日“聖布裏吉德節”期盼春天的到來。有人相信聖布裏吉德節隨後演變成基督教節日“聖燭節”。聖燭節是紀念（聖母瑪麗亞）在聖殿中把耶穌獻給主的節日，日子落在2月的第二天。中世紀起，歐洲人開始依賴冬眠動物的影子預測不久之後的天氣狀況。十八、十九世紀期間，德國移民把這種信仰帶到了美國，並在賓夕法尼亞州選擇了土撥鼠作為指定動物。注1：凱爾特人為公元前2000年活動在中歐的一些有著共同的文化和語言特質的、有親緣關係的民族的統稱。
注2：Imbolc又叫聖布裏吉德節（Saint Brighid’s Day），是一個凱爾特節日，以慶祝春天的到來。
補腦詞彙
The first official celebration of Groundhog Day occurred in that state’s city of Punxsutawney in the late 1880s， when several businessmen and groundhog hunters of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club watched the groundhog observing his shadow. Though this holiday has since spread across North America， the biggest annual Groundhog Day celebrations remain in its place of 16）origin， where a groundhog 17）dubbed Punxsutawney Phil predicts the weather. Tens of thousands of people and countless media 18）outlets visit the city during early February to 19）participate in festivities that include music and food.
For the actual ceremony， Phil is 20）relocated to Gobbler’s Knob by his 21）handlers made up of a group of top hat and 22）tuxedo-wearing individuals called “The Inner Circle.” Though the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club maintains that Phil is right up to 90% of the time， studies have shown the number is actually closer to less than 40%. This has done nothing to 23）quell people’s interest and 24）fascination with the groundhog’s 25）forecasts. In fact， the holiday was given an even bigger 26）boost following the successful 1993 comedy， Groundhog Day.
（soundbite of the movie Groundhog Day）
Phil Connors： This one time where television really fails to 27）capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.
Set in Punxsutawney， the film also led to “Groundhog Day” being used as an expression for experiencing situations over and over again.
（soundbite of the movie Groundhog Day）
Connors： Do you ever have 28）déjà vu， Mrs. Lancaster？