Dads have Father’s Day. Moms have Mother’s Day. Kids have Children’s Day. Do our grandparents have a special holiday? Yes, they do!
The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China. The festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar (农历的) calendar. As the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long, people take the Double Ninth Festival to show their wishes of long life for elderly people. This year it falls on October 23rd.
There are many traditions for this festival. On that day, families get together and climb mountains for luck and in the hope that elderly people will live much longer. They also drink chrysanthemum wine (菊花酒) and wear a plant called “zhuyu” to celebrate it . Both chrysanthemum and “zhuyu” are considered as clean plants that can clean houses and treat (治疗) diseases.
It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect elderly people. Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life. For example, when an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. When there are several guests at the table, the host usually introduces them from the oldest to the youngest. When a younger person is presenting something to an older person, two hands are used. On a crowded subway or bus, younger people always offer their seats to elderly people. Chinese people believe that to respect the elderly people is to respect themselves tomorrow.
1. Grandparents have a special holiday called2. Chinese people celebrate the Double Ninth Festival to show wishes of
3. Chrysanthemum and “zhuyu” are both considered as clean plants that can be used to
4. According to the passage, people should stand up when
5. Chinese people believe that to respect the elderly people is a way to
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Huabobo is a kind of traditional (传统的) bread in Shandong.
It has a history of over 300 years. People in Shandong like it very much. They usually eat it on special days, such as festivals and birthdays. There are many factories for making huabobo in Shandong.
Yu Lili, from Weihai, Shandong, likes huabobo very much. When she was a child, her grandmother taught her how to make huabobo. So she is good at it. She has a factory in her village. There are about 80 workers in the factory. They can make over 500 kinds of huabobo. Yu and her workers spend a lot of time on it, but she is happy because a lot of young people show love to her huabobo.
Huabobo is not only a kind of food but also an art. It has different colors and shapes, like animals, flowers and fruit. It looks nice and tastes delicious. For people in Shandong, it shows good luck and wishes for a good life. That’s why it becomes popular with more and more people in Shandong.
1. What is Huabobo?2. When do people usually eat Huabobo?
3. Who taught Yu Lili to make huabobo?
4. What does Huabobo look like?
5. Why does Huabobo become popular?
① …to know about Chinese culture
Nowadays, Chinese culture becomes more and more popular around the world and Chinese style is becoming exciting for a lot of foreigners. Some foreigners learn about Chinese culture from books and magazines. And they like books and magazines with pictures. They say these pictures are so fresh and lively that they can get the direct impression of China. But most foreigners learn about Chinese culture online. ②They surf the Internet…
Reasons to know about Chinese culture | |
| Linda She is interested in Chinese culture. She wants to learn about the real China. | Tom He wants to work in China. He wants to make friends in China. |
by reading books and magazines: 30 by surfing the Internet: 70
| The number of foreigners who learn about Chinese culture in different ways among 100 |
1. What do some foreigners think of the pictures in books and magazines?
2. Why does Tom want to know about Chinese culture?
任务二：补全内容
3. 根据材料内容，补全①处画线标题。
4. 根据以下所给单词提示，将材料②处画线句子补全，使上下文语义通顺、连贯、语法正确。（词数不限）look for，information，culture
任务三：读用结合
5. 根据材料内容，完成以下柱状图（画出The number of foreigners who learn about Chinese culture in different ways among 100）。
| The number of foreigners who learn about Chinese culture in different ways among 100 100_______________________________________________________________ 90_______________________________________________________________ 80_______________________________________________________________ 70_______________________________________________________________ 60_______________________________________________________________ 50_______________________________________________________________ 40_______________________________________________________________ 30_______________________________________________________________ 20_______________________________________________________________ 10_______________________________________________________________ 0_______________________________________________________________ by reading books and magazines by surfing the Internet |
Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad the he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back.
After this, people started the traditional of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
1. What food do people usually enjoy on Mid-Autumn night?2. Which story is the most touching about Mid-Autumn Day?
3. Who tried to steal the medicine?
4. What happened to Chang’e after she drank all the magic medicine?
5. How do you usually celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
【推荐1】When we play a game with our classmates or friends, we usually need to make some rules first. I think it’s very important to have rules.
There are lots of rules in my school. We have to get to school on time. We have to wear the school uniform on Mondays and Thursdays. We can’t run in the hallways. We can’t fight. I think it’s very good to have rules at school.
We have to follow traffic (交通) rules. We can go at green lights (灯) and have to stop at red lights. The traffic rules make us safe (安全的).
When we take a car or sit next to the driver, we have to wear the safety belts (安全带). Also, little children need to take the back seats. The car rules make us safe, too.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.
Rules | |
Wear the school uniform on Mondays and Thursdays. | |
| Traffic rules | Go at green lights and |
| Wear the safety belts. Little children take the back seats. | |
It is known that the bicycle is one of the simplest and most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not invented earlier. Although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced until long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy (能源)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all. Even so, most people in developed countries go to work by car, don’t travel to work by bicycle. They think they feel tired if they ride to work. With the number of cars on the roads becoming larger, 骑自行车变得很危险。As a result, more people go to work in their cars. And in this way, the situation is made more serious. Also, our environment is heavily polluted.
If I had choose a green transportation way, I would choose riding bicycles. In my opinion, it is an important way to reduce air pollution, traffic congestion, and carbon emissions. Riding bicycles is not only good for the environment but also our health.
To make a better future, let’s ride bikes to keep fit.
1. How do most people in developed countries go to work?2. Who drew pictures for bicycles according to the passage?
3. What’s your opinion of riding bicycles?
4. 将短文中划线的句子翻译成中文。
5. 将短文中划线的句子翻译成英文。
Which type of Christmas songs are the bestThere are so many different parts to the Christmas period: jumpers, shopping, Christmas markets, decorations, songs. Without them, Christmas just wouldn't feel right. My personal favourite part of the festive period is the songs. There are traditional songs, such as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Good King Wenceslas, which you would normally hear in church.
Then there are the pop songs from throughout the years. Some of them have been recorded and re-recorded too many times to count.
In fact, almost every year people argue about which versions（版本）of certain Christmas songs are better. Eartha Kitt or Kylie Minogue's version of Santa Baby? What about Michael Bublé vs Frank Sinatra and their versions of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? The list goes on and on.
The most famous Christmas songs are undoubtedly the ones with a pleasant melody, talking about being home for Christmas or how much they love Christmas. All of them are easy to remember. Have a listen to Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea orI Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Some songs highlight how much we want to be with the people we love at this time of year, such as Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley, Lonely This Christmas by Mud or Leona Lewis' One More Sleep. The mainstream songs are the ones you'll hear in shops as you do your Christmas shopping or in restaurants all over Britain.
The Christmas songs that I love to listen to are the ones that don't really make much sense. Sometimes they take you back to childhood when you wouldn't be laughed at for asking Santa for a giraffe. And the rest are just silly for the sake of it. My favourite silly Christmas songs are I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmasby Kacey Musgraves, Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo by Alma Cogan and Proper Crimbo by Bo Selecta.
The absolute
best Christmas song is definitely Fairytale of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl. It's not really Christmas until you've listened to that.
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2. Where can you hear traditional Christmas songs?
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3. Do people argue about which versions of certain Christmas songs are better almost every year?
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4. What does the writer mainly talk about in the fourth paragraph?
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5. Why does the writer love the songs that don't really make much sense?
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Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival in China. It’s on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Lunar Calendar(农历). On that day, families have a big meal together. After the meal, family watch the moon and have moon cakes. It’s a festival for reunion(团聚) and thanksgiving(感恩) .
Also, there is a festival for thanksgiving in western(西方的) countries. It’s called Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November. Families come back home to celebrate(庆祝) with big dinners. Turkey is must for the dinner. It looks like huge chicken. People enjoy pumpkin pies and many other food, too. During the dinner, people share the harvest(收获) and give thanks. We all should be grateful(感激) in our life.
1. Mid-Autumn Festival is in winter.2. People have moon cakes on Thanksgiving Day in western countries.
3. We should give thanks in our life.
4. What do people eat on Thanksgiving Day in western countries?
5. Do people get together on Mid-Autumn Festival in China?
China is a country with many fantastic days and festivals. The Dragon Head-raising Day (Longtaitou) is one of them.
This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It stands for the start of spring and farming. In 2024, the day fell on March 11th.
The dragon is important in Chinese culture. We Chinese people call ourselves the “descendants (传人) of the dragon”. Therefore, people celebrate the Dragon Head-raising Day with many customs about dragons.
On the day in ancient times, people put ashes (灰) in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon into the house”. People believed that with the help of the dragon, they could have a good harvest in autumn.
Also, people eat special food on that day. The food is usually named after dragons. For example, people eat “dragon whisker (细须)” noodles and dumplings called “dragon teeth”.
Today many customs have faded away (逐渐消失). But one that has remained is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to the mother’s brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head-raising Day.
| The Dragon Head-raising Day is one of the | Date and meaning | ·It is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. · ·It means the start of spring and farming. |
| Customs | ·In ancient times, people put ashes in the kitchen because they could ·People eat special food ·One custom that has remained today is the | |
| Your opinions | Will you pass on (传承) the Dragon Head-riding Day? Why or why not? |
Dear Xia Yu,
Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don’t have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
June
| Parents’ Day in America | Mother’s Day | Time: |
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