1. What can you see in the picture?
2. What may the passage talk about?
A. The origin of April Fool’s Day.
B. How to celebrate April Fool’s Day.
C. Some tricks of April Fool’s Day.
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Xi’an celebrated the first-ever China Hanfu Day on April 18, 2017. There were catwalks shows and traditional music concerts which were held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Hanfu fans from all over China gathered there to take photos and put them online for a Hanfu photo competition.
The event encourages young Chinese people to wear and take part in Hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group(汉族).
The organizers said, “Traditional culture is the lifeblood of China. We hope young Chinese people can wear our traditional clothing during festivals to show China’s unusual culture to the world. This will also make them understand the culture better and feel proud of being a Chinese.” The event invited people to post their pictures in traditional clothes. By April 22nd, 2018, it had already got over 155 million page views, with thousands of people sharing their pictures.
Historically, Hanfu has influenced many of the neighboring cultural clothing including the Japanese Kimono and Korean Hanbok. However, Hanfu started to fade(衰弱) when Manchu people took control of China. Luckily, there has been a rise in popularity over recent years. According to Hanfu Information(HI), a Hanfu promotion(宣传) group, over 21,000 sets of Hanfu were sold online earlier in 2018. Another online survey by HI in 2017 showed that over 88% of people believe that wearing Hanfu is a good way to learn about Chinese culture.
1. When and where was the first-ever China Hanfu Day held?2. What did Hanfu fans do on the first-ever China Hanfu Day? (at least give one example)
3. How many page views had the event got by April 22nd, 2018?
4. What has Hanfu influenced historically?
5. What will you do for Chinese traditional culture?
Hongbao, or the red packet, is simply a red envelope with gift money inside. It is a tradition in China, and it has had a long history. Kids can always receive red packets from their parents, grandparents and other relatives during the Spring Festival. People think the red packet can bring them good luck.
These years, however, the tradition is going high-tech. The red packet has turned into electronic hongbao on the mobile phone. During the important festival, people send electronic hongbao to their family members and friends by Wechat, QQ and so on.
Electronic hongbao makes people closer to each other. You can send electronic hongbao to others no matter how far they are. People won’t care how much money you give them. They will feel warm because you still remember and care about them. Electronic hongbao also brings fun to people. People can send it anywhere at any time. They may get electronic hongbao in surprise.
However, electronic hongbao may also be bad. People may spend all their free time grabbing(抢) electronic hongbao and care less about their life and people around them.
The red packet | |
Traditional | Red packets Children can It’s a way to wish children good |
Electronic | Now people use electronic hongbao more People can get electronic hongbao Being good: It is Sometimes electronic hongbao makes people’s life full of Being bad: People may spend That is also |
【推荐3】World Book Day is celebrated on April 23rd every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, in the UK, millions of students can buy books at special prices, much lower than usual in any bookstore. World Book Day is also celebrated in China.
Books can help us to improve our imagination. Books use words or pictures to tell us a story. While we are reading, we can imagine the characters and background in our mind, we can also imagine how the character feel and sometimes try to feel how they feel. Some certain sentences in the story books are also very interesting. Sometimes they are so moving and beautiful that they can bring tears to our eyes. Also, books can help us to think deeper. As we continue to read, we ask questions to ourselves and try to find answers. When we read, we may find many things that are unknown to us. The more we read, the more we know and the smarter we become.
Reading makes us more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Therefore, it’s necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.
根据短文内容回答问题。1. When is World Book Day every year?
2. Is World Book Day celebrated in China?
3. What do books use to tell us a story?
4. What can books help us to do?
5. How does reading make us?
It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time.
Get out of the house and do things that will bring you in touch with other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have the same interests.
Show people what you are really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.
Look at people in the eyes when you talk to them. That way, they will find it easier to talk to you. If not, people may think you are not interested in them and stop talking to you.
Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves first. Ask lots of questions and show interest in their answers.
Try to meet new people and be friendly to them. If so, you will have a bigger group of people to choose(选择)from as your friends.
How to make friends | |
Show people what you are really good at | People will be |
Look at people in the eyes | It will be easier to |
Be | Let people talk about themselves first Ask questions and show interest in the |
Try to meet new people and be | You will have more people to choose from as your friends. |
The Chinese dragon is an imaginary animal. It’s the symbol of China and Chinese culture.
Ruler of Water
In Chinese culture, the dragon is the ruler of water. In ancient times, many Chinese people built temples (庙宇) for the “Dragon King” in their village. And when the “Dragon King” was angry, there would be drought or flood (旱灾或水灾). At this time, people would go to the temple to worship (敬奉) the “Dragon King”.
A symbol of strength and Power (权利)
For Chinese, the dragon is a symbol of power, strength and good luck. Chinese people usually compare an excellent person to a dragon. The meanings of many Chinese sayings about dragons are lucky.
A Symbol of the Emperor
Chinese emperors liked the Chinese dragon very much. The dragon was usually used as a symbol of their power. For example, they called their beds “Dragon Beds”.
Chinese Dragon VS Western Dragon
In Chinese culture, the dragon is kind and friendly. However, in Western culture, the dragon is bad and evil (邪恶的). The dragons are always killed by brave heroes in Western stories.
The title (标题): | |
Ruler of Water | In ancient times, many Chinese people built temples for the “Dragon King” in their village. If there was drought or flood, that meant the dragon was |
A symbol of strength and Power | For Chinese, the dragon is a symbol of power, strength and good luck. Chinese people usually compare an excellent person to a dragon. Many Chinese sayings about dragons have |
The dragon was usually used as a symbol of their power. For example, they called their beds “Dragon Beds”. | |
Chinese Dragon VS Western Dragon | In Chinese culture, the dragon is kind and friendly |
【推荐3】Most Chinese students do their homework or have lessons on weekends. But western kids do all kinds of housework.
Mowing(割草)the yard is a great way to make money. Any boy or girl can do this. He or she can get money by doing it. This teaches them that money cannot be made without hard work.
They can do the dishes. This can be a daily thing for a kid to do. It makes them understand doing this is their duty, and it teaches them to keep the house clean.
They can take out the trash(垃圾). There is the kitchen trash and the bathroom trash that are outside. Make sure that they understand that the trash needs to be out every morning before the trash truck arrives.
To make money, they can babysit(照看婴儿). Each parent likes to get away from the house from time to time. If they do this once per week for a few hours, they can make some money if they do well.
根据短文内容完成表格, 每空一词。
Housework | |
Mowing the yard | They could only |
Doing the dishes | This is something they |
The trash needs to be out every morning before the trash truck arrives. | |
Babysitting | They can make some money if they do a good |