Traveling in Beijing during the Spring Festival
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There is a heritage protection club
A: We have another traditional holiday — the Dragon Boat Festival.
B: When is it?
A: It
B: Could you tell me the origin of the festivals?
A: OK. The Dragon Boat Festival is a way
B: Why do people eat rice dumplings on that day?
A: In order to prevent the fish from eating the poet’s body.
B: It
(Situation: Danny and May are high school students. Danny is an exchange student from the United States. He wants to learn more about traditional Chinese culture, so May brings him to the Hall of Ancient China.)
Danny: May, is this the Hall of Ancient China?
May: Yes.
Danny: Why are they all in glass boxes?
May: For protection. Some relics will turn to dust
Danny: So there isn’t air in the glass boxes?
May:
Danny: I wonder how old these things are, thousands of years?
May: Yeah,
Danny: Hey, look at the threeleg cup. I’ve seen it on TV.
May: The bronze cup was made 4,000 years ago.
Danny: Yeah, it has no value at all. Who will use this cup today?
May: Danny, priceless means so valuable that you can’t put a price on it.
Danny: Oh, it does?