Mike: Hi, Liu Tao! Happy Chinese New Year!
Liu Tao: Hi, Mike!
11 Mike: Sorry.
12 Liu Tao: Well, we Chinese name the year after twelve animals. This year is the Year of the Rabbit.
Mike: Who decided the order of the Chinese zodiac (生肖)?
Liu Tao: In one story, the Jade Emperor held a running race to choose animals for the names of the year. There were twelve animals faster than the others. The rat was the first of these twelve animals.
13 Mike: So interesting! I want to know what my Chinese zodiac is.
Liu Tao:
14 Mike: I was born in 2011.
Liu Tao: Wow! Your birth-year animal is the rabbit.
15 A.And the rabbit was the fourth. |
B.What do you mean? |
C.When were you born? |
D.This year is your animal year (本命年). |
E.Happy Year of the Rabbit! |