Spring Festival is very important in China. People1 it to welcome the coming of the Lunar(农历) New Year.
It's the day before Spring Festival. Everyone is very2 . It's a great time for Li Hai's family. Look! Li Hai's mother is 3 the yard(院子). She wants to sweep away bad4 . Li Hai's father doesn't like white or green, and he thinks black isn't lucky, so he is painting(绘画)the doors5 . Li Hai's sister is decorating(装饰) the house with paper cuttings(剪纸). Li Hai's brother is sitting in front of the television 6 he is waiting for his favourite star.7 is the boy? He is Li Hai's friend, Jack. He is helping Li Hai's grand-mother 8 dumplings. Oh, where's Li Hai? I can't see 9 . Wow, he's sending greetings to his 10 teacher by email. He likes English very much.
Different Festivals
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Chinese New Year |
Boys' Festival |
Bull-running Festival（奔牛节） |
Halloween(万圣节) |
Christmas Day |
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January or February |
July 6th to July 14th |
May 5th |
October 31st |
December 25th |
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China |
Japan |
Spain |
The USA |
Western (西方的)countries |
There are many traditional Chinese festivals. Among them, the Spring Festival, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the main ones. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar (农历的) month every year, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In ancient China, festival time was mostly related to the moon's movement. The moon symbolizes (象征) softness and brightness, and brings joy to people.
The moon is the most beautiful of the year on Mid-Autumn Festival. Autumn is a harvest season. There are good harvests across China. The crops (庄稼) that the farmers get makes them very happy.
On the Mid-Autumn night, families will get together, admire the moon, taste the mooncakes and enjoy the happy family reunion (团聚). The Mid-Autumn Festival has lasted for over thousands of years and formed a tradition of life. ____It goes more than a festival and is given rich cultural connotations (内涵). Reunion is the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival and gives endless inspiration to the ancient and modern poets. There are a lot of popular poems left and read through the ages.
"As the bright moon rises above the sea, everyone far away enjoy the same moment. ""When will the moon be clear and bright? Holding a cup of wine, and I ask the blue sky. " The two poems express people's expectations of perfection (对完美的期望).
"Looking up, I find the moon bright. Bowing, in homesickness, I'm drowned. " The full moon on the Mid-Autumn night makes people miss their family and loved ones.
端午节:Dragon Boat Festival
Dear Linda,
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Li Hua
Lantern Festival is one of the most famous traditional Chinese festivals. It's on the fifteenth day of lunar January. To celebrate it, many traditional Chinese culture events such as paper cutting, kung fu and calligraphy got introduced to schools. Schools do it to make young students to experience Chinese culture.
On that day in 2023, Beijing City International School had an event called Chinese Festival. It held some cultural activities like hanfu clothing, tea art and traditional Chinese medicine skills. They were warmly received by the students from home and abroad. It also invited some special persons to show their artworks or skills. Its purpose was to raise some money for those in need according to one of the heads of this school, Li.
Li is a big fan of traditional Chinese culture. She said the event was a good way to celebrate the Lantern Festival, because it could make her students have close touch with the Chinese cultural heritage （文化遗产）. Mark Sullivan is the secondary school headmaster of the school. He said they completely supported the Chinese culture event started by the students. They should love their roots and culture. We are also very proud of the cultural activities here. "
Zongzi is not just a food with rice and other delicious materials in it, but one of the symbols of the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
The festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is to remember the famous poet Qu Yuan in Chinese history. Zongzi, or rice dumpling, also shows the tradition of home cooking in different places.
There are different kinds of zongzi. Here are just several examples.
The most famous-Jiaxing zongzi
Jiaxing zongzi, named after the city Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province, is the most famous food during the Dragon Boat Festival thanks to Wufangzhai, the largest zongzi company here. More than 6, 000, 000Wufangzhai zongzi are on sale in stores across the country during the festival. Jiaxing also has the first and the only museum of zongzi.
The oldest-Xi'an zongzi
The cold honey zongzi has the longest history in Xi'an, a city in central China. Made with rice, cold honey zongzi without fillings(馅)is a great food for the hot summer.
The largest-Nanning zongzi
Each Nanning zongzi is about one kilogram. It is also called "pillow(枕头) zong" because of its large size and the middle part with fillings a little higher than two sides. In Guangxi, people once made the largest zongzi with 50 kilograms of rice and meat.
The smallest-Shanghai zongzi
The smallest zongzi is in Shanghai City. It is just right for one bite(咬). Some people like to enjoy it with a cup of Chinese tea.
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, winter months include solar terms(节气): Lidong(the start of winter), Xiaoxue(minor snow), Daxue(major snow ), Dongzhi(winter solstice), Xiaohan(minor cold) and Dahan(major cold).
Lidong(in November) is the beginning of winter. On this day, after a year of hard work people are happy to have a rest and spend more time with their family. The northern part of China celebrates Lidong as the small Spring Festival. People have dumplings and mutton soup.
Xiaoxue(in November) and Daxue(in December) come after Lidong. During Xiaoxue, northern China can expect snow and temperatures slowly fall below zero degree. Daxue means even more snow and a bigger temperature drop.
When Dongzhi(in December) comes, it brings the shortest day of the year and the longest night. Many places can expect the coldest weather. In ancient(古代的) times, people would start counting "nine cold periods"(数九寒天) from Dongzhi. Every cold period has nine days. They believed that after 81 cold days, spring would arrive.
Xiaohan(in January) usually brings the lowest temperature of the year. Finally, during Dahan(in January), the cold weather fills the fields with snow. All Chinese people are ready to welcome the Chinese New Year after Dahan. The Spring Festival, China's most important festival, falls at this time.
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It's said, "No farmers, no food." What we put on our tables comes from those who work hard on farms. To celebrate farmers' hard work, the Chinese government created the Chinese Farmers' Harvest (收获) Festival. In 2018, the national festival that was specially set up for farmers was first celebrated. It is celebrated on the autumnal equinox (秋分) every year. The action shows the government's concern about agriculture (农业) and its people to draw the whole society's attention to Chinese farmers who work hard to help the country develop faster.
The festival falling on the autumnal equinox also shows respect for traditional 24 solar terms which Chinese people have followed since about 2, 200 years ago. At the same time, it mirrors Chinese people's knowledge of seasonal changes in nature and their efforts to adapt to natural rules. Although the weather is different in different parts of China, most crops (庄稼) are harvested in autumn. So it's the best time to celebrate the harvest. The festival is especially important to China, an agricultural country with thousands of years of history. A whole year's hard work brings big harvests, filling farmers with joy. Not only will this festival celebrate harvests, but it will call for more attention to traditional culture. |
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春节前 |
准备美食，打扫卫生…… |
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除夕夜 |
贴春联，家人团聚，吃年夜饭，看春晚，放烟花…… |
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春节期间 |
穿新衣，走亲访友， 收压岁钱…… |
参考词汇：春联Spring Festival couplets；年夜饭New Year's Eve dinner；
春晚CCTV Spring Festival Gala；压岁钱lucky money；放烟花play fireworks
要求:
1. 参考提示内容，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
3. 文中不得出现你的任何真实信息；
4. 词数不少于70词（开头已给出, 但不计入总词数）。
The Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China.
1）农民丰收节的时间和地点；
2）农民丰收节的活动内容（2项）；
3）邀请Bill来参加此活动。
参考词汇：民俗 folk
作文要求：
1）不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
2）语句连贯，词数80个左右。邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Bill,
How is everything going?
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
具体要求：
1）字数：60-80词左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数）。
2）层次清晰，书写整洁，可适当增加要点。
3）文中不得出现真实的姓名、学校名和地名。
补充词汇: Spring Festival: 春节 set off fireworks: 放烟花
Dearfriend,
Iam writing this email to be your pen pal(笔友).
Pleasewrite to me soon.
Yours,
Li Ming
要点：1）目的：见证深圳湿地建设的成就；提升环保意识
2）内容：①前往深圳红树林生态公园观赏红树林和鸟类；②深圳湿地摄影展；③……
3）你的感受：①……②……
要求：1）80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数内；
2）文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
3）可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚、行文连贯；
4）标点正确，书面整节。
参考词汇：witness 见证；awareness 意识；mangrove forest红树林；Shenzhen Mangrove Ecological Park深圳红树林生态公园；
Dear Mike,
As an important wetland city, Shenzhen is making efforts to answer the call of the Wetlands Convention.
Yours,
Li Hua
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最受欢迎的颜色之一 |
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幸福，好运 |
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节日 |
春节等 |
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剪纸，灯笼，红包等 |
注意：
1）词数70左右;
2）可以适当增加畑节，以使行文连贯;
3）短文的开头和结尾部分已给出，不计入总词数;
4）文中不得出现真实的人名与校名。
参考词汇：
受欢迎的 popular 代表 stand for 幸福 happiness 好运 good luck
春节 the Spring Festival 剪纸 paper-cuts 灯笼 lanterns 红包 red packets
Dear Jack,
It's great to receive your letter. Knowing that you're interested in Chinese red. I'm writing to tell you something about it.
I truly hope my letter can help you understand Chinese red better.
Yours,
Li Hua
