How people celebrate the Mid?Autumn Festival

1As the second most important festival in China, the MidAutumn Festival is celebrated in many traditional ways. Here are some of the most popular traditional celebrations.

Enjoying a dinner with family

2The roundness of the moon represents the reunion of the family in Chinese minds.Families will have dinner together on the evening of the MidAutumn Festival. The public holiday(usually 3 days) is mainly for Chinese people working in different places to have enough time to reunite. Those staying too far away from their parents' homes usually get together with friends.

Eating mooncakes

3Mooncakes are the most representative food for the MidAutumn Festival.Their round shape and sweet flavor are symbols of completeness and sweetness. At the MidAutumn Festival, people eat mooncakes together with family, or present mooncakes to relatives or friends,to demonstrate their love and express best wishes.

Appreciating the moon

4The full moon is the symbol of family reunions in Chinese culture.It is said that the moon on the night of the Mid?Autumn Festival is the brightest and the most beautiful.Chinese people usually set a table outside their houses and sit together to admire the full moon while enjoying tasty mooncakes. Parents with little kids often tell the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon.As a game,kids try their best to find the shape of Chang'e on the moon. There are many Chinese poems praising the beauty of the moon and expressing people's longing for their friends and families on the MidAutumn Festival.

Making and carrying the Mid?Autumn Festival lanterns

5Lanterns are a notable part of the MidAutumn Festival.People make lanterns,carry lanterns to do moon gazing, hang lanterns in trees or houses, release sky lanterns,or visit public lantern displays.The MidAutumn Festival lanterns can look like animals,plants,or flowers. A tradition is to write riddles on lanterns so that people can enjoy solving them with friends or family.

6In modern times,besides traditional activities,many Chinese people go traveling during the 3day public holiday to celebrate the festival.

7Click here to learn more on the MidAutumn Festival celebrations.

Reading Check

1.What does the round shape of mooncakes symbolize?

A.Pure love.

B.Best wishes.

C.Sweetness.

D.Completeness.

2.What can we learn about the MidAutumn Festival lanterns?

A.They have many shapes.

B.People usually make them at home.

C.They take the shape of the moon.

D.People always write puzzles on them.

3.Where is this text probably taken from?

A.A newspaper.

B.A magazine.

C.A website.

D.A history book.

?語篇解碼

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了中秋節(jié)一些最受歡迎的傳統(tǒng)慶祝活動(dòng)。

?語言學(xué)習(xí)

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語celebrate v.慶祝 traditional adj.傳統(tǒng)的popular adj.受歡迎的 represent v.代表reunite v.團(tuán)聚 symbolize v.象征appreciate v.欣賞 praise v.贊揚(yáng)release v.釋放 resemble v.類似solve v.解決far away from 遠(yuǎn)離get together 聚會(huì)express best wishes 表達(dá)最美好的祝愿admire the moon 賞月try one's best 盡力lantern display 燈展

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.It is said that the moon on the night of the MidAutumn Festival is the brightest and the most beautiful.據(jù)說中秋節(jié)晚上的月亮是最明亮、最美麗的。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。It 是形式主語，指代后面that 引導(dǎo)的主語從句。

2. Chinese people usually set a table outside their houses and sit together to admire the full moon while enjoying tasty mooncakes.中國人通常在屋外擺一張桌子，坐在一起賞月，同時(shí)享用美味的月餅。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，set和sit是并列謂語，to admire the full moon 是動(dòng)詞不定式短語作目的狀語，while enjoying tasty mooncakes 是省略句，句子補(bǔ)全為：while they were enjoying tasty mooncakes。

?語言運(yùn)用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.據(jù)說，肢體語言占第一印象的55%，而你所說的話只占7%。

_______________________________accounts for 55 percent of a first impression while what you say just 7 percent.

2.當(dāng)我在網(wǎng)上瀏覽新聞時(shí)，我看到了一個(gè)可愛小熊的視頻。

_______________________________,I came across a video of a lovely bear.

Ⅱ.寫作實(shí)踐

假定你是李華，你的外國朋友Mike即將隨其父母來中國，并在中國度過中秋節(jié)。他發(fā)來郵件向你詢問有關(guān)中秋節(jié)的習(xí)俗，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)給他回一封郵件。

1.歷史悠久，是中國人獨(dú)有的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日；

2.家庭團(tuán)圓，共進(jìn)晚餐，吃月餅，賞月。注意：

1.詞數(shù)80左右；

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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