Chinese Costumes Attracting People From Around The World

In Valletta， capital city of Malta， a group of ladies wearing colorful Chinese costumes， known as hanfu， walked nicely along its old street on Saturday afternoon， attracting both the Maltese people and tourists from around the world.

A fascinating hanfu show organized by the China Cultural Center in Malta was performed by 23 ladies from China， Malta and Italy.

They held Chinese?style fans and lanterns in their hands and walked along Republic Street， a main street in Valletta， as part of a series of events to celebrate the Spring Festival.

“I love the colors of their hanfu，” Noemi Calisto， an Italian student at the University of Malta， said. Some of her classmates performed in the hanfu show， so she took many photos of them. Momo Muller and his wife Rita， a couple from Luxembourg， were enthralled by the beauty of the hanfu. Muller told Xinhua News Agency that he visited Beijing about 15 years ago and is looking forward to visiting China again.

Alexander Ouaknine， a 53?year?old owner of a traditional Maltese silver jewelry shop， told Xinhua that the handmade jewelry with silver wire and beautiful traditional Chinese costumes are both “wonderful forms of art”.

Martina Vella， a 21?year?old student at the University of Malqc6WJsbcqpO8gQ+D7sekREpFRRmxOzPcMe8dmzxR/i8=ta， said it was the first time that she and her friends wore hanfu. Vella told Xinhua that she would consider showing traditional Chinese culture in her future works.

跟蹤練習：

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about？

A. Beautiful ladies in Malta.

B. Attractive hanfu show in Malta.

C. Exciting tourists on the old street.

2. What does the underlined word “enthralled” mean in Paragraph 4？

A. 被驚訝到的

B. 被唬住的

C. 被迷住的

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？

A. Momo Muller and Alexander Ouaknine are a couple.

B. Noemi Calisto took many photos of her classmates.

C. Martina Vella has worn hanfu many times before.

4. What is the writer’s main purpose of writing the text？

A. To show how attractive the hanfu show in Malta is.

B. To show the popularity of Chinese traditional culture.

C. To call on more people to wear hanfu during the Spring Festival.

Keys：BCBA

難點解讀：

一、詞語解讀

1. Valletta n. 瓦萊塔（馬耳他首都）

2. costumes n. （某地或某歷史時期的）服裝，裝束；（戲劇或電影的）戲裝，服裝 v. 給（某人）穿上特殊服裝

3. hanfu漢服

4. attracting v. 吸引；招引；引起……的好感（或愛慕） n. 吸引

5. fascinating adj. 迷人的；極有吸引力的 v. 深深吸引；迷住

6. perform v. 表演；演出；記憶 第三人稱單數：performs 現在進行時：performing 過去式：performed 過去分詞：performed

7. a series of 一系列；一連串

8. agency n. 機構；（政府的）專門機構；（尤指）代理機構；服務機構；經銷機構 復數：agencies

9. jewelry n. 珠寶；珠寶飾物

10. silver jewelry銀飾

11. silver wire銀線

二、句子解讀

1. Muller told Xinhua News Agency that he visited Beijing about 15 years ago and is looking forward to visiting China again.

Muller告訴新華社，他大約15年前訪問過北京，現在期待著再次訪問中國。

look forward to 表示“期待；盼望”。這里的to是介詞，后面接名詞或者動詞的ing形式。比如：He has been looking forward to going to England for a long time. 很久以來他一直盼望去英國。

2. Some of her classmates performed in the hanfu show， so she took many photos of them.

她的一些同學參加了漢服表演，所以她給他們拍了很多照片。

3. Momo Muller and his wife Rita， a couple from Luxembourg， were enthralled by the beauty of the hanfu.

Momo Muller和他的妻子Rita是一對來自盧森堡的夫婦，他們被漢服的美麗迷住了。

enthrall v. 迷住；使感到非常愉快

第三人稱單數：enthralls 現在分詞：enthralling 過去式：enthralled 過去分詞：enthralled

were enthralled by...被……迷住了，屬于一般過去式的被動語態結構。