Chinese New Year
春 節(jié)
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal‘s name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the ox‘s back, and then at the end jumped over the ox‘s head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal.
課文詞匯
lunar 月(亮)的
exact 確切的
calendar 日歷
rat 鼠
ox 公 牛
rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊
rooster 公雞
legend 傳說
name after 按....命名
particular 特殊的
characteristic 特征
課文譯文
對于全世界的華人來說，中國的新年是最重要的節(jié)日。人們也稱它為春節(jié)或農(nóng)歷新年。
公歷春節(jié)的確切日期每年都在變化。但是春節(jié)一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之間。
在農(nóng)歷中，每年都有一個生肖。這些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗和豬。據(jù)傳說，這十二個動物舉行了一次賽跑，第一年就以獲勝者鼠命名，其他十一年就根據(jù)動物們到達(dá)終點的順序命名。聰明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后時刻跳過牛的頭頂?shù)谝粋€到達(dá)終點！
中國人相信在某一年出生的人具有這一年生肖的一些特征。
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● Chinese New Year is the most ...festival for Chinese...all over the ...;
It is also... the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
● The exact...on the Western calendar changes from ...to year .However, Chinese New Year takes place...January 1and February 19.
● ON the Chinese calendar every year has an animal‘s...;
These ...are the rat,ox,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,ram,monkey,rooste,dog and pig .A Chinese legend says that these ...had a race .The first year was ...after the rat, the winner.The...eleven years were named according to the ...in which the animals arrived in the...the clever rat jumped ...the ox‘s back, then at the ...jumped over the ox‘s head to ...first!
● The Chinese believe that a...born in a particular year has some of the ...of that animal
