WarmingupandReadingUnit1Festivalsaroundtheworld

Howmanyfestivalsdoyou

knowinChina?

theSpringFestivalThe1stdayofthefirstlunarmonth祭祖宗offersacrificestoone’sancestors壓歲錢gift（pocket）money辭舊歲bidfarewelltotheoldyear掃房springcleaning;generalhouse–cleaning守歲staying-up拜年payNewYear’scall;giveNewYear’sgreetings;NewYear’svisit去晦氣getridoftheill-fortune春聯(lián)SpringFestivalcouplets舞獅lion/dragondanceCustoms

年糕Nian-gao;risecake;NewYearcake團(tuán)圓飯familyreuniondinner年夜飯thedinneronNewYear’sEve餃子Jiao-zi;dumplings湯圓Tang-yuan;dumplingsmadeofsweetrice糖果盤candytray

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恭賀新禧！Bestwishesfortheyeartocome!恭喜發(fā)財(cái)！Mayyoucomeintoagoodfortune!心想事成Mayallyourwishescometrue.愿你健康長(zhǎng)壽！Iwanttowishyoulongevityandhealth!

Blessing

theLanternFestivalyuanxiaoWomen’sDay-March8Tomb-sweepingDayThe1stdayofMayLabourDaytheDragonBoatFestivalThe1stdayofJuneChildren’sDayArmyDay-August1stThe15thdayoftheeighthlunarmonthMid-Autumn

DayThe10thdayofSeptember

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DayThe1stdayofOctoberNational

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inothercountries?

Valentine’sDayInFebruaryCarnival(狂歡節(jié))Easter復(fù)活節(jié)ThefirstSundayafterafullmoononorafterMarch21Fool’s

DayApril1stMother’s

DayThesecondSundayinMayThanksgivingDayThefourthThursdayinNovemberNovember31stHalloween萬圣節(jié)ChristmasFESTIVALSANDCELEBRATIONSUnit1ReadingScanningforspecificinformation

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萬圣節(jié)（HALLOWEEN）為每年的10月31日。是11月1日諸圣節(jié)的前夕，通常叫做萬圣節(jié)，這一夜是一年中最“鬧鬼”的一夜，所以也叫“鬼節(jié)”。源自古代凱爾特民族(Celtic)的新年節(jié)慶，此時(shí)也是祭祀亡魂的時(shí)刻，在避免惡靈干擾的同時(shí)，也以食物祭拜祖靈及善靈以祈平安渡過嚴(yán)冬，是西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。萬圣節(jié)期間，許多公共場(chǎng)所乃至居家院落，都會(huì)布置上很多裝璜，諸如各式鬼怪、南瓜燈、還有黑貓以及巫婆的掃帚之類；孩子們會(huì)穿上每年不一樣的萬圣節(jié)服裝，拎著南瓜燈的提簍去挨家挨戶地討糖，說是“trickortreat”。HalloweenParade(游行)InFebruaryCarnival(狂歡節(jié))狂歡節(jié)（Carnival）通常是基督教四旬齋前飲宴和狂歡的節(jié)日，原由主節(jié)一直延長(zhǎng)到四旬節(jié)前一天,如今通常只限四旬節(jié)前幾天。盛行于歐美地區(qū)。許多國(guó)家都有一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的狂歡節(jié)節(jié)日，化妝舞會(huì)、