英语春节上课课件

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年画 New Year paintings 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do S pring Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern: a portable light
• • • • • • 春节 the Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar • • • • 除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year 正月初一
• 烟花 • fireworks • 爆竹 • firecrackers • 放烟火 • Set off fireworks • (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
• 红包 • red packets • (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.) • 舞狮 • lion dance • (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil a nd bring good luck.)
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去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors • 压岁钱 • gift money; money give n to children as a lunar New Year gift
• 辞旧 岁 • bid farewell to the old year • 大扫除 • spring cleaning; do thorough housecleaning
How long dose the Spring Festival last?
• About 15 days • The Spring Festival begins at the first day of lunar Junuary and lasts until the Lantern Festival.
“Dust” is homophonic with “chen”(陈) in Chinese，which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust ”before Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This costom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.
• When do we begin to sweep the dust for the Spring Festival? • It begins at lunar December 23rd until the Eve of Spring festival. • Why do we do a thorough clean of our house for the Spring festival?
The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel and ferocious[fə‘rəʊʃəs] beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year’s Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets( 对 联 ) are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises.
Can you translate the following words? • 春节 农历 正月 除夕 初一 元宵节 过年 对联 春联 年画 买年货 敬酒 灯笼 剪纸 • 烟花 爆竹 红包 舞狮 舞龙 戏曲 杂耍 灯谜 灯会 守岁 拜年 禁忌 去晦气 祭祖 • 压岁钱 辞旧岁 大扫除
Spring Festival words
Sweeping the Dust(扫尘)
Having Jiaozi(吃饺子)
Pasting Spring Coupletsபைடு நூலகம்贴春联)
Setting off Firecrackers(放鞭炮)
Pasting New Year Prints(贴年画)
New Year‘s Visit and Gift Money(拜年和压 岁钱)
• the first day of the fist month by lunar calendar
• 元宵节 • The Lantern Festival
• 过年 • celebrate the Spring Fes tival • 对联 • poetic couplet: • 春联 • Spring Festival couplets • 剪纸 • paper-cuts
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戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show; 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns • 灯会 • lanterns fair
• 守岁 • staying-up on the New year’s Eve • 拜年 • give New Year's greetin gs; New Year's visit • 禁忌 taboo