英文介绍中国新年Chinese New Year

Discussion topics
Why do you think festivals are important events in the working year? Do you think that new festivals will be introduced in the future? What kind? What role does the media play in festivals? Do you think it’s good or bad to watch festivals on TV? Why? How may globalization affect different festivals around the world?
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year Terms
Spring Festival / Chinese New Year New Year’s Eve Spring Festival couplets Spring Festival shopping Dumpling Gift money Family reunion dinner New Year’s visit/ greetings (setting off) firecrackers /fireworks Lantern’s day / the Lantern Festival
Baidu Nhomakorabea
very unkind and cruel
CHARACTERISTICS
Innovative Enterprising Flexible Self-assured Brave Passionate Conceited Tactless Quick-tempered
有事业心的;富进取心的;有魄力的 calm and confident about what you are doing [≠ hesitant] 自负的 不圆滑的
Chinese New Year Recipes
Spring rolls Dumplings Chinese sticky cake Please add more ….
Topic for oral presentation
Describe a festival that is important in your country/ hometown. You should say: when the festival occurs what you did during it what you like or dislike about it and explain why the festival is important a festival.doc
The Year of the Dragon
The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend. A symbol of good fortune and sign of intense power, the Oriental Dragon is regarded as a divine beast - the reverse of the malicious monster that Westerners felt necessary to find and slay. In Eastern philosophy, the Dragon is said to be a deliverer of good fortune and a master of authority. Therefore, those people born in Dragon years are to be honored and respected.