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Unit 8 Chinese New Year
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Ways of celebrating Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important festival for Chinese people. People celebrate it in different ways.
Traditional ways
• People sweep away dust and throw away old useless things to sweep away bad luck.
• People also decorate their houses with Spring Festival couplets, red lanterns and red paper-cuts.
• People have a big reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve. At 20:00, people watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala Evening, and some people set off firecrackers.
New trends
· More and more families have reunion dinner at restaurants.
· Many younger people organize personal activities, like chatting with a group of friends online or singing at KTV together.
• Fewer and fewer people set off firecrackers and fireworks.
• People choose to travel during the holiday.
★词汇积累
dust 灰尘 decorate 装饰 couplet 对联
set off 使(炸弹等)爆炸 organize 组织
( )1. People sweep away dust and throw away old useless things to get _______.
A. good luck B. bad luck C. wealth
( )2. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival Gala Evening begins at _______.
A.19:30 B.20:00 C.21:00
( )3. Where do more and more people trend to have reunion dinner nowadays?
A. At home. B. At restaurants. C. At KTV.
( )4. Which is TRUE about the new trends in celebrating Chinese New Year?
A. All the families watch lion dances at the Spring Festival.
B. More and more people set off fireworks in public places.
C. People choose to go travelling during Chinese New Year.
( )5. What does Chinese New Year mean to Chinese people?
A. Wearing new clothes.
B. Watching the CCTV Spring Festival Gala Evening.
C. Getting reunion and spending quantity of time with families.
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