专题03 传统节日 清明节 -2023-2024学年高中英语阅读写作素材之中国传统文化

高中英语阅读写作素材之中国传统文化 传统节日 清明节（素材+语法填空+书面表达） 第一部分 话题素材积累 The Qingming Festival ( also known as Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day) is a festival to worship ancestors and dead relatives in China, which usually falls on either April 4 or 5 of the Gregorian calendar. It can be traced back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-256 BC),with a history of over 2,500 years. 清明节在中国是祭祀祖先和已故亲人的节日，通常在公历的4月4日或5日。它可以追溯到东周时期（公元前770年－公元前256年），有2500多年的历史。 The Qingming Festival is a time of many different activities,among which the main ones are tomb-sweeping, spring-outing and kite-flying.It is a combination of sadness and happiness. 清明节活动丰富多样，其中最主要的是扫墓、踏青和放风筝。这个节日既有悲伤又有快乐。 The uniqueness of kite-flying during the Qingming Festival lies in that people may cut the string to let the kite fly freely.People believe that this custom can bring good luck and remove diseases.This is why you might sometimes find paper kites lying on the ground in parks and fields. 清明节放风筝的独特之处在于人们会剪断风筝线，让风筝自由飞翔。人们相信这一习俗能带来好运并除病消灾。这就是为什么有时你会在公园和田野里发现地上有纸风筝。 The Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As ouur ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming Festival,they were later combined. 过去寒食节通常是在清明节的前一天。由于我们的祖先经常把这一节日延续到清明节，后来这两个节日就合并成一个了。 In the South of China, people like to eat qingtuan when going on spring outings during the Qingming Festival. It is a seasonal snack made of a mixture of glutinous rice flour and green plant juice, which is stuffed with sweet mashed beans, dried meat floss and egg yolks. While in the North of China, people eat cold snacks like date cakes and pastries prepared before the Qingming Festival. 在中国南方，人们在清明节出游时喜欢吃青团。这是一种时令小吃，由糯米粉和绿色植物汁混合制成，以甜豆沙、肉松和蛋黄为馅。而在中国北方，人们会吃枣糕和油酥糕点等冷食，这些冷食是在清明节前做好的。 Words and Expressions ① worship vt.敬奉 ② Gregorian calendar 格列高利历；公历 ③ combination n.结合体；联合体；混合体 ④ date n.枣 ⑤ pastry n.油酥糕点 ⑥清明节the Qingming Festival; Tomb-Sweeping Day ⑦清明（节气）Clear and Bright; Pure Brightness ⑧节气 solar terms ⑨扫墓 sweep the tombs ⑩踏青