专题03 传统节日 中秋节 -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 中秋节（素材+时文阅读+语法填空+书面表达） 第一部分 话题素材积累 Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season. The day is also known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and brightest. 农历八月十五的中秋节，是春节之后的第二大节日。人们总是在秋季中旬举行庆祝活动，中秋节的名字由此而来。这一天也被称为月亮节，因为在一年的这个时候，月亮是最圆最亮的。 The mooncake is the special food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. On that day, people sacrifice mooncakes to the moon as an offering and eat them for celebration. The mooncakes are round, symbolizing the reunion of a family, so it is easy to understand how eating mooncakes under the round moon can evoke longing for distant relatives and friends. 月饼是中秋节的特色食品。在那一天，人们把月饼作为祭品献给月亮并吃月饼来庆祝。月饼是圆的，象征着家庭团圆，所以不难理解在圆月下吃月饼可以唤起对远方亲人和朋友的思念。 Due to the different diet habits in different regions, mooncakes vary in taste. Traditional flavors include fillings of five kernels, egg yolks, mashed dates and mashed beans. Now there are new fillings like ice cream and durians. Although the flavour of mooncakes is changing, the symbolic meaning of the full moon remains unchanged and the Chinese custom of eating mooncakes and longing for reunions during the Mid-Autumn Festival will never fade away. 因各地饮食习俗不同，月饼的口味五花八门，包括传统的五仁、蛋黄、枣泥和豆沙。如今还演变出冰激凌、榴莲月饼等等。虽然月饼的口味在变，但圆月的寓意一直未变，中国人吃月饼的习俗和对中秋团圆的期盼也从未消失。 Due to frequent communication with other countries and migrations of Chinese people, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become popular in other parts of the world. 由于与其他国家的频繁交流和中国人口的迁移，中秋节在世界其他地方也变得流行起来。 Why Mid-Autumn Festival is Celebrated and How it Started？ 中秋节起源 Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of over 3,000 years, dating back to moon worship in the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC). It’s such an important festival that many poems were written about it, stories and legends about the festival