2024届高三英语一轮复习时文阅读：元宵节 (语法填空和作文练习）

时文阅读：元宵节（中英双语） The Lantern Festival 一、元宵节简介 The Lantern Festival is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the Near Year celebrations are over. The Lantern Festival is also a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China. 元宵节是中国新年庆祝活动的最后一天。这一天是燃放烟花的最后一刻，是吃大餐的最后借口，也是近一年庆祝活动结束前家人团聚的最后机会。元宵节也是居住在中国的外国人庆祝的传统节日。 The Lantern Festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the first full moon of the year. Celebrations and traditions on this day date back to the Western Han Dynasty. 元宵节，农历正月十五，是一年中的第一个满月。这一天的庆祝活动和传统可以追溯到西汉时期。 Traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and looking at lanterns is the main tradition. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks. 这个节日的传统，顾名思义，挂灯笼和看灯笼是主要的传统。各种形状和大小的灯笼陈列在树上或河岸边。 Parents often take their children to Lantern Fairs and sometimes lucky kids even get a mini toy lantern. 父母经常带孩子去灯会，有时幸运的孩子甚至会得到一个迷你玩具灯笼。 Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. These are riddles that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous person’s name, a place name or a proverb. This tradition has become a popular game with serious staying power even as social development changes other traditions. 另一个传统是猜灯谜。这些都是挂在灯笼上的谜语，供人们击落并解开。谜语通常简短、睿智，有时还很幽默。谜语的答案可以是汉字、名人的名字、地名或谚语。尽管社会发展改变了其他传统，但这一传统已成为一种具有持久力的流行游戏。 Other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat sweet dumplings. In northern China, sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour are called “yuanxiao” while in southern part they are called “tangyuan”. Typical sweet dumplings are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened bean paste, or hawthorn. Making “yuanxiao” today is like a game or an activity, so it’s sel