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How is your winter holiday?
study hard?
have a trip to see snow or the sea ?
visit friends and relatives?
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Do you know the origin of Chinese new year?
How did you spend your Spring Festival ?
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Days before the New Year, every family is busy giving its house a thorough cleaning, hoping to sweep away the ill-fortune to make way for the in-coming good luck.
do a thorough cleaning大扫除
sweep away the ill-fortune
扫除噩运
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They decorate the doors and windows with paper-cuts and couplets with the very popular theme of "happiness","wealth","longevity"and "satisfactory marriage with more children"
couplet 对联
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The Eve of the New Year is very carefully observed.
Reunion dinner is a feast, with all members coming together
reunion dinner
团圆宴
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After dinner, it is time for the whole family to sit up for the night while having fun playing cards or watching CCTV gala
CCTV gala 春晚
sit up for the night
守岁
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At midnight, the whole sky will be lit up by fireworks and firecrackers . People's excitement reach its zenith.
firework 烟花
firecracker 鞭炮
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Very early the next morning, children greet their parents and receive their lucky money/
red packets .Then, the family start out to say greetings from door to door.
lucky money/red packets 红包
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Do you know this year is “the year of dragon” or “the year of Loong”?
What’s the difference ?
What’s the difference between the Chinese Loong and the Western Dragon ?
What’s the difference between the Chinese Loong and the Western Dragon ?
the Western Dragon
the Chinese Loong
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represent ______________
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represent ______________
positive
negative
demons and enemies
peace, fortune, prosperity, wisdom and power
Further Reading
The Spring Festival Gala, known as "Chunwan" , is an annual TV show broadcast on Lunar New Year's Eve. 1._________ (support)by ultra-high-definition production, the gala