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冲刺吧期末 初中英语·九年级上册
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1 /新课标·国际视野/
Almost
al
cultures
celebrate
the
end
of
one
year
and
the
beginning
of
another
in
some
way.
Different
cultures
celebrate
the
beginning
of
a
new
year
in
different
ways,
and
at
different
times.
In
Western
countries,
people
usualy
celebrate
New
Year
at
the
midnight
from
December
31st
to
January
1st.
People
may
go
to
parties,
sometimes
dressed
in
formal
clothes,
and
they
may
drink
champagne(香槟酒)
at
midnight.
During
the
first
minutes
of
the
new
year,
people
cheer
and
wish
each
other
happiness
for
the
year
ahead.
But
some
cultures
prefer
to
celebrate
the
new
year
by
waking
up
early
to
watch
the
sunrise.
They
welcome
the
new
year
with
the
first
light
of
the
sunrise.
Many
cultures
also
do
special
things
to
get
rid
of
bad
luck
at
the
beginning
of
a
new
year.
For
example,
in
Ecuador,
families
make
a
big
dol
from
old
clothes.
The
dol
is
filed
with
old
newspapers
and
firecrackers.
At
midnight,
these
dols
are
burned
to
show
the
bad
things
from
the
past
year
are
gone
and
the
new
year
can
start
afresh(重新).
Other
common
traditions
to
keep
away
bad
luck
in
a
new
year
include
throwing
things
into
rivers
or
the
ocean,
or
saying
special
things
on
the
first
day
of
the
new
year.
Other
New
Year
traditions
are
folowed
to
bring
good
luck
in
the
new
year.
One
widespread
Spanish
tradition
for
good
luck
is
to
eat
grapes
on
New
Years
Day.
The
more
grapes
a
person
eats,
the
more
good
luck
the
person
wil
have
in