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WELCOME UNIT
UNIT 2 HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
单元主题:人与自我——健康生活方式
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播
中国文化
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
TombSweeping Day is a Chinese holiday that __1__
(celebrate) in China for centuries. It is one of the Chinese
Twentyfour Solar Terms, which falls on either April 4th
__2__ 5th of the Gregorian calendar (阳历). It's also a time
for people to remember family members __3__ have passed
away.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
The day is also regarded as the start of spring. As trees turn green and the sun shines brightly, people will go outside and enjoy the __4__ (amaze) spring. They will take this opportunity to travel together and go on long walks in parks, laughing and __5__ (chat). Therefore, TombSweeping Day not only is a day __6__ (memorize) the dead, but it is also a time for people to enjoy __7__ (they). There are many different activities, such as taking a spring outing, or flying kites.
On Tomb-Sweeping Day, people often eat a kind of green colored balls __8__ (make) from glutinous rice (糯米). The green color is from __9__ juice of brome grass (雀麦草) that is added in the rice.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
All in all, TombSweeping Day is a combination of sadness and __10__ (happy).
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
答案: 1.has been celebrated 2.or 3.who/that 4.amazing 5.chatting 6.to memorize 7.themselves 8.made 9.the 10.happiness
答案
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Qingming Festival is also called Tomb-Sweeping Day as it is the time for Chinese people to show respect to their ancestors by cleaning their ancestors' tombs and placing offerings.
清明节又称扫墓节,是中国人通过祭扫祖先的陵墓和摆放祭品来表达对祖先敬意的节日。
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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