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课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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There are a variety of activities in the celebration of the Double Ninth Festival: climbing, wearing cornel (山茱萸) leaves, appreciating chrysanthemums (菊花), drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating DoubleNinth cakes.
Autumn is the __1__ (good) season for climbing high places. When you look down from the height you find __2__ (you) free from cares and becoming part of nature. The climbing custom __3__ (start) from the Han Dynasty. To begin with, they climbed high terraces (梯田) on the outskirts of __4__ capital Chang'an and later the hills and mountains around. And then it became a custom __5__ the custom spread about.
When people climbed they wore cornel with them because they believed that cornel could keep away evils. Cornel is an evergreen shrub (灌木) __6__ a strong fragrance. Its roots, stems and leaves can __7__ (process) as a medical herb that can cure some symptoms of a bad disease and keep away mosquitoes. The poem “Reminiscing My Brother in Shandong on Double Ninth” __8__ (write) by Wang Wei describes climbing with cornel: “Being a __9__ (strange) in a foreign place, I miss my flesh and blood all the more. I know you are climbing with cornel, but your brother is not with you.” Even today when people miss their relatives and friends on festivals, this is the poem they are likely __10__ (sing).
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
答案:1.best 2.yourself 3.started 4.the 5.and
6.with 7.be processed 8.written 9.stranger 10.to sing
Combining traditional and modern ideas, the Double Ninth Festival encourages people to respect, care for and help seniors.
重阳节将传统与现代思想结合起来,鼓励人们敬老、爱老和助老。
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