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Happy New YearHappy new year!Happy new year!Happy new year!Hello!Welcome back to school!Translation中:我看到你朋友圈发的那些照片了.英:中:我跟许久未见面的朋友们聚了聚.英:IsawthosephotosyoupostedonyourWechatMoments.IcaughtupwithsomefriendswhoIhadntseenforalongtime.春节chn ji The Spring FestivalIt falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month lunar month and the celebration lasts from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month up to the 15th of the first lunar month next year.WhatisthelongestandmostimportantfestivalinChina?烟花烟花fireworkFirecrackers 鞭炮 set off fireworks/firecrackers 燃燃放放烟烟花花爆爆竹竹Pair work 1What do people often do during the Spring Festival?What do you do in the Spring Festival?Phases on Spring FestivalMake Preparation买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival;do Spring Festival shopping 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings Phases on Spring Festival压岁钱 gift money;money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 拜年 pay New Years call;give New Years greetings;New Years visit庙会 Temple Fair舞狮 lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)舞龙 dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)New Years Eve年夜饭 reunion dinner饺子 dumplings年糕 Lunar New Year Rice Cake敬酒 propose a toast 春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala Evening烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)守岁 staying-up春节习俗春节习俗 Customs of the Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year.Through the evolvement of thousands of years,a series of customs are spreading far and wide.wecleanourhousesandsweepawaybadluck,andthenwepaintdoorsandwindowsred.我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色扫尘 Sweeping the Dust扫尘扫尘 Sweeping the Dust“Dust”is“chen”（尘）in Chinese,which means old and past.In this way,“sweeping the dust”before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.In a word,just before the Spring Festival comes,every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.春联春联 spring festival couplets 对联 dulin/春联chn lin TOPknowledge 学 书 booksea 海 山 mountaindont have 无 有 haveborder 涯 路 wayeffort 苦 勤 diligencemakes 做 为 becomesboat 舟 径 path BOTTOMWhen fu(福)comes to townWeusuallydecoratethedoorsandwindowswithpapercuts.我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。剪纸剪纸paper-cuts 看春节联欢晚会看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years GalaThe New Years Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television(CCTV)since 1983.For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year,the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours.It brings laughter to billions of people,creates many popular words and produces lots of TV phenomena meriting attention.For over twenty years,its value has gone far beyond a variety show.It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad.Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve.Lantern Festival(on the January 15th,Lunar Calendar)元元宵节宵节灯会 exhibit of lanterns猜灯谜 guess latern riddles汤圆 Tang-yuanNew Years visit OnNewYearsDay,weputonournewclothesandvisitourfamilyandfriends.在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。gift moneyChildren Getting money in red envelopes from their parents and relativesHow do you spend your gift money?拜年和压岁钱拜年和压岁钱 New Years Visit and Gift MoneyOn the first day of the Chinese lunar year,everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends,wishing them all the luck in the coming year.Juniors will greet seniors,wishing them health and longevity,while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.When friends meet,they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile.With the development of the new technology,there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings.In recent year,it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones,emails and text messages.Pair Work 2Why have there been some changes in the celebration of the Spring Festival in recent years?ReasonsThe living standard of people is improves.People become more and more unemotional.Tradtional culture is neglected.The development of technology and the emergency of media and new entertainment.Social pressure is increasing.
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