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A:Glad to meet you! I'm Zhou Wei from China.
B:Glad to meet you, too! I'm Alan. Welcome to America.
A:Thank you.I am interested in Western culture, especially Western festivals. 1.
B:Of course.2. It's a day to play jokes on others to get a good laugh and make one feel like a fool.
A:Well, sounds like fun. 3.
B:Yes. Each country celebrates April Fool's Day differently. 4. The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When someone discovers this trick, he cries out “Poisson d'avril!”
A:That sounds interesting. What about other countries?
B:In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. 5.
A:So many names about April fools. I hope to spend April Fool's Day in Western countries.
B:Come to the April Fool's Day this year. There are some other activities we can do together.
A.In France, the April Fools are called “April Fish”.
B.It has another name—a cuckoo bird.
C.Would you mind telling me some traditions about the April Fool's Day?
D.It falls on April 1st every year.
E.In Scotland, April Fool's Day is 48 hours long and you are called an “April Gowk”,
F.If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle”.
G.There must be many ways to celebrate it.
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The Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated in most East Asian countries. The festival takes place on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It is a harvest(收获) festival.
It is the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year. To the Chinese, the festival means family reunion(团圆) and peace.
Chinese people celebrate the Mid Autumn festival with many traditional and meaningful activities, such as eating dinner with family and admiring the moon.
Mooncakes are a kind of traditional Chinese sweet. Chinese people regard the round shape of mooncakes as a symbol of reunion and happiness. Other foods eaten during the festival are harvest foods, such as crabs(蟹), pumpkins(南瓜), and grapes. People enjoy them at their freshest and most nutritious(有营养的) period of time.
And the custom of admiring the moon started in the Shang Dynasty. Chinese emperors admired the sun and the moon every year to pray for a good harvest. People believed admiring the moon and eating at a round table would bring them good luck and happiness.
In many other countries, the festival is widely celebrated. In Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, celebrations are more than those in China, such as lighting lanterns and dragon dances.In Japan and Vietnam,there are also some new celebrations because Chinese culture has influenced them deeply.
Something about the Mid?Autumn Festival | |
How do the Chinese celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? | Eating dinner with family and admiring the moon are the 41.1.and meaningful activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
What do people eat on the Mid-Autumn Festival? | Mooncakes are the traditional food as a 42.2. of reunion and happiness. Harvest foods, such as crabs and grapes are the freshest to eat. |
When did people 43.3.admiring the moon? | In the Shang Dynasty. People believed admiring the moon and eating together would bring themselves good 44.4.,good harvest and happiness. |
How is the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated in other countries? | There are some new 45.5. in other countries on the Mid-Autumn Festival because of the influence of Chinese culture on them. |