中秋節(jié) 高中英語

UNIT2

ITHINKTHATMOONCAKESAREDELICIOUS!DOYOULIKEMOONCAKES?"Zhongqiujie",whichisalsoknownastheMid-AutumnFestival,iscelebratedonthe15thdayofthe8thmonthofthelunarcalendar.Itisatimeforfamilymembersandlovedonestocongregateandenjoythefullmoon.QUESTION:

DOYOUKNOWTHELEGENDOFMID-AUTUMNFESTIVAL?

Accordingtolegend,inancienttime,oneyear,tensunsappearedintheskyandthewaterintheplanetdried.Peopleconldn'tliveanylonger.Theearthwassavedwhenastrongarcher,HouYi,succeededinshootingdown9ofthesuns.Sohebecamefamousandhadhisapprentices.

Oneday,HouYiwentoutwithhisstudent.OnestudentcalledPengMeng,heknewthatHouYi'swife,ChangE,hassomethingthatcanletpeoplebecomeimmortal.PengMengwantedtobeaimmortal,soheusedaknifeandsaidtoChangEthatifshedidn'tgivehimthatthing,shewilldie.ChangEdidn'twantPengMengtobeaimmortalandsheatethatthingandbecameimmortal.ThenIwilltellyouainterestingstoryabouttherabbitofChangE.Accordingtothelegend,therearethreegodsintothreepoormen.Theyseekingfoodtoafox,amonkeyandarabbit.Themonkeyandthefoxgivesomefoodtothem,buttherabbithavenothing.Thentherabbitsaidthattheycaneatthemeatofhimandthenleapintothefire.FairywasdeeplymovedandtakenontherabbittothepalacetoaccompaniedChangE,andrammingelixir.THECUSTOMOFMID-AUTUMNFESTIVALeatmooncake（吃月餅）moonwalk（走月亮）firethetowerlight（點(diǎn)塔燈）fireDouxiang（燒斗香）worshipmoon（拜月）puttheskylights（放天燈）enjoythemoon（賞月）planttheMid-Autumn（樹中秋）ENJOYTHEMUSIC但愿人長久，千里共嬋娟。Maythepeopleliveforeverandsharethemoonshineacrossvastdistancestogether.GROUPWORKWhatdoyouusuallydoonthemid-autumn?Sharewithyourgroupmembers.OTHERFESTIVALSSpringFestivalTheLanternFestivalOTHERFESTIVALStheDragonBoatFestivaltheWater-SprinklingFestivaloftheDaiNEWWORDSfestivaln.節(jié)日；節(jié)期adj.節(jié)日的provincen.外省，鄉(xiāng)間；省份luckn.運(yùn)氣；好運(yùn)；機(jī)遇hottestadj.熱的，熱烈的；熱的（hot的最高級）wonderadj.奇妙的；欽佩的n.驚奇；奇觀vt.對…好奇；想弄明白vi.懷疑，想知道similaradj.相似的；同類的ROLEPLAYClara:Guesswhat?I’mgoingtoChiangMaiintwoweeks.Ben: Soundslikefun!ButIbelievethatAprilisthehottestmonth oftheyearthere.Clara: Yes,that’strue.Butthere’saWaterFestivalfromApril 13thto15th.Ben: Iwonderifit’ssimilartothewaterfestivaloftheDai peopleinYunnanProvince.Clara: Yes,Ithinkso.ThisisthetimeoftheThaiNewYear. Peoplegoonthestreetstothrowwaterateachother.Ben: Cool!Butwhydotheydothat?Clara: Becausethenewyearisatimeforcleaningandwashing awaybad