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1 Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 1

2 Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 Celebrations in the UK 英国的庆祝活动 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : On 25 th September this year, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families, look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. However, the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of China. Here in the UK events are taking place for Chinese people living here, and to teach the people of Britain more about this popular festival. The Soho Theatre in London conducted a study which showed that Chinese Londoners don't engage much with the arts world. As a result, 'Moonwalking In China' has been created to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is no normal theatre production though, as it doesn't take place in the theatre. Theatre professionals and volunteers from the local community will take audiences around the streets of Soho on a magical lantern-lit walk through the landmarks and backstreets of Chinatown. They tell the story of three generations of Chinese Londoners who all cross paths one night in Chinatown. Rabbits, karaoke and a woman who lives on the moon all feature prominently. It's the Soho Theatre's first site-specific production and looks to be a unique way of marking the famous Chinese festival. And the celebrations don't stop there! In early October the British Museum is actually opening late for a special free Mid-Autumn Festival event. There will be Chinese musical performances, a guess-the-mooncake-flavour game and you can learn how to perform a fan dance. You can also try your hand at a variety of other traditional Chinese arts and crafts, as well as learning Mandarin and learning more about the history of China. The Chinese population in the UK is quite large, so no doubt there will be events happening not only in the capital, but all around the country. However you are celebrating, we hope you have fun. Happy Mid-Autumn festival from everyone at BBC Learning English! 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 the Chinese lunar calendar 中国农历 borders 边界 engage 参与 theatre production 剧作 volunteers 志愿者 landmarks 地标性建筑 generations 世世代代 feature prominently 显著的 unique 独一无二的 try your hand at 试试手 stretch far beyond 远远超越 conducted a study 进行一项研究 the arts world 艺术世界 theatre professionals 戏剧界专业人 lantern-lit 点燃灯笼的 backstreets 后街 cross paths 人生道路相遇 site-specific 实地的 a fan dance 扇舞 arts and crafts 工艺 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is on 24 th September this year. True / False 2. A study showed that Chinese people in London aren't really involved in the arts. True / False 3. 'Moonwalking in London' takes place in a theatre. True / False 4. In the theatre production you will hear about Chinese Londoners and karaoke. True / False 5. There are no other Mid-Autumn festival celebrations happening in the UK. True / False 3

4 2. Festivals 节庆 Can you match up the names of the well-known Chinese and British festivals with their names? 请你把下列有名的中英两国节日名称同相对应的解释组合配对 : 1. Mid-Autumn Festival 2. Easter 3. Halloween 4. Dragon Boat Festival 5. Christmas 6. Chinese New Year a. This festival takes place on December 25 th. You give and receive presents, you eat a special turkey dinner and you decorate a tree in your house. b. Everyone gets at least a week off to celebrate this. You visit your relatives, eat, watch fireworks and if you're a child you get money! c. On October 31 st you might dress up as a witch or a ghost. People carve faces in pumpkins and children go to people's houses to trick or treat. d. You celebrate the end of the summer by getting together with your family to eat mooncakes and look at the moon. e. This religious festival takes place in the Spring. Children go on egg hunts and people eat lots of chocolate eggs. f. This festival takes place in May or June and its origins are connected to the famous poet and politician Qu Yuan. You eat sticky rice balls wrapped in corn leaves and you might take part in a boat race on the river. 4

5 3. Compound Adjectives 复合形容词 New adjectives are often created in English from two words that aren't necessarily adjectives, by joining them with a hyphen. 英语中经常出现一些新组合的形容词, 这些词被称为复合形容词, 通常是把两个词 ( 不一定非是形容词 ) 拼凑在一起, 中间用一个连字符连接, 组成一个新的形容词 For example a magical Lantern-lit walk. This just means the path of the walk is lit by lanterns, but it has been written by putting lantern and lit together before the noun as an adjective lantern-lit. 比如 : a magical Lantern-lit walk. 这句话的意思是, 行走的路两旁都点燃了灯笼, 不过作者使用了 lantern-lit 这个复合形容词来修饰后面的名词 walk. The theatre's first site-specific production. This means it's a production on a specific site. 再如 :The theatre's first site-specific production. 这句话的意思是 : 这是一部实地剧作 Look at the following sentences see if you can re-write them by making a hyphenated adjective. 请按照示范例句把下列句子稍作改写, 改写之后的句子要包括一个用连字符联接的复合形容词. Example: We rehearsed really well for the performance. It was a well-rehearsed performance. 1. It was hard to see outside because the window was covered with rain. It was hard to see through the - window. 2. The actress has trained professionally. She was a - actress. 3. The document had fifteen pages. It was a - document. 4. His shirt was blue in colour. He was wearing a - shirt. 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with the UK s Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与中秋节有关的英语单词来共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现 c o m i n a u t u m n s c e l u b t a n t o m s t h l u s e e l u o n a f e a e s e t f a n c o e c e l b r u h e c l a s l u n a r s m j a q i t a t h e a a t r k s d i n a t h e a t r e n t v t r a b b i k i l l f a e a u t u r a b o f f l r e r a b b i t i n u o n m o o n c a g w x s lunar autumn mooncake festival lantern theatre celebrations rabbit museum feast 6

7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is on 24 th September this year. False 2. Festivals 节庆 Can you match up the names of the well-known Chinese and British festivals with their names? 请你把下列有名的中英两国节日名称同相对应的解释组合配对 : 1. e 2. f 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. d 2. A study showed that Chinese people in London aren't really involved in the arts. True 3. "Moonwalking in London" takes place in a theatre. False 4. In the theatre production you will hear about Chinese Londoners and karaoke. True 5. There are no other Mid-Autumn festival celebrations happening in the UK. False 3. Compound Adjectives 复合形容词 New adjectives are often created in English from two words that aren't necessarily adjectives, by joining them with a hyphen. 英语中经常出现一些新组合的形容词, 这些词被称为复合形容词, 通常是把两个词 ( 不一定非是形容词 ) 拼凑在一起, 中间用一个连字符连接, 组成一个新的形容词 Look at the following sentences see if you can re-write them by making a hyphenated adjective. 请按照示范例句把下列句子稍作改写, 改写之后的句子要包括一个用连字符联接的复合形容词. Example: We rehearsed really well for the performance. It was a well-rehearsed performance. 1. It was hard to see outside because the window was covered with rain. It was hard to see through the rain-covered window. 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 c m a u t u m n e u o l s o f e e f n e b u e c s l u n a r m a t a a k s i n t h e a t r e t v t i a e o l r r a b b i t n n s 2. The actress has trained professionally. She was a professionally-trained actress. 3. The document had fifteen pages. It was a fifteen-page document. 4. His shirt was blue in colour. He was wearing a blue-coloured shirt. 7

Microsoft Word - merry_christmas_from_us_cn.doc

Microsoft Word - merry_christmas_from_us_cn.doc Merry Christmas from the China Team 祝大家圣诞节快乐 1 Merry Christmas from the China Team 祝大家圣诞节快乐 Our Christmas Message 我们的祝语 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : Every week