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1 Culture: St Patrick s Day 文化 : 圣帕特里克日 1

2 Culture: St Patrick s Day 文化 : 圣帕特里克日 Celebrating Irish Culture 庆祝爱尔兰文化的节日 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : All of the countries in the British Isles have a patron saint s day but the biggest celebrations are always held on March 17th, Ireland s St Patrick s Day. For people who live in Ireland and Northern Ireland it is a national holiday, but in the wider world it is seen as an opportunity to explore one of the most emblematic aspects of Irish culture getting boozed up. The preferred tipple for most people on St Patrick s Day is a pint of Irish stout, a heavy, black beer, although others may plump for a glass of Irish whiskey. Like the Chinese, the Irish have a long history of economic migration, and have settled in many countries around the world, particularly in the USA. Because of their large populations of people of Irish descent, cities like New York and Boston have enormous St Patrick s Day parades, where hundreds of thousands of marchers and millions of spectators parade through the city. The colour green is predominant on St Patrick s Day as that is the national colour of Ireland, which is sometimes called the Emerald Isle. As any traveller knows, Ireland is a very green, rural country, thanks to the amount of rainfall, with some areas seeing rain for 225 days in a year. This year even the President of the United States joined in the fun by adding green dye to the fountains in the White House gardens. But the American city of Chicago goes even further; since 1961 the Chicago River has been dyed green on St Patrick s Day. The tradition began by accident after a plumber, who was using dye to detect leaks into the river, discovered his orange dye turned green when mixed with water. City officials decided to add dye to the river to celebrate St Patrick s Day, however during the first attempt they used too much dye and turned the river bright green for a week. 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 patron saint s day 守护神日 boozed up 狂欢纵饮 pint 品脱 plump for 选择 settled 定居 parades 庆祝游行 spectators - 旁观者, 观众 Emerald Isle - 绿宝石岛 green dye 绿色染料 plumber 水管工 emblematic aspects 象征方面 tipple 酒 Irish stout 爱尔兰黑啤 economic migration 商业移民 Irish descent 爱尔兰祖籍 marchers 游行者 predominant 占据主导位置 rural 农村的 fountains 喷泉 leaks 泄漏 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. St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland True / False 2. Drinking is not a big part of Irish culture. True / False 3. There are millions of descendants of Irish people in America. True / False 4. There is very little rainfall in Ireland. True / False 5. The Chicago River was first dyed green by accident. True / False 3

4 2. Label the Pictures 标注图片 Look at the pictures below. Do you know what these items are? Write the name of the object underneath the picture. 请看下列图片你知道这些是什么物品吗? 请将物品名称写在图片下面的横线上 stout leprechaun harp crock of gold whiskey shamrock 4

5 3. Irish Words in English 英语里来自盖尔语的单词 The English language uses lots of words from other languages. Look at the words of Irish origin below and match them to their definition. 英语里有很多外来语词汇, 请把下列爱尔兰的盖尔语和它们相对应的解释连线 a. slob 1. fun b. crack (craic) 2. plenty c. galore 3. mouth d. gob 4. an uncool or boring person e. dork 5. a lazy person who takes no care of themselves or their appearance Now complete these sentences using the words above 1. My brother is such a. He never cleans his room or changes his clothes. 2. Shut your. I don t want to hear any more of your lies. 3. He is a real. All he ever does is play computer games and visit internet chatrooms. 4. There was food at the wedding banquet. 5. You should visit Dublin. There s plenty of to be had there. 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with Ireland in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally ( ), vertically ( ) or diagonally ( ) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与爱尔兰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 ( ) 垂直的 ( ) 或对角的 ( ) 形式出现 i s t p a t r i c k f t a w s d v t a n u a d i k t y r b e i b y u l p s t o u t c n t r a m p h t r r u g b a u c z l a x u a b r e r l a x e m e a l y e b r a y n u r l s e v e i b e r a d o z e b e n t r o u t r c o f s h a m r e w e i k m u x e r h a j y m n q u w h i s k e y a n k Eire stout green rural drink St Patrick whiskey shamrock rain tipple 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. St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland True 2. Drinking is not a big part of Irish culture. False 3. There are millions of descendants of Irish people in America. True 4. There is very little rainfall in Ireland. False 5. The Chicago River was first dyed green by accident. True 2. Label the Pictures 标注图片 Look at the pictures below. Do you know what these items are? Write the name of the object underneath the picture. 请看下列图片你知道这些是什么物品吗? 请将物品名称写在图片下面 1. harp 2. whiskey 3. leprechaun 4. stout 5. shamrock 6. crock of gold 3. Irish Words in English 英语里来自盖尔语的单词 The English language uses lots of words from other languages. Look at the words of Irish origin below and match them to their definition. 英语里有很多外来语词汇, 请把下列爱尔兰的盖尔语和它们相对应的解释连线 a. 5 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 Now complete these sentences using the words above. 1. My brother is such a slob. He never cleans his room or changes his clothes. 2. Shut your gob. I don t want to hear any more of your lies. 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 s t p a t r i c k t a i r i p s t o u t n p h r g l a a r e m l e r e i d o n r r c e i k n w h i s k e y k 3. He is a real dork. All he ever does is play computer games and visit internet chatrooms. 4. There was food galore at the wedding banquet. 5. You should visit Dublin. There s plenty of crack/craic to be had there. 7

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