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Holidays A: Hello! How is everything going? B: Fine. And you? A: Fine too. The Spring Festival is coming soon. Hh? B: Oh, yeah. That’s my favorite festival. When I was a child, I could get toys, different kinds of snack food and gift money. A: Me too. But do you anything about Spring Festival? B: Not too much. Just that it’s the lunar calendar’s New Year. And strictly speaking, it starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last to the middle of the 1st lunar month of the next year. 不是很多。只是知道它是农历的新年。并且严格来讲，它开始于农历12月初，一直持续至下年正月中旬。 A: Yes, that’s right. Besides, it originated in the Shang dynasty at around 1600 BC. And it is based on the people’s sacrifices to their gods and ancestors. 是的。此外，春节起源于公元前1600年的商朝。 B: The Shang dynasty? That’s a long time ago. I had no idea it had such a long history. Well, do you do anything special during the Spring Festival? A: Yes. We usually place doublets on our doors on the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, and we also have dinner, watch gala and let off fireworks on the eve of Spring Festival. Besides, we also pay New Year’s call on the first day of the year. What about you? 是的。我们通常会在腊月28贴春联，并且在除夕之夜吃年夜饭、看春节联欢晚会和放烟火。此外，我们还会新年第一天去拜年。你呢？ B: All most the same to you. In addition, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month we eat some very special food called Laba Congee(/kɑnd?i/). On the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month which we call Preliminary(/prilimin?ri/) Eve, people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god. And we also eat Nian-gao and go to Temple Fair during Spring Festival. 大致和你相同。另外，我们会在腊月初八吃腊八粥，腊月23我们称之为小年，在这一天人们会拜祭灶神。春节期间我们还会吃年糕和逛庙会。 A: Wow, it sounds so great. I hope that you’ll enjoy yourself in the coming Spring Festival. B: The same to you! Travel A：Have you ever been to Hong Kong, the city crowned as “the Pearl of the Orient”? 你去过香港吗？那个叫做“东方明珠”的城市？ B: Not yet. A great pity. But you know, Hong Kong has a natural attraction to visitors like me. In particular the story of Suzie Wong and the legacy(l?g?s?