英语口语III 课件 unit 8 口语3 8.pptVIP

尚辅网 尚辅网 大连理工大学出版社 大连理工大学出版社 尚辅网 尚辅网 Directions: Match the words to the right pictures. And think what festival may contain the following items. 尚辅网 Directions: Read and imitate the following material(s), then answer the given questions. Passage 1 The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC~25 AD), it had become a festival with great significance. The first lunar month is called yuan- month, and in ancient times, people called night Xiao. So the day is also called Yuanxiao Festival in China. This day’s important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC ~ 220 AD), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha’s body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China. Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns and stroll on the streets, extremely excited. How does the name of the Lantern Festival come? What is the origin of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival? 尚辅网 People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with “tuanyuan”, m