2017-2018学年高中英语北师大版必修1文档：Unit 3 Lesson 1 — Pre-reading Word版含答案.docVIP

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree， however， that the word Nian， which in modern Chinese solely means year， was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey ?捕食? on people the night before the beginning of a new year.,One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day， an old man came to their rescue， offering to subdue ?制服? Nian. To Nian he said， “I hear that you are very capable， but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents？”So， it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed ?骚扰? people and their domestic animals from time to time.,After that， the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal ?永生的? god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests， people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left， he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year’s end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked ?潜行? back again， because red is the color the beast feared most. From then on， the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation.  Section_ⅠWarm-up Lesson 1 — Pre-reading eq \a\vs4\al([原文呈现]) Autumn Every year in September or October, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated① by the Chinese people all over the world. On this day, the moon is said to be its biggest and brightest②. People like to meet in the evening and watch the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is important because it is a special occasion③ for family. It is also a day for special foods like moon cakes. There are all kinds of moon cakes. Traditional④ moon cakes are usually made with bean