综合英语 Creating a Caribbean Spring Festival.docVIP

Unit 13Main IdeaThe text mainly tells us a story happened to a Chinese couple living in French Guadeloupe. They lived in a world where Chinese custom and culture are not well taken notice of. The author recalled the happiness of the lunar new years she’d been through in her hometown when she was young, and decided to create a Caribbean Spring Festival in this western culture dominated island. The whole celebration was imbued with fun and happiness and a kind of feeling that had been lost for more than 20 years. They’ve even been invited to give talks on Chinese culture. This made them feel the urge to learn more about their motherland.Creating a Caribbean Spring Festivalby Yi YenchunPara 1 [ summary] The writer recalls how her family celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year when she was little. [author] Yi Yenchun, a writer from Taiwan, is now living on French Guadeloupe in Latin America. The original article was written in Chinese, translated by Daniel Rote.1. I remember when I was little, right before the Lunar New Year we’d make an offering to the Kitchen God.make an offering: contribute (to the Kitchen God)offering : things offered, especially as a gift or contribution. 提供之物，由指礼物，奉献之物He gave him a box of chocolates as a peace offering.Yesterday they made offerings to the departed spirit.Lunar New Year: It refers to the traditional new year according to Chinese calendarlunar: lunar month, means the average time between one new moon and the next.Cf: calendar month: period of time from a certain date in a month to the same date in the next one. 2. Mom always told us not to jabber, and that we should eat some sweets, so as to speak some sweet words.jabber: v. talk rapidly in what seems to be a confused manner 急促而含混不清地说话 n. jabbering, chatterListen to those children jabbering away! 你听那些孩子叽叽喳喳地说过不停！You can hear the jabber of monkeys at the foot of mountain at night.so as to do sth.: with the intention of doing sth.He left a message so as to be sure of contacting her.