英语讲中国传统节日04 清明 Qingming Festival.pdf

G1节日_QingmingFestival清明节

作者：EvanPeng

朗读者：AaronSmith

Lexile:560L

难度：相当于美国小学二年级

清明时节，家凯和他的家人前去祭奠爷爷。出发前，他们准备了纸钱和

爷爷最爱的食物。到爷爷墓前，他们先清扫坟墓，然后在坟前摆上食

物，接着燃烧纸钱，上香，最后轮流鞠躬三次。清明节时，社区里每个

人都会去祭奠祖先，踏青游玩，并饱餐一顿。你的清明节又是怎么度过

的呢？

WelcometoALO7sPowertoLearn!Todaysstory

isRememberingGrandpa,writtenbyEvanPengandnarratedbyAaron

Smith.

Hi!MynameisJiakai.Todayisaveryimportantday.

It’sQingmingFestival.Todaywearegoingtovisitthegraveofmy

grandpaYehYeh.

Yesterday,wegoteverythingready.Mymom,mygrandmaAhMah,and

Ifoldedsomepapertomakeitlooklikegoldmoneyfromancient

China.Meanwhile,mydadandmylittlesistermadesomeofmyYeh

Yeh’sfavoritefoods,likedumplingsandporkcharsiu.

Todayweareallupearly,gettingreadytogotothecemeterywhereYeh

Yehisburied.Myjobistogatherallthepapermoneythatwearegoing

toburn.Aha!Afterlookingforalmostfifteenminutes,Ifinallyfind

aplasticbaginthekitchenthatIcanputthemoneyin.

WemakesurewehaveeverythingbeforeMom,Dad,AhMah,mysister,

andIallpackintothecar.

Thedrivetothecemeteryislong,andItakeashortnap.There’salotof

trafficaswegetclosertothecemetery.Alltheotherfamiliesarealso

comingtopayrespectstotheirancestors.

Dadparksthecar.I’mthefirstoneout.Irunahead,holdingtightlytothe

papermoney.IquicklyfindYehYeh’sgrave.Bythetimetherestofmy

familycatchesup,I’malreadybrushingleavesasidewithmyhands.The

firststepforQingmingFestivalistosweepthetomb.Mymomhandsme

abroomandIcontinuetocleanthegrave.Soon,allthedirtiscleared

away,andthearealooksasgoodasnew!

Next,mydadbringsoutthefood.Hesetsitinfrontofthetombstoneas

anofferingtoYehYeh.AhMahpoursoutsomericewineinacupand

placesitnexttothefood.

Nowcomesthemostimportantpart!Mydadtakesoutabig,oldbowl.

Weputthepapermo