How people celebrate the Mid?Autumn Festival

1As the second most important festival in China, the MidAutumn Festival is celebrated in many traditional ways. Here are some of the most popular traditional celebrations.

Enjoying a dinner with family

2The roundness of the moon represents the reunion of the family in Chinese minds.Families will have dinner together on the evening of the MidAutumn Festival. The public holiday(usually 3 days) is mainly for Chinese people working in different places to have enough time to reunite. Those staying too far away from their parents' homes usually get together with friends.

Eating mooncakes

3Mooncakes are the most representative food for the MidAutumn Festival.Their round shape and sweet flavor are symbols of completeness and sweetness. At the MidAutumn Festival, people eat mooncakes together with family, or present mooncakes to relatives or friends,to demonstrate their love and express best wishes.

Appreciating the moon

4The full moon is the symbol of family reunions in Chinese culture.It is said that the moon on the night of the Mid?Autumn Festival is the brightest and the most beautiful.Chinese people usually set a table outside their houses and sit together to admire the full moon while enjoying tasty mooncakes. Parents with little kids often tell the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon.As a game,kids try their best to find the shape of Chang'e on the moon. There are many Chinese poems praising the beauty of the moon and expressing people's longing for their friends and families on the MidAutumn Festival.

Making and carrying the Mid?Autumn Festival lanterns

5Lanterns are a notable part of the MidAutumn Festival.People make lanterns,carry lanterns to do moon gazing, hang lanterns in trees or houses, release sky lanterns,or visit public lantern displays.The MidAutumn Festival lanterns can look like animals,plants,or flowers. A tradition is to write riddles on lanterns so that people can enjoy solving them with friends or family.

6In modern times,besides traditional activities,many Chinese people go traveling during the 3day public holiday to celebrate the festival.

7Click here to learn more on the MidAutumn Festival celebrations.

Reading Check

1.What does the round shape of mooncakes symbolize?

A.Pure love.

B.Best wishes.

C.Sweetness.

D.Completeness.

2.What can we learn about the MidAutumn Festival lanterns?

A.They have many shapes.

B.People usually make them at home.

C.They take the shape of the moon.

D.People always write puzzles on them.

3.Where is this text probably taken from?

A.A newspaper.

B.A magazine.

C.A website.

D.A history book.

?語篇解碼

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了中秋節一些最受歡迎的傳統慶祝活動。

?語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語celebrate v.慶祝 traditional adj.傳統的popular adj.受歡迎的 represent v.代表reunite v.團聚 symbolize v.象征appreciate v.欣賞 praise v.贊揚release v.釋放 resemble v.類似solve v.解決far away from 遠離get together 聚會express best wishes 表達最美好的祝愿admire the moon 賞月try one's best 盡力lantern display 燈展

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.It is said that the moon on the night of the MidAutumn Festival is the brightest and the most beautiful.據說中秋節晚上的月亮是最明亮、最美麗的。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。It 是形式主語，指代后面that 引導的主語從句。

2. Chinese people usually set a table outside their houses and sit together to admire the full moon while enjoying tasty mooncakes.中國人通常在屋外擺一張桌子，坐在一起賞月，同時享用美味的月餅。

【點石成金】本句中，set和sit是并列謂語，to admire the full moon 是動詞不定式短語作目的狀語，while enjoying tasty mooncakes 是省略句，句子補全為：while they were enjoying tasty mooncakes。

?語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.據說，肢體語言占第一印象的55%，而你所說的話只占7%。

_______________________________accounts for 55 percent of a first impression while what you say just 7 percent.

2.當我在網上瀏覽新聞時，我看到了一個可愛小熊的視頻。

_______________________________,I came across a video of a lovely bear.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是李華，你的外國朋友Mike即將隨其父母來中國，并在中國度過中秋節。他發來郵件向你詢問有關中秋節的習俗，請你根據以下要點給他回一封郵件。

1.歷史悠久，是中國人獨有的傳統節日；

2.家庭團圓，共進晚餐，吃月餅，賞月。注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

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