1、English Winter Vacation Homework 2018高三英语 实验 +文科 第 二 天 Feb, 13rd. Tuesday 姓名 家长签名 I 背写 3500英语词汇 Unit Three和 Unit Four 完成 牛兴兰 和李 彩云 老师出的第 三 次 和 第 四 次词汇检测 II 听 AB滚动测试示范卷 英语 听力 （ 二 ） III完成单元套题第十 二 套 VI传统文化知识背诵和书写练习 Spring Festival The Spring Festival is known as the most important Festival in China. Du
2、ring the holiday, people go back to hometown from everywhere no matter how far the distance is. They prepare various delicious food and presents for the Spring Festival Eve. Chinese will have a happy family union in the Spring Festival Eve, they believe thats the end day of last year and they will s
3、tay up for good luck until the first day of next year. In China, the most traditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. The Chinese name of dumpling is “JIAO ZI”. “JIAO” means ”cross”. “ZI” is Chinese traditional time repres
4、ents “24:, so the Chinese word “JIAO ZI” means “cross 24:, just the dividing point of last year and next year. So when it comes to 24:00, every family begins eating dumplings. Firecracker is also necessary for the Spring Festival. The story of Firecracker is: Long ago, in a small village, there appe
5、ared a savage animal called “NIAN”, and this animal always came out to eat people in the Eve. One day, villagers found three things can make “NIAN” scared: Red color, Fire and noise. So when “NIAN” came again, villagers put up red paper on the door and set firecracker everywhere. After that, “NIAN”
6、disappeared from that village. Now putting up red paper on the door and setting firecracker becomes the Festival customs and people believe doing these will bring their family safety. The Spring Festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get red envelope containing money as a gift from the elder. During the Spring Festival, any unfortunate word cannot be heard because it will make people upset and unhappy. People also make use of this holiday to visit their relatives and bring them some presents and well-wishing. 书写练习 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
