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[00:00.00]沪江网 Mid-Autumn Festival
[00:08.33]中秋节
[00:16.67]An old Chinese story talks about a woman
[00:19.60]有一个古老的中国神话中,讲的是一个妇女
[00:22.54]who flew to the moon after she stole a magical pill from her husband.
[00:35.17]从她丈夫那里偷了一粒魔术药丸,然后飞上月亮。
[00:47.80]He chased after her but failed.
[00:55.26]她丈夫在后面紧紧追赶,但没有追上。
[01:02.72]The woman stayed on the moon,
[01:03.83]这个妇女就住在月亮上,
[01:04.94]safely protected in the palace of a rabbit.
[01:19.78]在兔子宫殿里过得平平安安。
[01:34.62]You might hear this story during the Mid-Autumn Festival,
[01:38.29]在中秋节的那个夜晚,
[01:41.96]a night in many Asian countries for friends and families to get together,
[01:44.70]许多亚洲国家的朋友和家庭相聚在一起,
[01:47.44]eat moon cakes and gaze at the full,round moon.
[02:15.30]吃月饼,赏月时分,你也许听到过这个故事。
[02:43.16]The date of the festival is different every year.
[02:45.26]节日的日期每年都不相同,
[02:47.37]sometime between the end of August and Septemer.
[03:02.28]有时在8月末和9月之间。
[03:17.20]It is set by the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day of the eighth month.
[03:25.79]是按照阴历8月15日来计算的。
[03:34.39]In china,people might leave work early to celebrate with a family dinner.
[03:44.69]在中国,上班人可以提前下班,全家人一起吃团圆饭。
[03:55.00]After dinner they may go outside to a park to get a good view as the moon rises.
[04:05.30]饭后月亮升起来的时候,到外面的公园找一个赏月的好位置。
[04:15.61]Children enjoy playing with colorful lanterns lit with candles or electric lights.
[04:57.03]小孩喜欢提各种色彩丰富的、内置有蜡烛或电灯的灯笼。
[05:38.44]Friends buy each other moon cakes,filled with fruit and nuts.
[05:49.60]朋友之间互相赠送水果或核桃馅的月饼。
[06:00.75]In China,the night is special for women
[06:02.63]在中国,对女同志来说,
[06:04.51]because people think of the moon as having female(yin) characteristics.
[06:35.42]这是因为人们把月亮作为女性的典范。
[07:06.32]In the past,
[07:07.01]在过去,
[07:07.70]people set tables outside houses with dishes of round fruit
[07:10.82]人们在房子外面摆上餐桌,桌子上的盘里放着各种圆形的水果,
[07:13.95]like apples,oranges,and peaches representing the moon.
[07:33.45]如:苹果,桔子和桃子代表月亮。
[07:52.95]In Korea,
[07:53.91]在韩国,
[07:54.88]stores and businesses take the day off
[07:56.53]商店和各种商业活动放假一天,
[07:58.17]so that families can spend the day together.
[08:21.21]让全家人一起度过这一天。
[08:44.25]People dress up in their best clothes -men in suits
[08:46.55]人们穿上最好的衣服,男士穿西装,
[08:48.85]and woman in traditional Korean dress.
[09:22.29]女士穿传统韩国服装。
[09:55.72]In the morning,there are visits to family graves.
[10:04.58]在早晨,家人一起去扫墓,
[10:13.43]Later families gather for dinner.
[10:18.00]之后聚在一起吃饭。
[10:22.58]The Mid-Autumn Festival is very much a children's holiday in Vietnam,
[10:25.83]在越南,中秋节很像是儿童的节日。
[10:29.08]but adults like it too.
[10:34.85]但大人们也喜欢的。
[10:40.63]Friends and families exchange moon cakes filled with peanuts,
[10:43.03]朋友和家人交换花生,
[10:45.43]sugar,duck eggs,raisins and watermelon seeds.
[10:57.68]糖果,鸭蛋,葡萄干,西瓜子馅的月饼。
[11:09.94]Paper lanterns are very popular.
[11:14.25]纸制的灯笼非常流行,
[11:18.56]Children can be seen playing with them a few days before Mid-Autumn night.
[11:25.47]在中秋夜之前,就能看见小孩提灯笼玩耍。
[11:32.38]On the evening of the full moon,
[11:33.63]在月圆的那天晚上,
[11:34.88]children light candles inside their lanterns and take them out into the streets.
[11:49.19]接着就提着灯笼上街去,
[12:03.49]The colorful bright lanterns light up the night.
[12:50.89]五光十色的灯笼照亮了漆黑的夜晚。
[13:38.29]2 Read quickly through the article.
[13:42.01]把单词与其解释用线连起来,
[13:45.73]Find the countries and complete these sentences.
[13:51.10]然后用这些单词和短语造句子。
[13:56.47]1.In____,the Mid-Autumn Festival is special for woman.
[14:03.86]2.In____,friends buy each other mooncakes during the festival.
[14:12.87]3.These is no school or work during the festival in___.
[14:22.59]4.Children parade with lanterns to celebrate the festival in____.
[14:33.59]3 Match the words and expressions with meanings.
[14:35.83]把单词与其解释用线连起来,
[14:38.08]Then make sentences with the words and expressions.
[14:39.63]然后用这些单词和短语造句子。
[14:41.19]palace
[14:43.00]皇宫
[14:44.82] kings and queens live
[14:48.12]国王和皇后住的地方
[14:51.43]gaze
[14:52.43]盯
[14:53.44] at something for a long time
[14:54.79]盯着东西看很久
[14:56.13]graves
[14:56.64]坟墓
[14:57.15]d.a place in the ground for a dead person
[14:59.64]死人呆的地方
[15:02.14]lunar calendar
[15:02.83]阴历
[15:03.52]months of the year following the moon
[15:05.78]以月亮运行计算的月份
[15:08.04]female characteristics
[15:09.35]女性特征
[15:10.65] a woman
[15:12.16]像妇女一样
[15:13.66]take the day off
[15:14.72]放假
[15:15.77] a free day with no school or work
[15:17.79]不用上班或上学的一天
[15:19.80]4 Read the passage and write what underlined words refer to.
[16:45.87]读文章,写出画线单词所代表的意思。(见教科书)
[18:11.94]Mid-Autumn Festival
[18:14.56]An old Chinese story talks about a woman
[18:17.95]who flew to the moon after she stole a magical pill from her husband.
[18:22.58]He chased after her but failed.
[18:25.50]The woman stayed on the moon,
[18:27.51]safely protected in the palace of a rabbit.
[18:30.28]You might hear this story during the Mid-Autumn Festival,
[18:34.70]a night in many Asian countries for friends and families to get together,
[18:39.03]eat moon cakes and gaze at the full,round moon.
[18:42.95]The date of the festival is different every year.
[18:46.97]sometime between the end of August and Septemer.
[18:50.61]It is set by the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day of the eighth month.
[18:56.61]In china,people might leave work early to celebrate with a family dinner.
[19:02.54]After dinner they may go outside to a park to get a good view as the moon rises.
[19:09.26]Children enjoy playing with colorful lanterns lit with candles or electric lights.
[19:14.85]Friends buy each other moon cakes,filled with fruit and nuts.
[19:19.55]In China,the night is special for women
[19:22.74]because people think of the moon as having female(yin) characteristics.
[19:28.04]In the past,
[19:29.79]people set tables outside houses with dishes of round fruit
[19:33.81]like apples,oranges,and peaches representing the moon.
[19:38.70]In Korea,
[19:40.81]stores and businesses take the day off
[19:43.35]so that families can spend the day together.
[19:45.91]People dress up in their best clothes -men in suits
[19:51.00]and woman in traditional Korean dress.
[19:53.98]In the morning,there are visits to family graves.
[19:57.90]Later families gather for dinner.
[20:00.69]The Mid-Autumn Festival is very much a children's holiday in Vietnam,
[20:05.60]but adults like it too.
[20:07.35]Friends and families exchange moon cakes filled with peanuts,
[20:11.87]sugar,duck eggs,raisins and watermelon seeds.
[20:16.31]Paper lanterns are very popular.
[20:18.93]Children can be seen playing with them a few days before Mid-Autumn night.
[20:23.99]On the evening of the full moon,
[20:26.42]children light candles inside their lanterns and take them out into the streets.
[20:31.73]The colorful bright lanterns light up the night.

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