Unit 3 The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

本单元介绍的是中国传统佳节:端午节,英译为“龙舟节”。在本单元,童鞋们将学习到很多中国传统文化词汇的表达,而且你可以给老外讲屈原的故事哦!

Look and learn
看一看,学一学

Dragon Boat races
龙舟比赛
a salty rice dumpling
咸味粽子
a sweet rice dumpling
甜味粽子

Look and read
看一看,读一读

1.There is a Chinese festival in summer.
在夏天有一中国节日。
It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month...
它在农历的五月五日.....
Is it the Dragon Boat Festival?
它是不是端午节?
Yes, you're right.
是的,你说对了
2.What do people eat?
人们吃什么?
What do people do to celebrate this festival?
人们做什么来庆祝这个节日?
They eat sweet rice dumplings and salty rice dumplings.
他们吃甜味粽子和咸味粽子。
People have Dragon Boat races.
人们进行龙舟比赛。
3.Do you like rice dumplings?
你喜欢粽子吗?
I love salty rice dumplings, but I hate the sweet ones.
我爱吃咸味粽子,但我讨厌甜味的。
I love both.
我都喜欢。
Kitty loves the sweet rice dumplings, but she hates the salty ones.
基蒂喜爱甜味粽子,但她讨厌咸味的。
Eddie likes the salty ones with meat and green beans best.
埃迪最喜爱带肉和绿豆的咸味粽子。
Alice loves the sweet ones without red beans.
艾丽斯喜爱没有红豆的甜味粽子。

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1.Why do we celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?
为什么我们要庆祝端午节?
Do you know, Alice?
你们知道吗?
I'm not sure. What about you, Eddie?
我不太清楚.埃迪,你呢?
I know only a little, not too much.
我只知道一点,不太多。
OK. Let me tell you the story of this festival.
好吧,让我给你们讲一讲这个节日的故事。
2.Qu-yuan was born around two thousand years ago in China.
屈原大约出生在两千年前的中国。
His job was to give advice to the emperor.
他的职责是向国王进谏。
The emperor always took his advice.
国王总会采纳他的建议。
However, the emperor died, and the new emperor did not like listening to Qu-yuan.
然而老国王去世了,新国王不喜欢听屈原的。
Qu-yuan finally lost his job.
屈原被贬职了。
Qu-yuan was very good at writing poems.
屈原擅长写诗。
He became a famous poet.
他成为一名著名的诗人。
However, he was always sad.
但是,他总是很伤感。
He was sad because the new emperor
他因为新国王不采纳他的建议而悲伤。
did not take his advice and the country lost a battle.
因为国家在战争中失利而悲伤。
He jumped into a river and died.
他投入江中自杀了。
It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in that year.
那天是那一年的农历五月五日。
Nowadays, people eat rice dumplings and have Dragon Boat races to celebrate this festival.
如今,人们吃粽子,赛龙舟就是为了纪念这个节日。

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Look and say
看一看,说一说

Would you like a piece of rice dumpling?
你想要一个粽子吗?
Yes, please. I really like rice dumplings.
是的.我确实喜欢粽子。
No, thanks. I don't like rice dumplings very much.
不,谢谢,我不太喜欢粽子。
I'd rather have a piece of pizza.
我更喜欢比萨饼。

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love/hate
with/without
Would you like some...?
Yes, please.
No, thanks.
I really like___.
I don't like ___very much.
I'd rather have___.