写英语作文是参加英语考试的时候经常会做的事情,大家觉得自己的写作水平如何?如流水账般简单句堆砌也是不行的。传统文化是近几年英语写作必考话题之一,下面给大家总结的这些中国传统文化高频词汇,赶快背起来哦!

1.节日名称

春节:Chinese New Year's Day / Chinese Lunar New Year / the Spring Festival

除夕:New Year's Eve

正月:lunar January

初一:the beginning of New Year

元宵节:the Lantern Festival

春龙节:the Dragon-head-raising Festival (龙抬头)

寒食节:the Cold Food Festival

清明节:Tomb Sweeping Day

端午节:the Dragon Boat Festival (龙舟节)

七夕节:the Magpie Festival / Double Seventh Day (中国情人节)

中元节:the Hungry Ghost Festival

中秋节:the Mid-Autumn Festival

重阳节:the Double Ninth Festival

腊八节:the Laba Festival

泼水节:the Water-Splashing Day

2.相关节日活动

剪纸:paper cutting

书法:calligraphy

对联:couplets

红双喜:double happiness

红包(压岁钱):red envelope

压岁钱:lucky money

3.传统饮食

小吃摊:Snack Bar / Snack Stand

元宵:sweet rice dumpling

火锅:hot pot

春卷:spring roll(s)

莲藕:lotus(荷花/荷叶)root

北京烤鸭:Beijing roast duck

馄饨:wonton

花卷:steamed twisted(扭曲的) rolls

羊肉泡馍:pita bread soaked (浸)in lamb soup

冰糖葫芦:a stick of sugar-coated haws

八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding(布丁/甜食)

粉丝:glass noodles

豆腐脑:jellied (煮成胶冻状的)bean curd(凝乳)

东坡肉:Dongpo Pork

咸水鸭:boiled salted duck

鸭血粉丝汤:duck blood and silk noodles soup

4.传统建筑

长城:The Great Wall

故宫博物院:The Palace Museum

天坛:The Temple of Heaven

敦煌莫高窟:Mogao Caves

兵马俑:Cotta Warriors / Terracotta Army

5.文学艺术

《诗经》:The Book of Songs

《史记》:Historical Records / Records of the Grand Historian

《红楼梦》:A Dream of Red Mansions(公馆)

《西游记》:The Journey to the West

孔子:Confucius

孟子:Mencius

京剧:Beijing Opera / Peking Opera

黄梅戏:Huangmei Opera

秦腔:Crying of Qin People / Qin Opera

太极拳:TaiChi

文房四宝 (笔墨纸砚) :the Four Treasure of the Study / Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone

宣纸:rice paper

相声:cross-talk / comic(滑稽的) dialogue

木偶戏:puppet(木偶)show

小品:witty(机智的)skits(滑稽剧。幽默短文)

武术:Wushu / Chinese Martial Arts

中庸:the way of medium / golden means

6.四大发明

火药:gunpowder

指南针:compass

造纸术:Papermaking

印刷术:Printing Technique

还有很多类似的词汇等着大家去学习,在写英语作文或者阅读的时候都可能用到。词汇当然是积累越多越好,可是很多人就是因为词汇的不够而影响了成绩。英语考试之前希望能够积累更多的英语词汇,想上面这种分类记忆也是好方法。