READING: Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival
 
屈原和端午节

Qu Yuan was born about two thousand ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.

屈原出生于大约2000年前的中国。他热爱他的祖国。他所做的就是进谏皇帝。皇帝也常常采纳他的建议。然后，老皇帝逝世后，新皇帝并不常听他的。

Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan's advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.

后来，由于新皇没有采纳屈原的建议导致一场战争的失败，国家处于危亡的境界。屈原很沮丧。他跳河而死。那一天，是阴历五月的第五天。

Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.

现如今，人们每年都会在那一天通过吃粽子以及举行龙舟比赛来纪念他。

ASK AND ANSWER

In pairs，talk about what you would like to eat, like this:

S1: Would you like some ________?
S2: Yes, please. I like rice dumplings/moon cakes/biscuits/dumplings/pudding.

     No, thanks. I don't like ________.
     I'd rather have a piece of  bread.
                          a              biscuit(s).
                          some        sandwich(es).
                                         noodle(s).

生1： 你们想吃________吗？
生2： 好的，我喜欢吃饺子/月饼/饼干/饺子/布丁。
        不，我不喜欢________。
        我更想要一块饼干。
                   一些三明治。
                        面条。