The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Qu Yuan.
他爱国爱民受人尊敬,却由于被嫉妒而受到陷害,逐渐被皇帝冷落。
He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor's court.
屈原由于无法得到重用,眼看着自己的国家沦陷,于是投江自尽。
Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Qu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Low river.
汨罗江畔的百姓划船在江中寻找他们尊敬爱戴的屈原,并且将米丢入汨罗江中,使屈原避免蛟龙的伤害。
The local people living adjacent to the Mi Lo River rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons.
二、实用对话谈论端午节
第一句:When is the Dragon Boat Festival?
端午节是什么时候?
It's on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
是在阴历的五月初五。
第二句:How do you spend this holiday?
你们是怎么度过这个节日的?
We usually eat Zongzi, a kind of food made by glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.
我们通常吃粽子,由糯米做的一种包在竹叶里的食物。
第三句:Why do people eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival?
端午节人们为什么要吃粽子啊?
To memorize the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan. When he jumped into the river, people threw food into the river to keep the fish from eating him.
为了纪念古代爱国诗人屈原。屈原投江以后,人们把食物投入江中,这样鱼就不会吃他了。
三、端午节英语词汇
1、Dragon Boat Festival:端午节。
2、Dragon boat race:赛龙舟。
3、Sticky rice:糯米。
4、 Wrapped in a piece of leaf / Wrapped in leaves:包在叶子里。
Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Before the Spring Festival People clean their houses,put red couplets on their gates,and set off firecrackers to drive away the legendary monster “Nian”.
We have lots of traditions. First, we clean our house and sweep away bad luck, and then we paint doors and windows red. It means good luck. We usually decorate the doors and windows with paper cuts. We also buy clothes and everyone has a haircut.
Our parents and grandparents give us New Year presents. They are usually new clothes. On New Year’bais Day, we put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends. There is dragon and lion dancing.
The family have dinner and we jiaozi – a kind of dumpling, or a sweet rice pudding. We watch TV and at midnight there are usually fireworks. We don’t clean the house for a few days. We don’t want to sweep away good luck. And we have lots of food for good luck.
新年节日结束在元宵节后两周,我们通常吃一种汤圆称为元宵。他们是圆的,所以他们给我们带来好运。
The New Year Festival finishes at Lantern Festival after two weeks. We usually eat a kind of rice dumpling called yuanxiao. They are round and so they bring us good luck all the year round.