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Unit 1 Happy Family Life
Speaking
Topic 1
春节词汇 Spring Festival Words
节日名 Greeting season
春节 Th民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
招财进宝 Money and treasures will be
plentiful
一帆风顺 Wishing you every success
步 步 高 升 Promoting to a higher
position
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
祝 您 新 的 一 年 快 乐 幸 福 ！ Wish you
happiness and prosperity in the
coming year!
祝 您 事 业 成 功 ， 家 庭 美 满 Wish
you
success
in
your
career
and
happiness of your family!
食品 Food
年糕 Nian-gao;
rise
cake;
New
Year
cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of
sweet
rice,
rolled
into
balls
and
stuffed
with
either
sweet
or
spicy
fillings
糖果盘 candy tray
什锦糖 assorted candies
- sweet and
descendents to come
fortune
糖 藕 candied
lotus
root
- fulfilling
蜜 冬 瓜
candied
winter
melon
-
love relationship
growth and good health
红枣 red dates - prosperity
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
糖 莲子
candied
lotus
seed -
many
Traditions and cultures of Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is
when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people
living
away from
home
go
back,
becoming
the
busiest
time
for
transportation
systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations
and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month
later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600
BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice