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1、stepbystep3000第二册答案电子教案step-by-step-3000第二册答案 Unit 1 Happy Family LifeSpeaking Topic 1春节词汇 Spring Festival Words节日名 Greeting season春节 The Spring Festival农历 lunar calendar正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar除夕 New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year初一 the beginning of New Year元宵节 The Lant

2、ern Festival习俗 Customs过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry春联 Spring Festival couplets剪纸 paper-cuts年画 New Year paintings买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping敬酒 propose a toast灯笼 lantern: a portable light烟花

3、 fireworks爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)戏曲 traditional opera杂耍 variety show; vaudeville灯谜 riddles written on lan

4、terns灯会 exhibit of lanterns守岁 staying-up拜年 pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit禁忌 taboo去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors压岁钱 red envelopes/red packets/a cash gift; gift money; money given to children as lunar New Year gift辞旧岁 bid farewell t

5、o the old year扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning祝福语 Blessings金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home生意兴隆 Business flourishes岁岁平安 Peace all year round恭喜发财 Wishing you prosperity和气生财 Harmony brings wealth心想事成 May all your wishes come true吉祥如意 Everything goes well国泰民安 The country flourishes and people liv

6、e 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-g

7、ao; rise cake; New Year cake团圆饭 family reunion dinner年夜饭 the dinner on New Years 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 fortune蜜冬瓜 candied winter me

8、lon - growth and good health金桔 cumquat - prosperity糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship红枣 red dates - prosperity花生糖 peanut candy - sweetTraditions and cultures of Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the most important festival for th

9、e 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

10、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 peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of

11、a new one.Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people ha

12、ve seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Jobs

13、tears, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko.The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming Ne

14、w Year. This is called Seeing the New Year in.Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. Whats more, various decorations, new c

15、lothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils. Then people begin d

16、ecorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the

17、New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.The Chinese character fu (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the reve

18、rsed fu is homophonic with fu comes, both being pronounced as fudaole. Whats more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.People attach

19、great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively ji, yu and doufu, mean auspiciousness, abundance and

20、 richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up

21、 to see the New Year in.Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think jiaozi in sound means bi

22、dding farewell to the old and ushering in the new. Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao mea

23、ns higher and higher, one year after another. The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People t

24、hought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, som

25、e break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and templ

26、e fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs.Useful words and expressionsfamily 家庭 spouse 配偶s

27、ingle单身 life span 寿命 marriage life 婚姻生活 bachelor 单身汉spinster 老处女courtship 求爱 lad 少年, 少女 female friend 女性朋友 play house 过家家 play hide-and-seek 捉迷藏 puppy love初恋friendship 友谊 engagement 订婚 fianc 未婚夫 fiance 未婚妻 wedding ceremony 婚礼honeymoon 蜜月 newlyweds 新婚夫妇 husband 丈夫 wife 妻子 happiness 幸福mother-in-law 婆婆

28、 dowry 嫁妆 mamas boy 没有男子气概的男人 uxorious 疼爱妻子的 twin 双胞胎 daughter 女儿 son 儿子 maternal 母亲的 paternal 父亲的 children 子女 parental 父母亲的 filial 子女的 divorce 离婚consolation money 抚慰金 alimony 抚养费 single parent 单亲 fall in love 恋爱 fight for divorce 提请离婚诉讼widow 寡妇 widower 鳏夫 separation 分居 bridesmaid 女傧相 best man 男傧相mo

29、nogamy 一夫一妻制 in laws 姻亲 family tree 家谱 ancestors 祖先 descendant 后代 1. 跟别人要钱 mooch off someone 我最讨厌跟别人要钱的人了。 I feel sick of those who mooch off others. 2. 钱挣海了coin money 这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。 Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this

30、! 3. 钱多得花不完have money to burn 老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？ Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything? 4. 钱能生钱money begets money 钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？ Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles? 5. 没钱be broke 我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了 I dont want to eat

31、out today. Im broke. 6. 钱来之不易money doesnt grow on trees 你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！ You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesnt grow on trees. 7. 敲竹杠a clip joint 那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿 That shop is plain a clip joint! 8. 生活很富裕be well fixed 自从中国对外开放以后，有些农民也成了企业家，而且大部分农民的生活都富裕起来了。 Since China open

32、ed to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life. 9. 吃了上顿没下顿not know where the next meal comes 虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了，可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿 In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal comes. 10. 发财rake it in 它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财 He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly