【外刊拓展阅读】-端午节-双语课件

ChineseDragonBoatFestival端午节视频欣赏In2020,thedateofChineseDragonBoatFestivalisJune25,whichisaThursday.ItisknownastheDuanwuFestivalinChinaandfallsonthefifthdayofthefifthlunarmontheveryyear,whichwasestablishedtocommemorateanotable

patrioticpoetQuYuan.2020年，中国的“龙舟节”是6月25日，星期四。它在中国被称为端午节，时间是每年农历五月初五，是为纪念著名爱国诗人屈原而设立的。

beknownas被称为；被叫做fallv[熟词生义]发生；适逢commemorate/kə5meməreɪt/v

纪念notableadj

重要的patrioticpoet爱国诗人AsthefirsttraditionalChinesefestivallisted

onthe

World’s

Intangible

Cultural

Heritages,itisoneofthethreemostimportantlunar

festivalsinChina,along

withtheSpringFestivalandtheMid-Autumn

Festival.Tocelebratethisfestival,therehasbeenathree-dayholidayinChinasince2008.作为第一个被列入世界非物质文化遗产名录的中国传统节日，它是中国三大最重要的农历节日之一，另外两个是春节和中秋节。为庆祝这个节日，自2008年以来，每到端午都有一个为期三天的假期。listv

把……列入theWorld’sIntangibleCulturalHeritages世界非物质文化遗产lunarfestival农历节日alongwith和……一起；和……同样地Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节DragonBoatFestivalcanbetraced

back

to2,000yearsagoandthere’remanylegendsaboutthisfestival,amongwhichthemostfamousoneisaboutcommemoratingQuYuan,anotablepatriotpoetduringWarring

States

Period.端午节可以追溯到两千年前，关于端午节的传说很多，其中最著名的是关于纪念战国时期著名的爱国诗人屈原的。tracebackto追溯到legendn

传说；传说故事warringadj[派生词]战争的；交战的WarringStatesPeriod战国时期staten

国家QuYuanwasanimportantministerduringWarringStatesPeriodintheChuState,whichwaslocatedintoday’sHubeiProvinceinCentralChina.Duringhislifehestrongly

advocated

recommending

talentsfromallsociallevels,enrichingthecountryandbuilding

upthemilitary

forces.屈原是战国时期楚国的一位重要大臣，楚国位于现在的湖北省。他一生大力提倡从社会各阶层引进人才，富国强兵。ministern

大臣stronglyadv[派生词]强烈地advocate[AW]v

提倡recommendv举荐；推荐talentn

人才；有才能的人enrichv[派生词]使富有；使富裕（en-前缀，意为“使；使成为”）buildup加强militaryforces军事力量However,hisideaswerestronglyrejectedbymembersofaristocracy

asitwouldharm

theirinterests.ThenQuYuanwasforcedtoresignandwasbanishedtotheremoteareaofthecountry.ThatwaswhenhewrotealotoffamouspoemstoexpresshislovefortheChuState.然而，他的主张遭到贵族的强烈反对，因为这会损害他们的利益。屈原被迫辞官并被流放到边远地区。当时他写了许多著名的诗歌来表达对楚国的热爱。aristocracy/7ærɪ5stɒkrəsi/n

贵族harmv

伤害；损害interestsn

好处；利益resignv

辞职；辞去（某职务）banish/5bænɪʃ/v

放逐；流放remoteadj

偏远的In278B.C,thecapitalofChuStatewascapturedbytheQinArmy.QuYuanwassogrievedthathecommitted

suicidejumpingintotheMiluoRiverafterhearingthenewsonthefifthofthefifthlunarmonth.Localswereverysadaboutthedeathoftheirrespectablepoetandstateofficial.Everyyearonthisdaypeoplewouldcommemoratehimspontaneously.公元前278年，秦军攻占了楚国的都城。农历五月初五，屈原听到消息后，悲痛万分，遂跳进汨罗江自尽。当地人对他们尊敬的诗人和政府官员的离去感到十分悲痛。每年在这一天人们都会自发地纪念他。capturev[熟词生义]攻占grievedadj悲伤的；伤心的commitsuicide自杀respectable[派生词]受人尊敬的stateadj[熟词生义]政府的spontaneouslyadv[派生词]自发地；自然地；无勉强地TopCustomsaboutChineseDragonBoatFestival1.DragonBoatRacingDragonboatracingistheutmostmaincustomintheDragonBoatFestival.Legendhasitthatinancienttime,whenQuYuandrownedhimselfintheriver,manyfishermenrodetheirboatsontheriver,tryingtofindhisbody,butin

vain.EveryyearlaterlocalswouldridedragonboatsforcommemoratingQuYuan,hopingtodispersecreaturesundertheriverinthisway.最受欢迎的端午节习俗1、赛龙舟赛龙舟是端午节最主要的习俗。传说是在古代屈原投河自尽时，许多渔民在河上划船，试图找到他的尸体，但没有成功。每年，当地人都会乘坐龙舟来纪念屈原，希望用这种方式驱散河底的生物。utmostadj

最大的；极度的drownv

（使）淹死；溺死body[熟词生义]n

尸体invain徒劳；白费力气dispersev

驱散InthelateQingDynasty(1736),Taiwan(China)startedtoholddragonboatracingmatchandlatertheactivitybecomepopularinHongKong(China),too.Atthesametime,thisinterestingracewasalsospreadtoChineseneighboringcountrieslikeJapanandVietnam.清末（1736），中国台湾地区开始举办龙舟赛，后来在中国香港地区也流行起来。与此同时，这种有趣的比赛也传到了日本、越南等中国邻国。holdv

举办；举行neighboringadj[派生词]邻近的；毗邻的In1991,the1stInternationalDragonBoatFestivalwasheldinYueyangCity,HunanProvince,whichisthesecondhometownofQuYuan.Thecelebrationsincludeworshipingthedragonheadanddragonboatracingmatch.Afterthat,HunanProvinceholdstheInternationalDragonBoatFestivalregularly.Tothisday,theracingofdragon-designedboatsisverypopularinareasneartorivers,lakes,orseas.1991年，第一届国际端午节在屈原第二故乡湖南省岳阳市举行。庆祝活动包括拜龙首、赛龙舟等。之后，湖南省定期举办国际端午节。时至今日，赛龙舟在靠近河流、湖泊或海洋的地区都十分流行。worshipv

崇敬；崇拜dragon-designedadj[合成词]有龙图案的2.EatingZongziAfterQuYuancommittedsuicideinMiluoRiver,fishermentriedhardtofindhisbodybutfailed.Somelocalsthrewricerolls,eggsandmeatintotherivertofeedthecreaturesundertheriver,hopingtheywouldn’teatthebodyofQuYuan.Yearslaterpeopleusedleavestorollthericerollsandtightenedthemwithcolorfulthreads,whichisknownasZongzi.2、吃粽子屈原在汨罗江自杀后，渔民们试图找到他的尸体，但没有成功。一些当地人把米卷、鸡蛋和肉扔进河里喂河底的生物，希望他们不要吃屈原的尸体。多年以后，人们用叶子卷米卷，用五颜六色的线把它们裹紧，这就是所谓的粽子。rolln

卷

v

（用某物）包裹tightenv[派生词]（使）变紧threadn

（棉、毛、丝等的）线NoweatingZongzihasbecomeanindispensablepartofDragonBoatFestivalcelebration.InChinaalmosteveryhouseholdwilleatzongziwhenthefestivalcomes.YettasteofZongzivariesgreatlyfromplacetoplace.Generally

speaking,peopleinsouthernChinapreferthesaltyonewhilethoseinnorthernChinalikethesweetone.现在吃粽子已经成为端午节庆祝活动中不可缺少的一部分。在中国，几乎每家每户每逢端午都会吃粽子。然而，粽子的味道却因地而异。一般来说，南方人喜欢咸的，北方人喜欢甜的。indispensableadj

不可或缺的；必不可少的householdn

家庭；一家人 tasten

味道；滋味varyfrom（根据情况）变化，改变varyv

不同[同义替换]differgenerallyspeaking一般来说ItisregardedthatthemostoutstandingversionsofZongzicanbefoundinJiaxing,ZhejiangProvince.ZongziisnotonlypopularinChina,butithasalsospreadtoKorea,Japan,andothercountriesinSoutheastAsia.人们认为，最美味的粽子可以在浙江嘉兴找到。粽子不仅在中国很流行，而且还传播到韩国、日本和东南亚其他国家。Itisregardedthat人们认为……versionn

版本3.HangingmugwortandcalamusHangingcalamusandChinesemugwortisanimportantactivityduringtheDragonBoatFestival.The2elementsaresaidtobeeffectiveinwarding

offdisease,keepinginsectsawayandpurifyingtheair.Thisisatraditionthathasbeenpassed

downfromgenerationtogeneration.3、挂艾草与菖蒲挂菖蒲和艾草是端午节的一项重要活动。据说这两样东西能有效地预防疾病，还能驱除昆虫，净化空气。这是一个世代相传的传统。wardoff避免，抵御（危险、疾病等）keepsthaway使某物远离purifyv净化；使（某物）洁净passdown传承；传递下去4.WearingSachetsDuringDragonBoatFestival,usuallykidswouldwearsachetsinthecountrysideareas.