Unit2 I think that mooncakes are delicious.
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Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions. 读关于中秋节的短文,然后回答问题。
Full Moon, Full Feelings 满月,圆满的感情
Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. 中国人庆祝中秋节吃月饼,已经长达好几个世纪了。
Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on mid-autumn night. 月饼与中秋今晚的满月有一样的形状。
They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. 月饼表达了人们对他们所爱所思念的家人的良好愿望。
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. 关于这个节日有很多的传统民间故事。
However, most people think that the story of Chang
e is the most touching. 然而,大多数人认为嫦娥的故事则是最感人的。
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Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. 嫦娥是后羿美丽的妻子。
After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. 在后羿射下九个太阳之后,女神给了他一种神药来感谢他。
Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. 谁喝这种神药就可以长生不老,后羿本想与嫦娥一起喝了它。
However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. 然而,一个坏人,冯孟,试图在后羿不在家时丢药。Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. 嫦娥拒绝给他，并把药喝了。
She became very light and lew up to the moon. 她变得闪闪发亮，并飞到了月亮上面。 Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. 后羿非常伤心,他每天晚上对着月亮喊嫦娥的名字。One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. 一天晚上,他发现月亮变得又亮又圆,他甚至于可以看到他的妻子。
He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. 他很快在花园里摆满了她最喜欢的水果和甜点。
How he wished that Chang’e could come back! 他是多么希望嫦娥回来啊!
Ater this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. 此后，人们开始了赏月和与家人分享月饼这样一个传统。 question: 问题:
1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 1。人们是怎样庆祝中秋节的?
2. What do mooncakes look like? What meaning do they carry? 2。月饼是什么样子的呢?他们表达什么含义 ?
3. What story is the reading about? 3。本篇阅读计划的是什么故事?
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Read the passage about Christmas and answer the questions. 阅读关于圣诞节的短文,然后回答问题。
The Spirit of Christmas 圣诞节的精神
Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts,Christmas trees and Santa Claus. 许多人会认为,当我们想到圣诞节时,我们就会想到礼物,圣诞树和圣诞老人。
But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. 但在所有这些事情之后，隐含的则是圣诞节的真正含义:与身边的人共享并给予关爱与欢乐的重要性。
The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this. 《圣诞颂歌》的故事或许是最好的例子。
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. 《圣诞颂歌》是查尔斯・狄更斯写的一篇著名小说。
It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. 它讲述的是一个名叫Scrooge的老人的故事，他从不欢笑甚至于微笑一下。
He is mean and only thinks about himself, and doesn’t treat others nicely. 他非常吝啬，只想到自己,对别人也不友好。
He just cares about whether he can make more money. And he hates Christmas. 他只是关心能否赚更多的钱。他不喜欢圣诞节。
One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. 有一次平安夜那天,Scrooge看到了雅各布・马利的鬼魂,那是他死去的商业伙伴。
Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. 马利曾经和Scrooge一样吝啬,所以在他死后，他受到了惩罚。
He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’
t want to end up like him. 他警告Scrooge说，如果他不想有与自己一样的下场，那么他要作出改变。
He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him. 他还告诉Scrooge说，会有三个鬼魂去拜访他。
That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. 那天晚上,三个鬼魂拜访了Scrooge。
First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of hishappier days as a child. 首先,鬼魂Ghost of Christmas把他带回到了他的童年，让Scrooge想起了孩提时代的快乐时光。
Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. 然后，第二个鬼魂,Christmas Present鬼魂,带他去看了看今年别人是如何过圣诞节的。
Everyone is happy, even poor people. 每个人都很快乐,穷人也一样快乐。
The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. 最后一个鬼魂，“未来的圣诞节”鬼魂带他去了未来。
He sees that he is dead but nobody cares. 他看到他死了，但没人在乎他。
Scrooge is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is already the next morning on Christmas Day! Scrooge吓得在床上醒来,发现此时已是圣诞节的早上!
He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. 他决定改变自己的生活方式，并承诺成为一个更好的人。
He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. 他高兴地和他的亲戚们庆祝圣诞节。 He also gives gifts to people in need. 他还给穷人以礼物。
He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. 他现在友好温暖地对待每一个人,在他所去的地方播撒关爱和欢乐。 And that is the true spirit of Christmas! 这就是真正的圣诞精神! question: 问题:
1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas? 1。关于圣诞节，人们通常会想起什么？
2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol ? 2。《圣诞颂歌》是谁写的?
3. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas? 3。圣诞节的真正含义或精神是什么?
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