how did chinese new year come.ppt

授课老师：龙莲弟 Once upon a time, there lived a terrible beast called Nian. It stayed in deep sea throughout the year. It climbed up to the shore on the last day of the lunar year to eat people and animals. One year it was discovered that Nian had a fear of loud noise and the color red. So, on that night, people set off firecrackers, stuck red paper on the door, and hung red lanterns in front of their houses. By doing this they had successfully frightened Nian away. This terrible creature had never come back. Since then, the Chinese had called this day Chuxi. Unit 14 Text 2 :How did Chinese New Year begin? Unit 14 Text 2 :How did Chinese New Year begin? Once upon a time, there lived a terrible beast called Nian 从前有一只叫“年”的怪兽。 句中there lived表示“存在”，是there be句型的扩展用法，可以用于这一句型的动词还有:stand,run,go,lie,come,happen等。 例如： 1.教室里碰巧没人。 There happened to be nobody in the classroom. 2.在我农田的一个角落里，有一棵高大的苹果树。 At one corner of my field there stands a tall apple tree. Answer the questions 1.Why did Chinese call the day “Chuxi” 2.What was the beast called? 3.where was it? 4.What did people do to frighten the “Nian”away Unit 14 Text 2 :How did Chinese New Year begin? Thank you