2014人教版9年级英语Unit2英汉互译.docVIP

2014人教新目标初中英语九年级 Unit Clara: Guess what? I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. Ben: Wow, sounds like fun! But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there. Clara: Yes, that’s true. But there’s a Water Festival from April 13th to 15th. Ben: I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province. Clara: Yes, I think so. This is the time of the Thai New Year. People go on the streets to throw water at each other. Ben: Cool! But why do they do that? Clara: Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you’ll have good luck in the new year. 克拉拉：猜猜看？两周后我打算去清迈。 本： 噢，听起来很有趣！但是我认为四月是那里一年中最热的月份。 克拉拉：是的，的确如此。但在那里从四月十三至十五日是泼水节。 本： 我想知道这个节日与云南省傣族的泼水节是否相似。 克拉拉：是的，我认为是这样。此时正值泰国新年期间。人们上街相互泼水。 本： 好爽哦！但是他们为什么这样做呢？ 克拉拉：因为新年是洗尽晦气的时刻，此后将在新的一年中好运连连。 Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.阅读这篇关于中秋节的短文，然后回答以下问题。 1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 人们怎样庆祝中秋节？ 2. What do mooncakes look like? What meaning do they carry? 月饼看上去像什么？代表什么意义？ 3. What story is the reading about? 这篇短文是关于什么故事的？ Full Moon, Full Feelings月圆情浓 Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on mid-autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.数千年来，中国人一直庆祝中秋节，吃月饼。月饼是中秋之夜满月的形状，寄托着人们对他们深爱与思念的家人的祝福。 There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.