《初中英語雙語閱讀②ChineseNewYear素材（通用）》

1、chinese new yearchinese new year is the most important festival for chinese people all over the world. it is also called the spring festival or the lunar new year.the exact date of the spring festival on the western calendar changes from year to year. however, chinese new year takes place between ja

2、nuary 1 and february 19. on the chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. these animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram1, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. a chinese legend2 says that these twelve animals had a race. the first year was named afte

3、r the rat, the winner. the other eleven years were named according3 to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. the clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first! the chinese believe that a person born in a parti

4、cular year has some of the characteristics5 of that animal. lunar 月(亮)的exact 確切的calendar 日歷rat 鼠ox 公 牛rabbit 兔子ram 公羊rooster 公雞legend 傳說name after 按.命名particular 特殊的 characteristic4 特征  春 節(jié)對于全世界的華人來說，中國的新年是最重要的節(jié)日。人們也稱它為春節(jié)或農(nóng)歷新年。公歷春節(jié)的確切日期每年都在變化。但是春節(jié)一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月

5、 19 日 之間。在農(nóng)歷中，每年都有一個生肖。這些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗和豬。據(jù)傳說，這十二個動物舉行了一次賽跑，第一年就以獲勝者鼠命名，其他十一年就根據(jù)動物們到達終點的順序命名。聰明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后時刻跳過牛的頭頂?shù)谝粋€到達終點！ 中國人相信在某一年出生的人具有這一年生肖的一些特征。1 ram    (random access memory)隨機存取存儲器參考例句：· 512k ram is recommended and 640k ram is preferred.推薦配置為512k內(nèi)存

6、，640k內(nèi)存則更佳。2 legend     n.傳說；傳奇故事參考例句：· this is a popular legend.這是一個民間傳說。· according to ancient legend,the river is a goddess.據(jù)古代傳說，這條河是位女神。3 according     adj.按照，根據(jù)參考例句：· according to the bible we are all the seed of adam.根

7、據(jù)圣經(jīng)所說的，我們都是亞當(dāng)?shù)暮笠帷?#183; we must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我們必須學(xué)會量入為出。·4 characteristic     adj.特有的，典型的；n.特性，特征，特色參考例句：· bananas have their own characteristic smell.香蕉有其特有的香味。· some animals possess the characteristic of man.有些動物具有人類的特征。5 characteristics     n.特性，特征，特色，數(shù)（對數(shù)的）首數(shù)( characteristic的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；獨特性；性質(zhì)參考例句：· the textural characte