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榮譽出FLAVORSOFLUNARNEWYEAR-A(2-1)-DifferentculturesaddspecialtraditionsandfoodtotheNewYearholidayFlavorsofLunarNewYear五湖四海過年味”DifferentculturesaddspecialtraditionsandfoodtotheNewYearholidayThelunarcalendarhascounteddays,monthsandyearssince2,600B.C.AndthehistoryoftheLunarNewYearholidaygoesbackalmostasfar.WhileChinesecelebrationsaremostwell-known,otherculturesalsocelebratetheirownuniquetraditions.KoreanSeollalHistoricaltiesbetweenKoreaandChinahaveresultedinmanysharedculturaltraditions,includingholidays.LunarNewYear,orSeollal,isanofficialthree-dayholidayinKorea.OnNewYear’sEve,thefirstdayoftheholiday,familymemberscleantheirhouse.ForKoreans,cleaningmeansclearingawaybadmemoriesandpreparingforfutureblessings.PeoplealsoputontraditionalKoreanclothing,calledhanbok,fortheholiday.FamilytraditionsfillNewYear’sDay.Peopleholdceremoniestohonortheirancestorsandbowtotheirelderstoshowrespect.Theyalsoexchangesmallgiftsofmoney.Allfeastsfeatureddukgook,asoupofstickyricecakesboiledinbeefbroth.Koreanseatthissoupandhopegoodluckwillstick”tothem.lunar(adj)月亮的；陰曆的celebration(n)honorv)sticky(adj)有黏性的；黏的broth(n)（肉類或蔬菜煮的）湯不同的文化為年節(jié)增(Music).Hi,everyone.WelcometoStudioClassroomWorldwide.MynameisSteve.IwanttosayHappyNewYeartoeveryone.(Chinese).It’sgreatthatyoujoinedustoday.Well,tobesure,ChineseNewYearisthebiggestandbest-knownoftheLunarNewYearholidays.Butlet’snotforgettherearemanyotherculturesinAsiathathavetheirownLunarNewYearcustomsandtraditions.Beforewecontinue,let’slookattwokeywords:lunarandcelebration.lunar,asin:Mrs.Changstillcelebratesherbirthday,accordingtothelunarcalendar.And...celebration.Manycelebrationswereplannedwhenthecityturnedonehundredyearsold.OK.Ithinkwe’rereadynowtoopenourmagazinestopageforty-four.Let’sfollowalongforthereading.(Music).FlavorsofLunarNewYear.DifferentculturesaddspecialtraditionsandfoodtotheNewYearholiday.Thelunarcalendarhascounteddays,monthsandyearssincetwenty-sixhundredB.C..AndthehistoryoftheLunarNewYearholidaygoesbackalmostasfar.WhileChinesecelebrationsaremostwell-known,otherculturesalsocelebratetheirownuniquetraditions.KoreanSeollal.HistoricaltiesbetweenKoreaandChinahaveresultedinmanysharedculturaltraditions,includingholidays.LunarNewYear,orSeollal,isanofficialthree-dayholidayinKorea.OnNewYear’sEve,thefirstdayoftheholiday,familymemberscleantheirhouse.ForKoreans,cleaningmeansclearingawaybadmemoriesandpreparingforfutureblessings.PeoplealsoputontraditionalKoreanclothing,calledhanbok,fortheholiday.(Music).Hi,friends.I’mEsther.I’mRachel.AndI’mChip.AndHappyNewYear.We’resogladyoucanjoinusforthelessonontheNewYear.That’sright.Wehavealotofnewthingstolearntoday.We’regoingtobetalkingaboutflavorsofthenewyear.AndEsther,whenIthinkoftheword”flavor,”Ithinkoficecreamandmyfavoriteflavoroficecream.Whatdoyouthinkourauthormeansbythis?Well,herewe’retalkingabouttheflavorsoftheLunarNewYear.Sotheword”flavor”herehasadifferentmeaning.Anditalsomeans”kind”.Butitalso...butitmeansdifferenttypesofnewyearandhowpeoplecelebrateindifferentplacesaroundtheworld.Well,let’sstopforaminuteandtalkaboutthelunarcalendar.NowIgrewupintheWest,soItendtoknow...bemorefamiliarwiththesolarcalendarortheWesterncalendar.ButthelunarcalendarisstillfollowedbymanyAsiancountries.That’sright.Thewordlunarmeansofthemoon.Sothelunarcalendaristhecalendaroftheyear.That’sbasedonthelunarcycleorthecycleofthemoon.Sothelunarcalendarhasbeenaroundforthousandsandthousandsofyears.Andasourtextsays:Thelunarcalendarhascounteddays,monthsandyearssincetwothousandsixhundredB.C..Sothat’soverfourthousandyearsago.Wow!Thatisalongtime,isn’tit?Yes,B.C.,BeforeChrist.Sothat’s...averylongtimeago.Andsothelunarcalendarhasbeenaroundforquiteawhile.AndthehistoryoftheLunarNewYearholidaygoesbackalmostasfar.Ithinkwecansafelysaythisisoneoftheoldestholidaysthatisstillcelebratedtoday.Right.It’sveryold.Andwetalkabout...usethewordcelebrate,whichistheverbofthenouncelebration,andsowhichisoneofourWordBankwords.TheChinesecelebrationoftheLunarNewYear.That’sright.Andifyoucelebrateinanoccasionmeansthatyoudosomethingspecialbecauseit’saspecialday.Socelebrationsaredaysthatwecelebratethings,peopleorevents.Exactly.SoIthinkofthemostcommonprobablybirthdaycelebrations.Andeachyear,alotofpeoplecelebratetheirbirthdays,andtheylovetohavebigcelebrations.Butthat’sonlyforoneday.Youknow,somecelebrationstakeplaceformanydays,severaldaysorevenaweek.AndIthinktheLunarNewYearisatimewhenpeoplecelebratefordaysonend.Andweseeherethatevendifferentculturescelebrateindifferentways.Eachculturehasitsownuniquetraditions.Itsownuniqueorown...specialtradition.Andthefirstculturewe’regoingtostartoffistheKoreanculturefromthecountryofKorea.That’sright.AndbecauseKoreaandChinahaveasharedhistoryorsomecommonhistory,theyalsohavesomesharedculturaltraditions.AndoneofthosetraditionsthattheybothshareistheLunarNewYear.Right.Nowweseeawordthere:S-E-O-L-L-A-L.AndmaybeyourecognizethecitySeoulisinKorea.SotheycalltheirLunarNewYearSeollal.Andthatisthetitle,Iguess,thattheygivethisparticularcelebration.AndweseethattherearehistoricaltiesbetweenKoreaandChina.Again,aswementioned,thathaveresultedinmanysharedculturaltraditions.Youknow,weneedtogotoGrammarontheGotolearnalittlebitmoreaboutthisparticularsentence.Hello,friends.I’mLizArcher.It’stimeforGrammarontheGo.I’minSeoul,Korearightnow.Andsincewe’vebeentalkingaboutNewYear’straditions,therearecertainlyalottoseearoundhereatthistimeoftheyear.Nowabouttoday’sgrammartip,let’slookatthesentenceagain.HistoricaltiesbetweenKoreaandChinahaveresultedinmanysharedculturaltraditions,includingholidays.Perhapsyou’remorefamiliarwiththissentencepattern:KoreaandChinahavemanysharedculturaltraditions,includingholidays,becauseoftheirhistoricalties.Althoughthereisnothingwrongwiththissentencepattern,theverbis”have”,whichisnotaverystrongverb.Itmakesthesentenceappearalittlestatic.Ifyougowiththesentencepatternfoundintoday’sarticle,theverbis”result”,anditmakesthesentencemoreactive.Thehistoricaltiesbroughtaboutmanysharedculturaltraditions.Sohere’sthetip:Whenyou’rewritingaboutresultsofsituations,don’talwaysuse”because”,suchas:Dennishadasuccessfulinterviewbecauseofhiscarefulpreparation.Considershowingtheresultandactuallyusing”result”asyourverb.Dennis’carefulpreparationresultedinhissuccessfulpresentation.OrinsteadofsayingCharlottehasgoodgradesbecauseofherdeterminationtostudyhard,wecansayCharlotte’sdeterminationtostudyhardresultedinhergoodgrades.Sotakeyourreasonandmakeitthesubject.Ifyouliketoseesomemoreexamplessentences,you’llfindthemintoday’sarticleinyouStudioClassroommagazine.That’sitfortoday’sgrammartip.ThisisGrammarontheGowithLizsigningofffromSeoul.Veryinteresting.ThanksfortheGrammarontheGo.Rightnowwe’retalkingabouttheLunarNewYearinKorea,alsoknownasSeollal,whichisanofficialthree-dayholiday,athree-daycelebrationinKorea.NowEsther,I’mjustcurious.Iknowthathereinum,Asia,thereareum...peoplecelebratethisfordifferentperiodsoftime.Threedaysseemsalittlebitshorttome.That’sright.Imeannowwe’relivinginTaiwan.AndinTaiwan,peopleusuallygetafive-dayholiday.IknowinChina,theyalsogetquiteanumberofdaysaswell.ButIguessinKorea,theyhaveotherholidayssotheyhaveathree-dayholiday.Andonthefirstdayofthisholiday,thefamilymemberswillgettogetherandtheywillcleantheirhousetogether.Wow.Thatsoundslikeanexcitingtask.AndI’msurethoughthatisfunifyou’redoingitwithyourfamily,right?Soagain,thisisonNewYear’sEve,whichtheyconsidertobethefirstdayoftheholiday,andtheycleanthehouse.That’sright.Anditsoundslikecleaningthehouseismorethanjustfun.It’salsomeaningful,becausewhenyou’recleaningthehouse,it’skindofsymbolicofcleaningoutthebadandbringinginthegoodofthenewyear.Oh,nowIjustthinkthisissomethingalsothatpeopleinothercountriesdo,right,Esther?DidyourfamilycleanthehouseduringLunarNewYear?Sure.WeusuallycleanthehousebeforetheLunarNewYearforaspringcleaning.ButwhatthepeopleinKoreadoisthatnotonlydotheycleanthehouse,butthey’llalsowearsomethingveryspecial.They’llwearatraditionaloutfit,andthisiscalledthehanbok.Hanbok.Yes.Ahanbok,whichisthetraditionalKorean...clothing.Andyoucanseeapictureofsomegirlswearingthebeautifulhanbokclothing.Andthat’swhatthey’llputonfortheholiday.Well,thisissuchaninterestingthing.AndI’m...I’mlearningalot.Ihopeyouare,too.Let’svisittheChatRoomrightnow.Andthenwe’llbebacktotalkaboutmoreofLunarNewYearinKorea.Hi,friends.WelcometotheChatRoom.We’rehappytohaveVickiehereintheChatRoomtodayforachat.Hi,Vickie.Hi,Ken.It’sgreattobeback.SoIunderstandwe’retalkingaboutLunarNewYeartoday.Wesureare.Andsincetheword”lunar”referstothemoon,Ithoughtmaybewecouldchataboutsomemoonidioms.Hmm,that’sagreatideabecauseyouknowthat’ssomethingwedoonlyonceinabluemoon.Abluemoon?Mmhm.Abluemoonrarelyoccurs.Sothisidiom”onceinabluemoon”meansveryrarely.OK.SocanIsaymybrotherlivesinBoston’ssoIonlygettoseehimonceinabluemoon?That’saverygoodexample.(Chinese).SoKen,haveyoueverreachedforthemoon?Reachforthemoon?HowcanI?It’shighupinthesky!Right,butyoucanstilltry.Whenyoureachforthemoon,you’retryingtoachievesomethingthat’sverydifficult.Youcanalsosay:reachforthestars.SoifIcannotreachforthemoon,canIatleastaskforthemoon?Ah,that’sagoodone.Ifyouaskforthemoon,youwantsomethingthat’snotpossible.Ifyou’rehopingforsomethingimpossible,you’reaskingforthemoon.Butyouknowwhat?Sometimesyoudon’tneedtoask.Somebodymightpromiseyouthemoon.Oh,letmeguess.Ifaskingforthemoonishopingfortheimpossible,thenpromisingsomeonethemoonistopromisesomethingimpossible?That’sright.Amanmighthavepromisedhisgirlfriendthemoonwhentheyweredating.Butayearlater,hebrokeupwithher.Oh,howsad!(Chinese).Wellfriends,maybeyouthinkmasteringEnglishislikereachingforthemoon.Butit’sreallynotthathard.Keepstudyingandyou’llsucceedoneday.Well,let’stakeabreak.StudioClassroomwillberightback.Welcomeback,everyone.You’rewatchingStudioClassroomWorldwide.Thanksforjoiningus.Well,we’retalkingabouttheLunarNewYear.It’stheNewYearbasedonthemoonratherthanthesun.Ofcourse,LunarNewYearisahugeholidayinChina.Butit’sahugeholidayinmanyotherAsiancountriesaswell.Whichcountrywillwevisitfirst?Beforewefindout,Iwanttocallyourattentiontotwomorekeywords.Thefirstoneishonorasin:Theschoolthrewapartytohonorthewinningteamforitsaccomplishment.Thesecondoneissticky.Johnnyhadstickyfingersafterfinishinghisicecreamcone.Allright,friends.Let’sbeginthereadingnowonpageforty-four.Followalongonlineseven.(Music).FlavorsofLunarNewYear.FamilytraditionsfillNewYear’sDay.Peopleholdceremoniestohonortheirancestorsandbowtotheirelderstoshowrespect.Theyalsoexchangesmallgiftsofmoney.Allfeastsfeatureddukgook,asoupofstickyricecakesboiledinbeefbroth.Koreanseatthissoupandhopegoodluckwill”stick”tothem.(Music).Welcomeback.Well,I’mwonderingifyouarepayingattentiontotoday’slesson.SoIhaveareviewquestionforyou.Seeifyouknowtheanswer.Uh,whendidthelunarcalendarbegin?Doyouremember?IbetEstherknowstheanswer.Esther,wouldyouliketotellus?Sure.ThelunarcalendarbeganintwothousandandsixhundredB.C..Sonowwe’reintwothousandandeightA.D..Sothishas...uh,thisisoverfourthousandyearsago.Wow!It’saveryoldholiday.Andit’salsocelebratedinKorea,whichiswhatwe’retalkingabout:thewaytheKoreacelebratestheLunarNewYear.AndwhataresomeofthethingsthatKoreansdotocelebratetheNewYear?Well,beforethebreak,welearnedthatalotofthemwillwearspecialtraditionalclothing.Andtheywillcleanthehousetokindofsweepawaythebadmemoriesandthenprepareforfutureblessings.Sowe’regoingtotalkaboutafewmoreofthesefamilytraditionsnow.Soontheseconddayofthisthree-dayholidayoronNewYear’sDay,whatdotheydo?Dotheyholdsomethingspecialfortheirfamilymembers,Chip?That’sright.Well,thearticlesaysthatpeopleholdceremoniestohonortheirancestorsandalsobowtotheirelders.OneofourWordBankwordsthereishonor,whichisaverb,whichmeanstoshowrespecttoorshowthankstouh,inthiscase,theirancestors.IthinkthisisdefinitelysomethingmanyAsianculturesdo.Theytaketimeouttohonortheirancestorsandtopaytheirrespectsandtorememberthemandtodothingstorespectthem,eventhoughtheyhavealreadygone.Andsothisisatimeforthemtohonortheirancestorsandbowtotheirelders.That’sright.Andifyoubowtosomeoneorsomething,itmeansthatyouareloweringyourheadandoftenyourbody,too,toshowrespect.Sotheyhavespecialceremoniesandtheyshowrespecttotheirelders.Buttheyalsowillexchangesmallgiftsofmoney,likewhattheAsiansdowithgivingredenvelopes.That’sright.Um,exchangingsmallgiftsofmoneyisacommonwayofcelebratingaholiday.Ireallylikethisuh,traditionofhonoringtheancestors.I’mgoingtogobacktothatalittlebitbecausethat’snotsomethingthatuh,IhavedoneverymuchofwhenI...wheneverIhavecelebratedtheNewYear.ButIreallylikethattradition,becauseIthinkit’sawayofsayingtothosewhohavegonebeforeusthankyouforbringingustothisplace,andlet’sseewherewe’regoingtogointhefuture.That’sagoodpoint,Chip.AndIagreewithyouthere.IthinkWesternculturecouldlearnalotfromAsianculturesandfromEasterncultures,becausewedon’tusuallytakethetimetohonorourancestors.However,wedogivealotofgifts.Andsothisissomethingthatwehaveincommonwithuh,mostcultures,Ithink.Duringtimesofcelebration,peopleusuallydotwothings.Theyeatalotoffoodandtheygiveeachothersomesortofgiftstocelebrate.Sothatissomethingthattheydo.Andofcourse,maybeit’snotthroughtheformofaredenvelope,buttheyhavesomewayofexchangingmoney.That’sright.Soduringholidaysweeatspecialtypesoffood.AndinKorea,theymakeaspecialkindofsoup.Andthissoupiscalledtheddukgook.D-D-U-K,G-O-O-K.MaybeI’msayingitwrong,butthisisaveryspecialsoupbecauseinsidethesoup,it’smadeofstickyricecakesboiledinbeefbroth.Wow.Rachel,canyouexplaintouswhatthismeans?Well,I’mnotexactlysure,butIdoknowwhatstickyriceis.Ofcourse,ifyouliveinAsia,you’veprobablyhadstickyriceatsomepoint.AndthatseemstobeapopularfoodatLunarNewYear.Andit’sboiledinabeefbroth.Somaybeit’stheirtypeofuh,beefnoodlesoup.Idon’tknow.It’salittlebitdifferent,butwedohaveapictureofitonpageforty-fourinyourmagazine.AndI’msure