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课件网) UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS 素养导航 主题语境———人与社会 节日庆祝 Expats find new ways to enjoy the holiday period As the Lunar New Year becomes increasingly recognized across the world,expats① who spend the traditional festival in China are discovering a wide range of enjoyable pursuits②. Huda Mohammed,a doctoral③ student at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing,is looking forward to④ spending her third Spring Festival in China.“My favorite part of Lunar New Year is the fireworks,” Huda said.“I went out with my friends to the street at 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to see the fireworks.It was so nice.” She said her friends even searched online to check locations where fireworks could be seen,and they visited them to enjoy the displays.“After the stunning fireworks,we returned to the campus and had some dumplings made by my Chinese friends,” she said. She also had fun with the online red envelope games on WeChat.People can give and receive digital red envelopes,or hongbao,containing real money,on their phones.“We just kept receiving and giving red envelopes,which was really fun,” she said. For Huda,the best thing about spending the Spring Festival in Beijing is the lack of passengers on public transportation,which she called “super good”.According to the data from the city’s department of statistics,as many as 8 million people of Beijing’s population of 21 million are from other parts of China,which means that about 40 percent of the city’s residents⑤ may return to their hometowns to spend the traditional festival with their families.In addition⑥,a large number of people choose to travel abroad during the holiday,meaning traffic congestion⑦ is not an issue during the festival period.? For expats who stay in the capital,it’s a good time to travel around and enjoy the city.“I like Beijing during the Spring Festival.Many people leave the city and it’s really easy to get around.I’m excited that I’m going to experience this festival in China and be part of it,”a man from South Africa said.“I know some of the traditions about this festival such as people going back home and getting together.I wonder if it’s like Christmas for westerners?The Beijing municipal⑧ government has invited us to a traditional concert.I’m very much looking forward to it,” she said. 词海拾贝 ①expat n.移民国外者 ②pursuit n. 爱好,消遣 ③doctoral adj.博士的 ④look forward to期待,向往 ⑤resident n.居民 ⑥in addition 另外 ⑦congestion n.拥挤 ⑧municipal adj.市政的 典句欣赏 According to data from the city’s department of statistics,as many as 8 million people of Beijing’s population of 21 million are from other parts of China,which means that about 40 percent of the city’s residents may return to their hometowns to spend the traditional festival with their families. 译文:根据北京市统计局的数据,在北京2 100万人口中,多达800万人来自中国其他地区,这意味着大 ... ...
