In Chinese culture, gift giving is a way of remembering special days. But there are some taboos (禁忌) on gift giving.
Chinese people usually don’t give a clock to each other. A clock sounds as zhong in Chinese. It means “the end”. So, giving someone a clock means “Your time is up.”
If clocks aren’t OK, maybe buying some fruit is a good idea. But remember not to buy pears. A pear sounds as li in Chinese. That means separation. The umbrella also sounds the same as the word for separation in Chinese. Therefore, pears and umbrellas aren’t good.
If you want to celebrate a happy moment, prepare some flowers. But don’t buy the chrysanthemum (菊花), because it is often used to remember the passing of a loved one.
Four sounds like si in Chinese, which means death (死亡). You shouldn’t give gifts in sets of four. When giving lucky money, the number shouldn’t include a four such as 40 or 400. Chinese people like to give lucky money equal to certain “lucky numbers”. For example,“520”means“I love you”,“1314”means“forever love”, “666”means“hoping everything goes well for you”and“888”means“wishing you wealth”.
At last, it’s better to wrap (包装) your gift with paper in red or other warm colors. Black and white are considered unlucky colors.
【小题1】The underlined word “separation” means ________ in Chinese?A.分离 | B.团聚 | C.合作 | D.聚会 |
A.The pear and the clock. | B.The pear and the umbrella. |
C.The umbrella and the clock. | D.The pear and the chrysanthemum. |
A.I love you. | B.Forever love. |
C.Wishing you wealth. | D.Hoping everything goes well for you. |
A.You’d better wrap your gift with paper in warm colors. |
B.You can buy your friends the chrysanthemum for her birthday. |
C.In China, it’s OK to give gifts in sets of four. |
D.Clock means “the beginning” in Chinese. |
A.education | B.health | C.culture | D.sports |
Hello, I am Hanna from France. I have been studying in Dalian Minzu University for four years.
Before I came to China, I learned that Chinese people are hard-working, which was proved by my best friend Wang Lulu, a 25-year-old Chinese girl.
The last thing I want to mention is the great respect that young Chinese have shown to their traditional culture. I still remember when attending the traditional Chinese handcraft class, all my Chinese classmates showed great interest in their traditional art and their teacher, a famous traditional Chinese artist.
I am lucky to have witnessed many great moments in China, such as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the return of Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft and more. I learned from the news report that many of these great projects are undertaken by young Chinese scientists, and the average age of young engineers is under 30.
A.She keeps improving her language skills in her busy life. |
B.I love the pleasant living environment and learn a lot about China. |
C.So, I would like to say that China’s success is not because of chance. |
D.Taking pleasure for helping others is what I saw in the battle against the pandemic(疫情). |
E.In addition, it is very common to see college students wear traditional Chinese clothes |
A young art teacher from China’s Shanxi Province was recently praised (赞美) online for spending about three months working on a beautiful chalk (粉笔) picture of a traditional masterpiece (杰作).
When Zhao Wenrui, an art teacher in Fanzhi County, decided to draw a chalk version of Along the River during the Qingmins Festival (《清明上河图》), he said that he just wanted to do something interesting for his students. It’s said that he has used eight blackboards side by side, five buckets (桶) of chalk and worked on it for about three months.
Along the River during the Qingming Festival, a five-meter-long picture describing the Song Dynasty capital of Kaifeng during the festival of Qingming, is sometimes called China’s Mona Lisa (《蒙娜丽莎》), and considered as one of the most important artworks in the country’s history. The work has been copied several times, but the original (原件) is seldom shown because it is quite fragile (易损的), dating back to the 12th century.
Zhao Wenrui’s 32-meter-long chalk version draws around 550 people (farmers from the countryside, boatmen and so on), as well as dozens of animals, buildings, bridges, and the environment itself.
Unfortunately, unlike the real Along the River during the Qingming Festival, this chalk picture will not be around for a thousand years, as the blackboards will be cleaned as soon as the children come back to school.
【小题1】It took Zhao Wenrui ________ to finish the beautiful chalk picture.A.about 90 days | B.about 100 days | C.about 110 days | D.about 120 days |
A.复习 | B.版本 | C.视野 | D.画板 |
A.In the 13th century. | B.In the Ming Dynasty. |
C.About nine centuries ago. | D.About 500 years ago. |
A.It is called China’s Mona Lisa. |
B.It won’t be kept for a long time. |
C.It was drawn by an art teacher from China’s Shanxi Province. |
D.The drawer used 5 buckets of chalk to draw it. |
A.Because it is quite fragile. |
B.Because many students don’t like it. |
C.Because the blackboards will be used when students come back to school. |
D.Because the teacher can’t draw pictures on the blackboard in the classroom. |
Barnyard is an American cartoon. It has a few characters that always make a lot of jokes (玩笑).
In the movie, there is a big barn yard (谷仓场院) with lots of sun flowers around it. The owners of the barn yard have many cows, pigs, pandas, goats, sheep, ducks and chickens, These animals like diving, singing and dancing a lot.
The cows are much smarter than the other animals in the barn yard. Ben is the head cow. He’s very strict with animals and makes rules for everything. He asks all the animals to walk on their two legs just like human beings. He also asks the animals not to swim or watch TV without permission (允许,许可).
When the owners are out, they become crazy. They play together happily day and night. One day, a group of wolves (狼) come to the barn yard. The animals and their home are in danger. Ben doesn’t know what to do. But his son Otis, a naughty (顽皮的) young cow, is very clever. He has a good idea to do with the wolves. So they start a fight with the wolves. And at last, they beat the wolves and Otis becomes the new head cow.
【小题1】The animals in this movie often ________.A.make the barn yard crowded | B.make the owners angry |
C.make the audience (观众) laugh | D.argue with each other |
A.The sheep | B.The owner | C.Otis | D.Ben |
A.Otis is not clever. | B.Otis helps win the fight against the wolves. |
C.Ben is Otis’ son. | D.The animals in the barn yard don’t play together. |
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