This year’s Spring Festival falls on Jan 22, marking the ending of the year of the Tiger. In this year, many couples gave birth to their “tiger baby”, which they think has a good meaning. Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? What’s their personality like? 【小题1】 If so, then they are a typical “tiger”.

In Chinese culture, tigers are considered the king of all beasts. They symbolize power, energy, protection, generosity and unpredictability (难以捉摸). Tigers are regarded as fearless creatures. 【小题2】 Tigers have an important cultural significance not just in China, but across Asia. As they mostly live in Asia, for many people in the West they have become a cultural symbol of Eastern countries. 【小题3】 In the book Life of Pi (少年派的奇幻漂流), Canadian writer Yann Martel chose a Bengal tiger (孟加拉虎) as the partner for Indian boy Pi on his survival adventure in the Pacific Ocean.

【小题4】 Brave warriors were given the name the “lion”. In Europe, the animal is a national emblem (象征) for England as well as for Norway, Spain, Belgium and 13 other countries.

But in the West, tigers are also seen as a very powerful animal. 【小题5】 Another famous phrase is: “Eye of the Tiger”, which means fierceness and strength.

Just like tigers serve as a symbol of protection in Chinese culture, we can only hope that in the Year of the Tiger more people can learn about tigers and help protect them and their habitats from further destruction.

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A．In English, if you want someone to calm down, you can say to them, “easy tiger”.

B．For example, strong economies in the East—Singapore, South Korea, China’s Hong Kong and Taiwan—were called “The Four Asian Tigers”.

C．Are they brave, strong, tenacious (顽强的) and sympathetic?

D．So that’s why in China you can see images of tigers on the walls of temples and houses to ward off disasters and danger.

E．Instead of tigers, lions are considered as the king of all beasts in the West.