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新目标(Go for it)版初中英语九年级阶段检测卷(Units 1~3)
As an old Chinese saying goes, Spring Festival comes right after the Laba Festival, so get ready for a bowl of porridge while looking forward to the long-awaited family get-together.
Today, people across China are celebrating the Laba Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival. It's on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. What does this festival mean to Chinese people? It just tells people to prepare for celebrating the coming New Year's Day and for wanderers to return home to get together with their family.
Long long ago, Laba Festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest. On this day, people usually eat Laba porridge, the porridge with eight kinds of mixed grains (谷物) . Many temples today have the tradition of giving out Laba porridge to the public. The sweet, red porridge is believed to bring luck and joy.
The festival is also the day for people to put garlic in vinegar (醋) . The garlic turns green, and this Laba garlic will be eaten with dumplings on Chinese New Year's Day. While in the past, it was used to let people remember to pay back the money they had borrowed, as Laba is near the end of the year and "garlic" (suan, 蒜in Chinese) sounds the same as "calculate" (suan, 算) .
Customs are quite different across the country. People in Qianxian, east China's Anhui Province, will eat the Laba tofu a few days before. In Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, people will eat porridge with beef and mutton.
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Here is a travel diary from Peter.
Friday, August 10th It was fine today. My friends and I had an egg and an apple for breakfast. Then we went to Tian' anmen Square in the morning. It was great! In the afternoon, we went swimming. I taught some kids to swim. It was interesting. |
Saturday, August 11th It was cool today. We went to the Great Wall. The Great Wall is very long and great. We were very tired and hungry in the evenir: . So we ate a lot for dinner. I ate a large bowl of noodles, chicken and ice cream. The food was delicious. |
Sunday, August 12th It was rainy today, so we stayed in the camp. I wrote letters to my family and friends. At noon, we ate hamburgers and salad for lunch. After lunch, we watched an action movie. It was exciting. |
Name: Dale Smith Age: 12 Class: Class One, Grade Seven Favourite colour: Blue Place: From London | Name: Grace Brown Age: 12 Class: Class Six, Grade Seven Favourite colour: Red Place: From Leads |
Name: Frank Miller Age: 13 Class: Class Four, Grade Eight Favourite colour: Blue Place: From New Castle | Name: Jenny Green Age: 14 Class: Class One, Grade Nine Favourite colour: Yellow Place: From Sunderland |
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