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Unit 1 Happy Family Life
Speaking
Topic 1春节词汇 Spring Festival Words
节日名 Greeting season
春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern Festival
习俗 Customs
过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
春联 Spring Festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year paintings
买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern: a portable light
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop、)
舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck、)
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show; vaudeville
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱 red envelopes/red packets/a cash gift; gift money; money given to children as lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
祝福语 Blessings
金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home
生意兴隆 Business flourishes
岁岁平安 Peace all year round
恭喜发财 Wishing you prosperity
与气生财 Harmony brings wealth
心想事成 May all your wishes e true
吉祥如意 Everything goes well
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful
一帆风顺 Wishing you every success
步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
祝您新得一年快乐幸福！Wish you happiness and prosperity in the ing year!
祝您事业成功,家庭美满 Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!
食品 Food
年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings
糖果盘 candy tray
什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to e
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
红枣 red dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
Traditions and cultures of Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West、 All people living away from home go back, being the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival、 Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees、
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar、 It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c、 1600 BC-c、 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one、
Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year、 Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days、 The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year、
Many customs acpany the Spring Festival、 Some are still followed today, but others have weakened、
On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Job's tears, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko、
The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve、 At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god、 Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves、
After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the ing New Year、 This is called "Seeing the New Year in"、
Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year、 Materials not only include edible oil, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts、 What's more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing、
Before the New Year es, the people pletely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils、
Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity、 All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper、 The content varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year、 Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and wele peace and abundance、
The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must、 The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu es", both being pronounced as "fudaole、" What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door、 Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall、
People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve、 At that time, all family members eat dinner together、 The meal is more luxurious than usual、 Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness、 After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV、 In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad、 According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in、
Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up、 First they extend greetings to their parents、 Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper、 People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new"、 Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China、 So people eat them and wish for money and treasure、
Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another、" The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely、
Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival、 People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits、 However, such an activity was pletely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration、 As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room、
The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes、 A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days、 The Spring Festival then es to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished、
China has 56 ethnic groups、 Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs、
Useful words and expressions
family 家庭 spouse 配偶single单身 life span 寿命 marriage life 婚姻生活 bachelor 单身汉spinster 老处女courtship 求爱 lad 少年, 少女 female friend 女性朋友 play house 过家家 play hide-and-seek 捉迷藏 puppy love初恋friendship 友谊 engagement 订婚 fiancé 未婚夫 fiancée 未婚妻 wedding ceremony 婚礼honeymoon 蜜月 newlyweds 新婚夫妇 husband 丈夫 wife 妻子 happiness 幸福mother-in-law 婆婆 dowry 嫁妆 mama`s boy 没有男子气概得男人 uxorious 疼爱妻子得 twin 双胞胎 daughter 女儿 son 儿子 maternal 母亲得 paternal 父亲得 children 子女 parental 父母亲得 filial 子女得 divorce 离婚consolation money 抚慰金 alimony 抚养费 single parent 单亲 fall in love 恋爱 fight for divorce 提请离婚诉讼widow 寡妇 widower 鳏夫 separation 分居 bridesmaid 女傧相 best man 男傧相monogamy 一夫一妻制 in laws 姻亲 family tree 家谱 ancestors 祖先 descendant 后代

1、 跟别人要钱 mooch off someone
我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。
I feel sick of those who mooch off others、
2、 钱挣海了coin money
这几年老张得钱挣海了。谁也没料到她会发这么大得财。
Lao Zhang is coining money these few years、 Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!
3、 钱多得花不完have money to burn
老李得钱多得花不完,要不她敢这么挥霍？
Lao Li has money to burn、 Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?
4、 钱能生钱money begets money
钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？
Money begets money、 Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?
5、 没钱be broke
我手头没钱了,咱们别到外面去吃了
I don’t want to eat out today、 I’m broke、
6、 钱来之不易money doesn’t grow on trees
您不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！
You should not splash your money about like this、 Money doesn’t grow on trees、
7、 敲竹杠a clip joint
那可就是一家漫天要价,大敲竹杠得商店阿
That shop is plain a clip joint!
8、 生活很富裕be well fixed
自从中国对外开放以后,有些农民也成了企业家,而且大部分农民得生活都富裕起来了。
Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have bee entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more fortable life、
9、 吃了上顿没下顿not know where the next meal es
虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了,可就是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿
In spite the fact that many have now bee well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal es、
10、 发财rake it in
它在海南挣了很多钱,真没想到她会发财
He made bundles in Hai Nan、 He was unexpectedly raking it in、
11、 太宰人了cost an arm and a leg
这个饭馆太宰人了,一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。
Eating in this restaurant will cost you an arm and a leg、 You’ ll have to pay tens of yuan for even a soup of cabbage and beancurd
12、 跟别人比阔keep up with the Joneses
我可不像您,老就是与别人比阔
I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses、
13、 养家糊口bring home the bacon
一个家里总得有个养家糊口得人
Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family、
14、 与……私通have an illicit love affair with
据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。
The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star、
15、 婚外恋a double life
我们这儿得人都感觉到她有婚外恋
People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life、
16、 深深爱上be head over heels in love with
听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁得老头子。爱情这个东西真就是难琢磨。
I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her、 Love is really a mystery、
17、 与门第比自己低得人结婚marry with the left hand
皇太子放弃了王位,与比自己门第低得人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了
The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand、 He’s now on their honeymoon abroad、
18、 嫁妆marriage portion
离婚时,她要求男方把她结婚时得全部嫁妆还给她。
On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion、
19、 外快side money
在过去得几年中老张挣了一大笔外快
Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years、
20.买得便宜buy something on the cheap
她得那部车买得可真便宜
He bought that car on the cheap、
21、输得精光be taken to the cleaners
那帮人合伙欺负她,结果让她输得精光。
The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners、
22、调情make a pass at someone
当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时,我瞪了她一眼就离开了。
When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left、
23、花费outgoings
她一个月才挣300多块钱,怎么能支付得起家里所有得花费那？
He gets about 300 yuan a month 、How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small ine?
24、重要约会a heavy date
她说她今晚有重要约会,所以不能来了。
She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t e、
25、向……求婚pop the question to
她向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人。可就是现在呢？情况可大不一样了。
When he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different、
26、把……给甩了give somebody the air
最后她还就是把她给甩了。
She had as supposed given him the air at last、
27、怀孕了be heavy with child
您怎么能忍心让一个大肚子得女人干这样重得活呢？
How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?
28、生在富贵人家born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
一般说来,生在富贵人家得孩子很少有什么出息,
Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark、
29、开价make a price
我瞧过您得那部车了,现在您开个价吧。
I’ve seen your car and now you can make a price、
30、卖个好价钱fetch a good price
她得那部车在这次拍卖会上一定能卖个好价钱。
His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction、
31、搂搂抱抱play kossy-poo
公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱得真让人瞧不下去
It’s plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park、
32、正经人家a respectable family
她就是个正经人家得女孩子,我不相信她会干出这种事。
She’s a respectable girl、 I don’t think she could have done this、
33、勾引别人得女朋友beat somebody’s time with someone
据说她经常勾引别人得女朋友
It is said that he often beats other people’s time with their girlfriends、
34、零花钱pocket money
我不赞同给孩子们很多零花钱
I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money、
35、向某人作媚眼make eyes at
从她向老板作媚眼得那个德行您就知道她就是个什么样得人了。
From the way she is making eyes at the boss you’ll certainly know what sort of person she is 、
36、一见钟情take a shine to someone
她与她一见钟情。
She took shine to him on their blind date、
37、家丑a skeleton in the closet
许多家庭都有不可外扬得家丑
Many families have a skeleton in the closet、
38、 婚姻破裂marriage on the rocks
据说她们得婚姻已经濒于破裂。
It’s said that their marriage is on the rocks、
39.旧情人an old flame
昨天晚上与您一起吃饭得那个人肯定就是您过去得情人
The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame、
40、装修房子spruce up
这次我们装修房子花了近30,000元。
We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house、
41、包办、买卖婚姻与其她任何干涉婚姻自由得行为都就是被禁止得。
Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden、
42、 她以婚姻关系破裂为由申请离婚。
She petitioned for divorce on account of the breakdown of their marriage、
Listening
Part Ⅰ Warming up
B
Vocabulary: fatigue, foxhole, distracted, abuse, strike out
1. dates, spending special time together
2. specific, plain, request, praise
3. fatigue, insecurities, foxhole, striking out, protect
4. distant
5. all marriages, Work together to understand
6. Respect, danger, professional, physical, verbal
7. understand, win
C
Vocabulary: attest, reside in (residence), configuration, spouse, mate, partner
40, excel, domestic argument, losing,
win-win, lose-lose, win, a gift, returns,
argue over, aren’t, Who, in control, fear, didn’t need, ought not to, couldn’t, tried to, destroy, marriage,
love, loved, secure, discover, garden, cultivate, the most precious, own self, bloom,
obtain, our partner, loved and respected, control　
Part Ⅱ All you need is love?