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ChineseSpring FestivalThe Spring Festival --the literal translation of the

Chinese name(Pinyin: Chnji)--is the most important

traditional Chinese holidays. The spring season in Chinese

calendar starts with li chun, the first solar term in a

Chinese calendar year. It marks the end of the winter

season. The festival begins on the first day of the first

month in the traditional Chinese calendar and

ends with Lantern Festival which is on the

fifteenth day. The eve of Spring Festival, a day

when Chinese families gather for their annual

reunion dinner, is known asChx ()or "Eve

of the Passing Year." Because the Chinese

calendar is based on the movement of the moon, the Chinese New Year is often

referred to as the "Lunar New Year".

Within China, regional customs

and traditions concerning the

celebration of the Spring

Festival vary widely. People will

pour out their money to buy
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presents, decoration, material, food, and clothing. It is also traditional for every

family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to

make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red

color paper-cuts and couplets with popular

themes of "good fortune" or "happiness",

"wealth", and "longevity". On the Eve of Chinese

New Year, supper is a feast with families. Food

will include such items as dumplings, pigs, ducks,

chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end

the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, children will greet their

parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red

paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition is to reconcile, forget all grudges

and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone.

For more information about Chinese Spring festival:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

Lets see how much you got from the text aboveThe Spring Festival is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinesecalendar. It lasts for ___days.

1

15

30

The lunar calendar is based on the movement of ____.

The sun

The earth

The moon

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT traditional custom

on the eve of Spring Festival?

Decorating the windows or doors with red paper cuts and couplets

Setting off fireworks or firecrackers

Children getting lucky money from their parents

Having a family reunion dinner
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Would you like to write something about one of the traditional festivals celebrated

in your home country? Please type your answer below.

(The content may include when you celebrate the festival, why people celebrate it,

what people usually do and eat during the festival.)

One concept closely connected to the Spring Festival is the Chinese zodiac. It

follows a twelve year cycle, each of the years being named after an animal.

According to Chinese Astrology, your birth year tells you more than just your

age. The Chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the

characteristics of the animal associated with that year.

People born in my year are usually charming, ambitious, overly critical,

power-hungry, honest, generous, quick-tempered and thrifty.

People born in my year are steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-

oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted.

People born in the year of tiger are sensitive, aggressive, charming,

emotional and courageous.


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People born in my year are affectionate, talented, good-tempered,

conscientious and peace-loving.

People born in my year are creative, artistic, passionate, timid, fastidious,indecisive tender and calm.

People born in the year of dragon are intelligent, bossy, energetic,

flamboyant, determined, lucky, and can be good leaders.

People born in my year are often intelligent, passionate, determined,

romantic, careful and refined.

People under my sign are hardworking, intelligent, talkative, popular and

kind but sometimes the can be im atient.


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Please match each word with its meaning.

People born in my year are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty

of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and

sensitive.

Most people born in my year are inventive, witty, popular, good-humored

and versatile.

People born in my year are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical,

strai htforward, trustin , honest, neat and conservative.

People born in the year of pig are extremely nice, good-mannered. Theyre

erfectionists who en o finer thin s but are not erceived as snobs.


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Choose an item. Courageous A. behaving in a confident way

Choose an item. Flamboyant B. having different skills

Choose an item. Passionate C. showing very strong feelings of love

Choose an item. Versatile D. being brave

This year is the year of dragon. According to the order of Chinese zodiac, can you

find out the zodiac representing you and check the characters it represents? Do

you agree with the description for your zodiac? Why and why not? Please type your

answer below.

Want to know your fortune in 2012??

C L I C K

Screenshots
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ASSIGNMENT 1: RUBRIC

TYPE THE NAME OF THE PERSON YOU EVALUATEYang Liu


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