1、 Unit 1 Happy Family LifeSpeaking 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 Years 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
2、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
3、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 p
4、ay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit禁忌 taboo去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones 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 ho
5、use-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和气生财 Harmony brings wealth心想事成 May all your wishes come 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 p
6、lentiful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祝您新的一年快乐幸福！Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming 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 reuni
7、on dinner年夜饭 the dinner on New Years 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 - pro
8、sperity糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship红枣 red dates - prosperity花生糖 peanut candy - sweetTraditions and cultures of Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family memb
9、ers get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming 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 Fest
10、ival 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 peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.Strictly speaking, the Spring Fest
11、ival 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
12、Year.Many customs accompany 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 Jobs tears, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko
13、.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 coming New Year. This is called “Seeing the New Year
14、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. Whats more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well
15、as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.Before the New Year comes, the people completely 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 a
16、tmosphere 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 doo
17、rs and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome 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 comes“,
18、 both being pronounced as “fudaole.“ Whats 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 Festiva
19、l 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,
20、 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.Waki
21、ng 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
22、 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, o
23、ne 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
24、 sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity was completely 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 balloon
25、s 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 f
26、or days. The Spring Festival then comes 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 expressionsfamily 家庭 spouse 配偶 single 单身 life span 寿命
27、 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 fianc 未婚夫 fiance 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 mamas
28、boy 没有男子气概的男人 uxorious 疼爱妻子的 twin 双胞胎 daughter 女儿 son 儿子 maternal 母亲的 paternal 父亲的 children 子女 parental 父母亲的 filial 子女的 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
29、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的人了。I feel sick of those who mooch off others.2. 钱挣海了 coin money这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。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 m
30、oney to burn老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍？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 dont want to eat out today. Im broke.6.
31、 钱来之不易 money doesnt grow on trees你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿！You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesnt grow on trees.7. 敲竹杠 a clip joint 那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿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，而且大部分农民的生活都富裕起来了。Since China opened to the outside world, so
32、me farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.9. 吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了，可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next m
33、eal comes.10. 发财 rake it in它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财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 beancurd12. 跟别人比阔 k
34、eep up with the Joneses我可不像你，老是和别人比阔Im 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的人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
35、 star.15. 婚外恋 a double life我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋People around here all feel that hes 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的老头子。爱情这个东西真是难琢磨。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. 与门第比自己低的人
36、结婚 marry with the left hand皇太子放弃了王位，与比自己门第低的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. Hes now on their honeymoon abroad.18. 嫁妆 marriage portion离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the
37、lot she has brought as her marriage portion.19. 外快 side money在过去的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他的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那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。The guys ganged up on him and t
38、hey 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，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。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他一个月才挣 300 多块钱，怎么能支付得起家里所有的花费那？He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his familys outgoin
39、gs with such a small income?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 wont come.25.向求婚 pop the question to 他向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人。可是现在呢？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 diffe
40、rent.26.把给甩了 give somebody the air最后她还是把他给甩了。She had as supposed given him the air at last.27.怀孕了 be heavy with child你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？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 ones mouth一般说来，生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息，Genera
41、lly 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我看过你的那部车了，现在你开个价吧。Ive seen your car and now you can make a price.30.卖个好价钱 fetch a good price他的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
42、 kossy-poo公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去Its plain an eye-sore seeing those youngsters playing kissy-poo in the park.32.正经人家 a respectable family他是个正经人家的女孩子，我不相信她会干出这种事。Shes a respectable girl. I dont think she could have done this.33.勾引别人的女朋友 beat somebodys time with someone据说他经常勾引别人的女朋友It is said that he oft
43、en beats other peoples 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 从她向老板作媚眼的那个德行你就知道她是个什么样的人了。From the way she is making eyes at the boss youll certainly know what sort of person she is .36.一见钟情
44、take a shine to someone他和她一见钟情。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的家丑Many families have a skeleton in the closet.38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂。Its said that their marriage is on the rocks.39旧情人 an old flame昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人The one yo
45、u 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、买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的。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
46、请离婚。She petitioned for divorce on account of the breakdown of their marriage.ListeningPart Warming up BVocabulary: fatigue, foxhole, distracted, abuse, strike out1. dates, spending special time together2. specific, complain, request, praise3. fatigue, insecurities, foxhole, striking out, protect4. d
47、istant5. all marriages, Work together to understand6. Respect, danger, professional, physical, verbal7. understand, winCVocabulary: attest, reside in (residence), configuration, spouse, mate, partner40, excel, domestic argument, losing, win-win, lose-lose, win, a gift, returns, argue over, arent, Wh
48、o, in control, fear, didnt need, ought not to, couldnt, tried to, destroy, marriage, love, loved, secure, discover, garden, cultivate, the most precious, own self, bloom, obtain, our partner, loved and respected, control Part All you need is love? AVocabulary: ethnic, propose, criterion (criteria)A2
49、: similar social backgrounds; the same race or same ethnic background; the same religionA3: Japan/ 9.2%/ arranged marriages, 3%/ between blacks and whitesBVocabulary: sustain, differentiate1. physical appearance that attracts2. what somebody looks like, look beyond the physical appearance3. the high percentage of divorces4. falling in love with somebody, loving somebodyCVocabulary: just-right wife/ husband, Mr. Right, athletic, vow, upper portion, designer clothingone of the biggest decisions they will make in life; as the “just-right” wife
