文化背景

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance. 每年農歷的正月...

一、詞匯 春節 The Spring Festival 農歷 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January 除夕 New Year's Eve 煙花 firework 爆竹 firecracker 紅包 red packet/envelope 舞獅 lion dance 舞龍 dragon dance 春聯 Spring Festival couplets 剪紙 paper-cuts 燈籠 lante...

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ,the founder of the Christian religion,is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States. 12月25日的圣誕節是慶�；�督教創始人耶穌基督生日的日子,是美國最大、人們最...

【基本詞匯與短語】： 【GREeting Season】: 春節 The Spring Festival 農歷 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 元宵節 The Lantern Festi...

Peking Opera, China's national essence, national opera, has been 200 years old, enjoying high reputation both at home and abroad. It was form in Beijing. According to legend, in the region of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong was inte...

The Double Seventh Festival， on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month， is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar. This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and...

China has the history of more than five thousand years. As a result, there are many traditional arts that have been inherited, such as paper cutting. It is a kind of amazing art. People can use scissors to cut different shapes, like flower...

地名志或地名研究(Toponymy)屬于歷史語言學范疇。歷史語言學家對地名的來源作了相當的研究。美國內務部曾匯集了一批能干的語言學家，成立了專門機構，其任務是對美國的地名來源進行研究，給以準確的解釋。 在美國的地名中，一半以上始源于印第安語。其余的始...

When talking about football, most people will think about the famous football player David Beckham, though he has retired, he is remembered by fans all around the world. It is known to all that football in America is not popular, while the...

Planting Trees Day comes on March 12 every year. Do you know what can we do to help on the day? In China, Planting Trees Day is on March 12. This special day began in 1979. On that day, people can plant many trees. And if we plant trees mo...

After more than two decades of headlong rush to transform China from an autarkic centrally planned economy into a limited open-market economy， Hu is now leading a nation in the midst of fateful debates about the most effective and balance...

Today is National Youth Day in China, a celebration of youngsters aged between 14 and 28. It was established by the Chinese government in 1949 to honor the memory of the May Fourth Movement of 1919. As a young person, you may be confused s...

Mother's Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of May. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or ot...

對于愛情墳墓說，大家往往莫衷一是；但對于婚后最初那段時光，很少有人否認它的甜蜜。瞧！單詞honeymoon（蜂蜜+月）就是明證，很形象地形容了新婚感覺如蜂蜜般甘甜醇美 有一種說法認為，honeymoon源于巴比倫的民情風俗。這個古老的國家一直保留著這樣一個傳...

Over the past three decades, Chinese economy is booming. The world is watching China and many foreigners have realized the importance of seeking cooperation, so they want to do business with Chinese people and learning our language works b...