随着国庆节的到来,我有一个星期的假期。我真的很期待,因为我想要在这几天有一次短途旅行。我将和我的父母去九寨沟三天。我听说秋天的时候九寨沟的风景最美,秋天是去拿旅游最好的季节。秋天是我最喜欢的季节所以我想要去这样美丽的地方去享受美景。我为这次旅行做了一些准备。比如说,我在网上搜索了旅游导航,我知道最有吸引力的地方是哪里以及住在哪里。我确信这将是一次奇妙的旅程。还有几天旅行就要到来了,可是我已经兴奋得等不及了。
中秋节Mid-autumn Festival
Mid-autumn Festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people. The festival is held on the 15thday of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. There are some traditions in this holiday. For example, people would have a big dinner with their families. After dinner, they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright. The other tradition of mid-autumn festival is eating moon cake. Moon cake is the essential of that day, which means reunion. As time goes by, there are various kinds of moon cakes, but they are much more expensive than before. I like mid-autumn festival because my families will get together and have a big dinner on that day.
中秋节是中国人庆祝丰收的重要的农历节日,很受欢迎。这个节日在中国日历8月15号这天举行。这一天有一些传统。比如说,人们会与家人共进丰盛的晚餐。晚饭过后,他们通常欣赏又亮又圆的满月。中秋节的另一个传统是吃月饼。月饼是中秋节的必备品,象征着团圆。随着时间的流逝,月饼的种类繁多,但是也比以前更贵了。我喜欢中秋节是因为在那一天我的家人会聚在一起吃丰盛的晚餐。
端午节Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous ricewrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats.The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. Thisregattacommemorates the death of Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body. A typical dragon boat ranges from 50-100 feet in length, with a beam of about 5.5 feet, accommodating two paddlers seated side by side.
龙舟节,也叫端午节,是在中国的农历五月初五这一天庆祝。千百年来,吃粽子(用竹叶或芦苇叶把糯米包裹起来,形成一个金字塔)和赛龙舟已经成为这个节日的标志。这个节日最出名的是龙舟赛,尤其是在有很多河流和湖泊的南方省份。这一划船比赛是为了纪念屈原的死,据说他是一位正直的大臣,他是投江自刎的。龙舟赛象征着拯救和恢复屈氏体的许多尝试。一艘典型的龙舟长度达50到100英尺不等,束长约5.5英尺,可容纳两个桨手并排坐。
五一国际劳动节The International Worker’s Day
The international workers’day, also known as May day, is celebrated on the first day on May. There are more than eighty countries celebrate this festival since 1889. People may know that the worker’s day is about having a rest on that day, but most of them don’t know how this day comes from and the story behind it.
五一国际劳动节,又称为五一节,在每年的5月1日庆祝。从1889年开始,全球共有超过八十个国家庆祝这一节日。人们可能会认为劳动节就是在5月1日放假,不用上班,但大多数人不知道劳动节是怎么来的以及它背后的故事。
In the late of 18 century, the cruel capitalists in order to make more money, they demanded their employers to work all day, but only paid them with low salaries. In America, the workers had to work at least 14 hours a day, sometimes, they even worked as long as 18 hours. Due to the unfair payment, the works knew that they had to stand up and fight for their rights, or all of them will die young. Then the workers started to go on strike, demanded that the reasonable working hours should be 8 hours a day. However, the capitalists did not pay attention to the workers’demand. The workers had to fight for their rights for themselves. On may 1st, 1886, the United States and Canada’s worker unions got together to start the biggest strike. After that day, the law had passed the rules that the workers’working hours would be 8 hours per day. This strike had made a different. The worker did not need to suffer from the long working hours with low payment.
在18世纪末,残酷的资本家为了创造更多的价值,他们要求工人们整天工作,却给工人支付极少的报酬。在美国,工人们每天至少要工作14个小时,有时候,他们甚至要工作长达18个小时。因为不合理的报酬,工人们深知只有站起来反抗才能获取自己的合法权益,免得他们就会过劳死。工人们开始罢工,要求每天的合理工作时间为八小时。然而,资本家们却不理会工人们的要求。工人们只有继续争取自己的权益。在1886年5月1号,美国和加拿大的工作团体聚集在一起,发起了有史以来最大的罢工。从那之后,法律通过了每天工作8小时的条例。这次罢工改变了历史。工人们不用再次忍受长时间的工作以及少得可怜的报酬。
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