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Spring
Festival
《春节》
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Spring Festival, also known as the
Lunar New Year, is the greatest traditional festival. It is usually
celebrated between late January and early February, which means
rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a year's toil,
and means celebration as well. Before Spring Festival, people clean
their houses, put red couplets on their gates, and set off firecrackers,
according to fairy tale, for driving a demon, named Nian, away.
On the eve of Spring Festival, a get-together banquet is a must,
and the most popular food is Jiaozi, which is supposed to bring
good fortune. On the first day of the new year, everybody wears
new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and congratulations,
wishing each other the best during the new year.
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春节，又称农历新年，它是中国最重大的传统节日。时间通常在一月底，二月 初，象征着一年辛劳后，冬春之交的休息和放松，也象征了喜庆。
春节前，人们打扫屋子、在大门上贴大红对联、放鞭炮。 据传说，这样做是为了驱赶一个叫"年"的魔鬼。除夕之夜，一家子人定会在一起会餐，最受欢迎的主食是饺子，人们认为它能带来好运吉祥。在新年的第一天，每人都穿上新衣服，
走亲访友并且鞠躬祝福，为的是新年能有好运气。
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***** Proverb *****
He who would hang his dog
gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
He who laughs at crooked men must walk very straight. 正人先正己。
Unit Humor
How Old Is He?
A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who
seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each
other, and he said to her,
"Do you have a family?"
"Yes, I have one son," the woman answered.
"No, he's never touched a cigarette," the woman replied.
"That's good," the man continued. "I don't smoke either.
Tobacco is very bad for one's health. And does your son drink wine?"
"Oh, no," the woman answered at once. "He's never drunk
a drop of it."
"Then I congratulate you, ma'am," the man said, "And
does he ever come home late at night?"
"No, never," the woman answered. "He goes to bed immediately
after dinner every night."
"Well," the man said, "he is a wise young man. How old
is he?"
"He is six months old today," the woman replied proudly.
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