六、Culture

1、Festival: W:Christmas-Santa,slade,reindeer,chimney,socks,stockings,Jesus Christ;Thanksgiving-rejuvenation,turkey,settler;Easter E:Spring Festival(eve),Lattern,Dragon Boat,Md-autumn

2、culinary art:reunion團(tuán)圓 unity團(tuán)結(jié) completeness圓滿 happiness吉祥如意

has a long history歷史悠久 date back to long time ago源遠(yuǎn)流長 profound博大精深 unique獨(dú)樹一幟

presprous/thriving長盛不衰 color,arouma,taste色香味 layout擺放 timing火候 slicing刀功 blending of seasonings 佐料搭配fried,steamed,boiled,grilled燒烤的,baked烘烤的,smoked,braised紅燒的,stewed燉的,simmered煨的 Raw material:meat:chicken,pork,beef,mutton大羊肉,lamb小羊肉,fish vegetable:cabbage,eggplant,celery芹菜,lotus root藕,sweet potato紅薯,leek韭菜,pepper,mushroom,taro芋頭,yam山藥,cauliflower,broccoli西蘭花 slicied切片,shredded切絲,diced切塊,minced切成肉末狀

3、Art: (1)calligraphy,painting:calligrapher,inscription甲骨文,on oracle,bones,pictograph象形文字,official sript隸書,regular楷書,running草書,cursive行書,powerful剛勁有力,smooth行云流水,游龍戲鳳,natural渾然天成,vivid栩栩如生,惟妙惟肖,masterpiece大師作品,amateur業(yè)余愛好者

Prac:Wangxizhi,crowned as the master of calligraphy,born in East Jin Dynasty,was good at running & cursive sript.His works wer powerful,smooth & natural,looked up to by later amateurs.

adv.:也許是地理位置的緣故，也許是歷史淵源的緣故，漢語熱在亞洲的熱度最高。Geographically,or historically,learning Chinese enjoys the highest fever in Asia.

中國飲食文化歷史悠久，源遠(yuǎn)流長，博大精深。中華菜系之所以能在世界各大菜系中獨(dú)樹一幟，長盛不衰，除了其令人稱道的色香味之外，更在其中所蘊(yùn)含的豐富文化色彩。中華菜系按地域劃分可分為淮揚(yáng)菜，川菜，越菜以及魯菜及人們所熟知的東甜西辣，南淡北咸。Chinese culinary art has a long history and is profound.The reason why it has been unique and prosperous is the color,aroma & taste,and the rich culture elements inside.Geographically,it can be divivded into Huaiyang,chuan,Canton & Shandong cuisine known as sweet east,hot&spicy west,lighty sourth and salty north.

(2)literature:essay散文,賦,駢文,poem,lyrics詞,couplets,octave律詩,quatrain絕句,sonnet十四行詩

(3)craftsmanship:china,tea pts茶具,embroidery刺繡,sandal wood fan檀香扇,dayed figure泥人,tri-colored cloisonne唐三彩,terra-cotta worriors & horses兵馬俑,paper cutting剪紙,pottery陶器,exquisite/superior工藝精湛,別具匠心,巧奪天工,鬼斧神工,preserve傳承,carry foward發(fā)揚(yáng)光大

(4)Martial Arts:school流派,master宗師,Qigong,Shadow boxing太極拳,karate空手道,Taekondo跆拳道,judo柔道,mudually complementary and constraint相生相克,互根互用

(5)Beijing Opera:singing,monologue,making poses,cution唱念做打 nation treasure國粹

5、Religion:Buddhism,Christanity,Protestant,Catholicism,Islam,Muslim,Hinduism,Judaism猶太教,Orthodox東正教,priest(基)牧師,father(天)神父,confess懺悔,prayer祈禱,blessing保佑,covert to皈依,baptize洗禮,Holy Bable,Old testament,Genesis,redemption救贖,choir唱詩班,atheist無神論者

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焦點(diǎn):(1)2008 Olympics:bid for,win the bid,sponsor贊助商,masiot吉祥物,track&fields,Gymnastics,water competition,volunteer,telecommunication,organization,commuittee,infrastructure基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,countdown倒計(jì)時(shí) (2)Environmental Protestion:causes,consequences,solutions