M11U1（6分钟）

Module 11 Way of life

Unit 1 In China, we open a gift later

Betty: Happy birthday, Lingling.

 Daming: Here’s your gift.

Lingling: Oh, you remembered! What a surprise!

 Tony: You can open it!

 Lingling: I don’t think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.

 Betty: But back in the US, we open a gift immediately.

  Lingling: So what do I do?

  Betty: You needn’t wait!

(Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary.)

 Lingling: Oh, thank you. I really wanted one.

 Betty: We’re happy you like it.

Tony: I noticed another difference. In China, you accept a gift with both hands. But in the West, we usually don’t pay much attention to that.  

Betty: That’s interesting! I’m interested to know all the Chinese traditions. Tell me more.

Lingling: There are a lot. For example, in my home town, people say you mustn’t do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival. And you mustn’t break anything. It’s bad luck!

Daming: You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck. And you’d better not cut your hair during the Spring Festival month.

Daming: And in the north of China, people eat lots of jiaozi! Betty: Perfect! They taste great.

 Tony: I like eating jiaozi too. Anyway, the Spring Festival is still over a month away. Let’s celebrate Lingling’s birthday first!

生词表

gift礼物

remember记得

surprise惊讶

should应该

later 晚点

immediately 立刻

needn't没必要

present礼物

dictionary 词典

noticed注意到

another另一个

difference不同点

accept接受

in the west 在西方

pay  much attention太注意

traditions传统

for example例如

mustn't禁止

break打破

bad luck坏运气

cut your hair 剪头发

in the north在北方

perfect完美

taste尝起来

anyway无论怎样

celebrate庆祝

汉语译文

Unit 1在中国我们晚些时候打开礼物

贝蒂：玲玲，生日快乐！

大明：这是给你的礼物。

玲玲：哦，你们记得呀！真惊讶啊！

托尼：你可以打开它！

玲玲：我想我不应当现在打开它。在中国，我们晚些时候打开礼物。

贝蒂：可是回到美国，我们立刻打开一件礼物。

玲玲：那我怎么办？

贝蒂：你不必等了！（玲玲打开她的礼物，发现一本词典）

玲玲：哦，谢谢你们。我真的很想要一本（词典）

贝蒂：我们很高兴你喜欢它。

托尼：我注意到另一个不同。在中国，你们用双手接受礼物。但是在西方，我们通常不太注意那个。

贝蒂：那很有趣！我对了解所有的中国传统习俗感兴趣。多告诉我一些吧。  

玲玲：有许多。例如，在我的家乡，据说在春节的第一天你不能打扫卫生。你不能打破任何东西，那是不吉利的！

大明：你必须只用红纸来包红包，因为红色意味着幸运，在春节那个月期间你最好不要理发。  

托尼：你不可能是认真的吧！  

大明：在中国的北方，人们吃许多饺子  

贝蒂：太棒了！它们尝起来太好吃了  

托尼：我也喜欢吃饺子。无论怎样，春节还有一个多月呢。先让我们庆祝玲玲的生日吧！