从今天起每天放一些相对简单的文章，大家跟上呀！ festival, calendar, important, 文章

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1 Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal.

lunar 月(亮)的 exact 确切的 calendar 日历 rat 鼠 ox 公 牛 rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊 rooster 公鸡 legend 传说 name after 按....命名
particular 特殊的 characteristic 特征

春 节

对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。 公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之间。 在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点！

hehuhu

I don't agreed with you.

[ 本帖最后由 hehuhu 于 2008-1-1 10:30 AM 编辑 ]

nancyxu

'adults are fooler than children' I don't agree it . I Think it s  relative a business.

pader2

in this place ,i agree with you ,sometimes adults do want to learn form children.i think this is because of  the children is full of originative.

DZ

I didn't see that but I agree with what you said,some adults do should learn from their children.

snowwhite_62

The teenager's joke tells us that adults always think they smarter than their children,  this kind of thoughts should be changed.  I had found one book named 'adults are fooler than children', the book just wants adults to learn from children. In my way of thinking, adults should follow it sometimes!
How about yours, friends?

幽幽草

几天没见大家整的如火如荼啊!!!加油啊!!!!!

Catherine.lee

name after,rooster,legend,

hehuhu

一起学习嘛，感觉好的东西自然想让大家一起享用啦！

DZ

我来啦,hehuhu真是好人啊

caochuhua1983

果然很简单！

caochuhua1983

Thanks a lot !

hehuhu

2 A Teenager's Joke: Guidelines for Doing Schoolwork

My school had a policy about homework. Students should not spend more than ninety minutes per night doing homework. This is how I use the time for my work.
Fifteen minutes looking for assignment; Eleven minutes calling a friend for the assignment; Twenty three minutes explaining why the teacher is mean and does not like teenagers; Eight minutes in the bathroom; Ten minutes getting a snack; Seven minutes checking the TV Guide;
Six minutes telling my parents that the teacher never explained the assignment;
Ten minutes sitting at the kitchen table waiting for Mom or Dad to do the assignment.
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uideline 指导方针 policy 政策 per 每
assignment 作业 mean 低劣的 snack 小吃 TV guide 电视指南

有关青少年的一则笑话——做作业的指导方针
我的学校有一项针对作业的政策。学生每天晚上做作业的时间不应该超过九十分钟。以下
就是我如何为完成作业而使用这九十分钟的。
花十五分钟找作业；
花十一分钟打电话向同学问作业；
花二十三分 钟抱怨 老师为什么总是那么讨厌，为什么不喜欢我们这些十几岁的孩子；
花八分钟在洗手间里；
花十分钟找小吃；
花七分钟查看电视节目预告；
花六分钟告诉父母，老师从没解释过所布置的作业；
花十分钟坐在餐桌旁等妈妈或者爸爸来做作业