Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon.

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 节日英语

Most stories of Thanksgiving history start with the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans that took place in the autumn of 1621. There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day hol

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The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters above) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day.

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The Origins of Valentine’s Day February14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lover's holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers or other gifts between couples in love, it origi

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情人节由来: 关于情人节的由来有很多种说法,在这里小编列举其中三种出说: 传说一 公元3世纪,罗马帝国皇帝宣布废弃所有的婚姻承诺,这样很多无所牵挂的男人可以走上战场。但是一名

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The Easter bunny has arrived, chocolate Easter eggs are in the shops, the daffodils are out, and the weather is getting better! Easter is a great time of year, but what are its origins? Originally Easter was called Pascha after the Hebrew word for Pa

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The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.

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复活节的英语说法:Easter复活节的来历复活节规定了这个节日必定是在星期日举行的。在西方社会,复活节是重大节日。复活节假期通常都是由星期五开始,直至星期一。为何只有星期日一天

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亚当和夏娃(Adam and Eve)的来历 犹太教-基督教和伊斯兰教传统中最早的人类夫妇。关于创造亚当和夏娃的经过,〈创世记〉上有两种叙述。第一种说法是上帝在创世的第六天照着自己的形象

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W.C.一词是 water-closet 的缩写,其中closet一字本作小室解。 《二十世纪辞典》对water-closet的解释是:一间用作室的小室,排出物是用水冲走的。W.C.的意思易明,所以曾被广泛采用。但是由于人人

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get hitched 幸福牵手 来历:hitch本意是指车辆后的拖钩, 用get hitched表示两个人从此牵在了一起。 例句:Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher get hitched at last! 翻译:Sacha Baron Cohen和Isla Fisher终于幸福牵手。

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英文常识:情人节来历 There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D.,

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请看《中国日报》的报道: Netizens on Chinese microblogging websites are all agog for the upcoming Horse month of the Monkey year, a calendar occurrence so rare that the phrase is a commonly used slang to refer to a date in the unforeseeab

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1. get hitched 幸福牵手 来历:hitch本意是指车辆后的拖钩, 用get hitched表示两个人从此牵在了一起。 例如:Jimmy and Jammy get hitched at last! 吉米和嘉美终于幸福牵手。 2. tie the knot 永结同心 来历:据

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As the new year starts you might have recently bought a new diary or calendar and thought Where do these words come from? at least thats what I did. There is also, of course, also the chance that you have been merrily scheduling in gym appointments a

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Mermaid(美人鱼)的来历 她恬静娴雅地坐在一块巨大的花岗石上,神情忧郁,若有所思这座高约1.5米的美人鱼铜像早已成为丹麦的象征。而对于我们,认识这位有着人的头和身体却拖着鱼的尾巴

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Posh:高贵辣妹的来历 对于Posh,大部分人应该都不陌生,高贵辣妹贝嫂嘛!她可是英格兰豪华太太团的领袖人物、全球女性的时尚楷模!不过,若再深究,您能否说出Posh的来历? 据载,posh首次

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My mom does yoga. Hey, remember when Slade and I rescued you? 我妈会瑜伽。还记得斯莱德和我救你的时候吗 You rescued me? 你救的我 Fine. When we all rescued each other. 行,我们互救的时候 You said you knew why Fyers want

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蜜月的来历 Surprisingly, the honeymoon has been around a lot longer than the ceremony of marriage. In some ancient societies, if a man wanted a woman to be his only love, he would secretly take her from her family's house. The couple would then

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The Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the three most important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year. 端午节在每年阴历的

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