新目标（Go for it）版2021-2022学年英语八年...

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    Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister(宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. The next day, the Minister fell on to the ground from a horse and really died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.

    When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you'll die today."

    Effendi looked at the king for a while. Then he answered, "But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier than you." The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.

    The Dragon Boat Festival（端午节）is the day to remember a Chinese national hero, ①Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river and died over 2, 000 years ago. Old story has it that people, ②________________（为了救屈原）, beat drums to drive fish away, and threw rice dumplings (zongzi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.

    For thousands of years, people have spent the festival by eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races ③on the fifth day of the fifth lunar（阴历的）month, ④especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.

    The dragon boat races ⑤/ʃəu/ that many people want to save Qu's body. Those races are the most exciting part of the festival, with very large crowds of people watching them. The special boats, more than 10 meters long, have colorful "dragon" heads and tails(尾巴), and ⑥/i:ʧ/ boat carries team of 20 or 22 players. Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.