The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. It is the most important traditional festival to Chinese both at home and abroad.
The United Kingdom |
Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980，and the first evening party was held in 2002. Every New Year，people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs，dance to music，share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
The United States |
The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional New Year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia |
The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks，lion dances，dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and nonChinese. |
Singapore |
The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
Have you found that on grey, rainy days, your mood level is usually lower than on bright, sunny days? Is this a coincidence (巧合), or is there any science behind this?
According to a recent study, there is a connection ①____ weather and moods. Going to a warm place in winter can make our moods better. Pleasant weather has been proven to improve moods and memory. However, extremely hot weather can actually make us feel more tired and bored.
The best temperature for humans is about 22. 2 ℃. That explains why people in southern California are happy all the time. ②To improve his or her moods, a person must spend at least 30 minutes outside in warm, sunny weather. Spending time indoors when the weather outside is nice tends to lower moods. It can also make inside activities seem boring.
Maybe only the activities connected with being outside affect our moods. Warm weather is connected with the beach, fun outdoor sports and so on. It ③____ back childhood memories of playing outside all day. Who doesn't love that?
④ 当然，我们每天醒来，并决定那天的感觉是怎样的。If it's rainy, that won't necessarily make us unhappy. We'll just have to take our umbrellas out and cheer up those who are feeling sad.
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