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Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.
No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.
In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.
The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.
On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.
In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.
New Year celebrations around the1.
Country/people | Celebration activities | Special beliefs |
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| The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. |
| Children leave their3.by the fireside. | Their shoes will be4.with gifts by Saint Basil. |
| It is a time for people to5.to do better in the future. |
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| People7.their new clothes. | Symbols of8.life |
European9. | People attend church services10. |
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阅读下面短文，然后回答问题， (每小题2分， 计10分) 请将答案填写在答题卡指定位置。
Wang Fei，a Chinese student，and Mary，an American student studying Chinese in China，were in a supermarket．They saw a young man walking down the stairs．In his hurry，he missed the last two steps and fell onto the ground．He tried to stand up while people around him laughed．Luckily，he seemed to be OK．
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Wang Fei said, “Because they knew he wasn’t hurt too much.”
“But I still don’t understand．A fall is a fall．In my culture, people would never laugh!”
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1.Wang Fei and Mary think and act in the same way if they see a young man falling down, don’t they?
2.Why didn't people go up and ask the young man if he was hurt?
3.What do Chinese people often do when they find themselves in embarrassing situation?
4.What is a westerner likely to do when he or she sees someone fall down?
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