4月27日西门麦当劳英语角授课内容

一． Holidays（假日）

Li Ming and Bill are talking about Chinese holidays.

Bill:How many public holidays do you have in China, Li Ming?

Li Ming:Four. They are New Year’s Day, the Spring Festival, May Day, and National Day.

Bill:When is your National Day?

Li Ming:It’s October 1.

Bill:The Mid-autumn Festival isn’t a public holiday, is it?

Li Ming:No, but it’s also important. In the evening on that day, the families get together and eat moon cakes.

Bill:And the Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese, isn’t it?

Li Ming:Yes, it is. It’s like Christmas in the West.

二．中国及西方国家部分假日：

中国：1. 法定假日：元旦(New Year’s Day)、春节(the Spring Festival)、清明节(Tomb-sweeping Day)、国际劳动节(May Day)、端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)、中秋节(The Mid-autumn Festival)、国庆节(National Day )

2.其他：妇女节(Women's Day)、儿童节(Children’s Day)、元宵节（Festival of lanterns）、植树节（Arbor Day）、青年节（Youth Day）、七夕节、建军节、教师节(Teachers’ Day)重阳节(The Double Ninth Festival)、除夕(the New Year's Eve)

西方国家：圣诞节(ChristmasDay)情人节（Valentine’s Day）复活节(Easter)愚人节(April Fools’ Day)感恩节(Thanks Giving Day)万圣节(All Saints’ Day)

三.Topic-----How are you going to spend(度过) your May Day?

四.Supplementary Reading

Different countries or even different parts of a country celebrate Labor Day on different days. Most countries (China and Germany for example) celebrate Labor Day on May 1, known as May Day. But in the United States and Canada, Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September since the 1880s. In New Zealand, Labor Day is a holiday held on the forth Monday in October. In Australia, Labor Day is October 1 in the Australia Capital Territory澳大利亚首都直辖区, New south Wales新南威尔士州, South Australia南澳大利亚州. In the Northern Territory北部地区 of Australia it is called May Day but ( unlike in most other countries with such a holiday) it is May 5, not May 1. In Western Australia西澳大利亚州 it is March 1, and the second Monday in March in Victoria维多利亚州.