题目：HappyNewYear

　　资料：

　　(一)SpringFestivalisthemostimportantfestivalinChina.It’stocelebrate

　　thelunarcalendar‘snewyear.IntheeveningbeforetheSpring

　　Festival,familiesgettogetherandhaveabigmeal.Inmanyplacespeoplelike

　　tosetofffirecrackers.Dumplingsarethemosttraditionalfood.Childrenlike

　　thefestivalverymuch,becausetheycanhavedeliciousfoodandwearnew

　　clothes.Theycanalsogetsomemoneyfromtheirparents.Thismoneyisgivento

　　childrenforgoodluck.PeopleputNewYearscrollsonthewallforgood

　　fortune.

　　TheSpringFestivallastsabout15dayslong.Peoplevisitrelativesandfriends

　　withthewords“Haveallyourwishes”.PeopleenjoytheSpringFestival,during

　　thistimetheycanhaveagoodrest.

　　(二)ProbablymorefoodisconsumedduringtheNewYearcelebrationsthananyother

　　timeoftheyear.Vastamountsoftraditionalfoodispreparedforfamilyand

　　friends,aswellasthoseclosetouswhohavedied.

　　OnNewYear'sDay,theChinesefamilywilleatavegetariandishcalledjai.

　　Althoughthevariousingredientsinjaiarerootvegetablesorfibrous

　　vegetables,manypeopleattributevarioussuperstitiousaspectstothem.

　　Otherfoodsincludeawholefish,torepresenttogethernessandabundance,anda

　　chickenforprosperity.Thechickenmustbepresentedwithahead,tailandfeet

　　tosymbolizecompleteness.Noodlesshouldbeuncut,astheyrepresentlonglife.

　　InsouthChina,thefavoriteandmosttypicaldisheswereniangao,sweetsteamed

　　glutinousrice（糯米）puddingandzongzi(glutinousricewrappedupinreed（芦苇）

　　leaves),anotherpopulardelicacy.

　　Inthenorth,steamed-wheatbread(mantou)andsmallmeatdumplingswerethe

　　preferredfood.Thetremendousamountoffoodpreparedatthistimewasmeantto

　　symbolizeabundanceandwealthforthehousehold

　　(三)MySpringFestival

　　MySpringFestivalwasgreat.BeforetheChineseNewYear,myfamilieswereall

　　goingtomygrandparents’.Manyofmyrelativestherewereplayingallthenight.

　　Atnight,wesetofffirecrackers.Thevoicewasveryloud,carsparkedfarfrom

　　usweresounding.Maybetheyfearedthevoicetoo.

　　ThefirstdayoftheChineseNewYear,weallgotupearly.Wesaid“HappyNew

　　Year!”or“Goodluckthisyear!”toeachotherandgetmoneyfromthem.We

　　visitedourrelativesallday.Thatmademefeelverytiredbutveryhappy

　　becauseIalsocangetmoney.

　　TheseconddayoftheNewYear,Isleptduringthemorning.Intheafternoon,I

　　wenttothebeautifulcountryside,andvisitedtheYiRiver,itisverywide,

　　about1kilometer.

　　Nextday,weleftmygrandparents’homeforQingdao.Theexpresswayhadbeen

　　frozen.Itwasterrible!Sowecouldonlyrunbyataslowspeed.

　　Thisfestivalwasgreat,IloveSpringFestival!

　　（四）ChineseNewYear

　　ChineseNewYearisaChinesetraditionalfestival.WealsocallittheSpring

　　Festival.ItisonlunarJanuary1st.

　　OnNewYear’sEve,allthepeoplesitaroundthedeskandhaveabigfamily

　　dinner.Therearesomevegetables,somefish,somemeat,s