清明节 英语介绍及词汇

第一篇：清明节 英语介绍及词汇

The Qingming Festival

Key Words 1.清明节 the Qingming Festival 2.24 节气

the 24 seasonal division points 3.春耕播种

spring plowing and sowing 4.祭祖

to offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors 5.扫墓

to sweep the tombs(of the deceased)6.寒食节

the Hanshi / Cold Food Festival 7.公墓

public cemeteries 8.在墓碑前祭拜

to bow before the memorial tablet 9.焚香 to burn incense 10.烧纸钱 to burn paper money 11.春游的习俗 the custom of Spring outings 12.放风筝

to fly kites(kite flying)13.一串小灯笼 a string of little lanterns 14.植树，树苗 to plan trees, saplings 15.植树节 the Arbor Day 16.秋千 a swing 17.踏青 stepping the green 18.孝顺

(to practice)filial piety 19.健身 body-building 20.拔河 tug of war 21.斗鸡 rooster-fighting

The Qingming Festival

The Qingming Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year.After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases.It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing.But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work;it is more a festival of commemoration.The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.This is the most important day of sacrifice.Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the deceased.Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.The Hanshi(Cold Food)Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival.As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices.Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed.The customs have been greatly simplified today.After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day.The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively.Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings.At this time tourists are everywhere.People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival.Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival.Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night.A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called “god's lanterns.”

The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later.In the past, the Qingming Festival was called “Arbor Day”.But since 1979, “Arbor Day” was settled as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.Qingming Festival Activities

Swing

Swing is a kind of game utensils.Swinging is a sport that the player swings back and forth with a tread plate hung on a frame by long ropes.The origin of swing can be traced back to some 100,000 years ago.Climbing trees or crossing streams is the most primitive embryonic form of swinging.Later in the Spring and Autumn Period(770 BC to 476 years ago), the swing consisting of a tread plated hung on the frame by ropes was introduced into the Central Plains area.Since the Han dynasty(206 BC to 220 AD), swinging had gradually became a folk activity performed at the Tomb Sweeping Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals until present day.Swinging can be categorized into the single swing, double swing, standing swing and sitting swing.Each village has its own master swinging player and sometimes competitions are held.The one swinging highest with the most beautiful movements will receive praise from neighbors.Swinging days are often good opportunities for young men and women to encounter and interact.Swing, as the folk traditional sport with a history of several thousand years still maintains its vitality nowadays.Kite-flying

The custom of kite-flying prevails during the Tomb Sweeping Day(around April 5th).The bamboo crossbow of the kite vibrates with a buzz as it rises aloft on the power of its tail.Big kites can be as broad as about three metres square with a tail of six to ten metres.Most kites have a rectangular shape.The rest are patterned as crabs, centipedes, butterflies and dragonflies, or Chinese characters such as “fortune” or “longevity”.All kites are constructed with fine craftsmanship.When flown in the evening, they have lights attached to their tails and some have as many as three to five lights strung together.Stepping-the-green

“Stepping-the-green” refers to the spring-outgoing people talk about now.Qingming is in early March when it begins to turn warm, and everything is blooming.So it is just a good time to go out for a walk.And so Qingming is not just a blue time for remembrance, but also a green time for fun.Tomb-sweeping

Tomb-sweeping is the main observance of the Qingming Festival.Tomb-sweeping is the concrete expression of practicing filial piety, which has been emphasizing by the Chinese people since ancient times.Therefore, the Qingming Festival has been an important day for the Chinese since early times.Tomb-sweeping activities are usually done two days before Qingming or the ten days after.On the day of tomb sweeping, the descendants would clear the wild grass around the ancestor's tomb, clean the dust, and then present the food and fresh flowers.Tomb Sweeping Day, also called “Cold Food Day”, is the most important day for people to offer sacrifice to ancestors.It started from the Zhou Dynasty, with a history of over 2500 years.Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, indicating the coming of late spring, thus the best plowing and growing time, while “Cold Food Day” is a day when folks sweep the ancestors' tombs and eat cold food.Qingming was adjacent to Cold Food Day, so later on they gradually became one festival, and thus “Cold Food” became another name for Qingming, and dusting the tomb and eating cold food turned into the customs of Qing Ming.Qing Ming has evolved into a culture-rich and meaning-deep remembrance day.Since people with weak constitutions might get hurt by eating cold raw food on Qingming, when the weather is still cold, various activities were invented for body-building, like stepping-the-green outgoing, swing, Chinese football(蹴鞠cù jū), polo, willow-planting, tug-of-war, and rooster-fighting, etc.明是我国的二十四节气之一。由于二十四节气比较客观地反映了一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化，所以古代劳动人民用它安排农事活动。但是，清明作为节日，与纯粹的节气又有所不同。节气是我国物候变化、时令顺序的标志，而节日则包含着一定的风俗活动和某种纪念意义。因此，这个节日中既有祭扫新坟生别死离的悲酸泪，又有踏青游玩的欢笑声，是一个富有特色的节日。

清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓的日子。扫墓俗称上坟，祭祀死者的一种活动。汉族和一些少数民族大多都是在清明节扫墓。由于清明与寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民间禁火扫墓的日子，渐渐的，寒食与清明就合二为一了，而寒食既成为清明的别称，也变成为清明时节的一个习俗，清明之日不动烟火，只吃凉的食品。

按照旧的习俗，扫墓时，人们要携带酒食果品、纸钱等物品到墓地，将食物供祭在亲人墓前，再将纸钱焚化，为坟墓培上新土，折几枝嫩绿的新枝插在坟上，然后叩头行礼祭拜，最后吃掉酒食回家。与清明节扫墓的悲哀相反，人们在这个春光明媚的日子里，也一样是可以享受生活的。

放风筝也是清明时节人们所喜爱的活动。每逢清明时节，人们不仅白天放，夜间也放。夜里在风筝下或风稳拉线上挂上一串串彩色的小灯笼，象闪烁的明星，被称为“神灯”。

清明前后，春阳照临，春阳照临，春雨飞洒，种植树苗成活率高，成长快。因此，自古以来，我国就有清明植树的习惯。有人还把清明节叫作“植树节”。植树风俗一直流传至今。1979年，人大常委会规定，每年三月十二日为我国植树节。这对动员全国各族人民积极开展绿化祖国活动，有着十分重要的意义。

第二篇：清明节英语介绍

清明节

清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓的日子。

清明节是24节气之一，预示着春耕的好时节已经到了。清明节又叫踏青节，因为一般在四月5日左右，正是中国的春天，人们喜欢郊游踏青，还喜欢在清明节放风筝。

Qingming Festival/Tomb sweeping day

Tomb Sweeping Day is traditional festival of China, is also the most important sacrifice festival, on that day, people worships ancestors and visits grave.People pay respects to somebody at his tomb.It is one of the 24 solar terms, means that it’s good time for spring ploughing.Tomb Sweeping Day falls around April fifth, and it’s during the spring of China, so it is also called “hiking day”.People go to the suburbs for an outing in spring.People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival

Ching Ming

The Ching Ming festival is celebrated in April and is known as “Remembrance of Ancestors Day”.This day is devoted to honouring relatives who died.Thousands of Chinese visit cemeteries to clean the graves of their loved ones.The Chinese hold great respect for their ancestors and the young are taught to pray to, and for, the family spirits.Young people accompany their parents to the gravesite and help in the cleaning process.The “willow” is regarded as the symbol of light and enemy of darkness in Chinese culture.On Ching Ming, willow twigs and branches are hung in doorways to ward off the evil spirits.It is believed that if you don't hang the willow, you will appear as yellow dog in your next life!

第三篇：英语清明节介绍

1、Qing Ming Jie（All Souls' Day）

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed.More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members.Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.Literally meaning “clear”(Qing)and “bright”(Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice.It is a “spring” festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears.Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day.Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.清明节是一个纪念祖先的节日。主要的纪念仪式是扫墓，扫墓是慎终追远、郭亲睦邻及行孝的具体表现；基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。扫墓活动通常是在清明节的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的扫墓活动长达一个月。

ORIGIN（起源）

Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C.Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg.When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful follower to join him.However, Jie declined his invitation, preferring to lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains.Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death.To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death.Thus began the “cold food feast”, a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.The “cold food” festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival.As time passes, the Qing Ming festival replaced the “cold food” festival.Whatever practice is observed，the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets.To make the visit even more meaningful, some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Zhui who choose death over capitulation.谈到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子椎。据历史记载，在两千多年以前的春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君（即晋文公，春秋五霸之一），大事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他带了母亲隐居绵山。

晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，他想，介子椎孝顺母亲，一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子椎母子烧死了。为了纪念介子椎，晋文公下令每年的这一天，禁止生火，家家户户只能吃生冷的食物，这就是寒食节的来源。

寒食节是在清明节的前一天，古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明，久而久之，清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无论以何种形式纪念，为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义，我们应该让年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史，当然，还要学习介子椎宁死不屈的气节

第四篇：英语重点词汇介绍

prove用法

prove是个常用动词,也是一个多义动词.由于它的用法比较复杂,现归纳如下

一、prove作“证明;证实”解时,用法如下:

1.prove+名词/代词

He has proved his courage in the battle.他已在作战中证明了他的勇气.This further proved the strength of our economy.这进一步证明了我们的经济实力.Can you prove that?你能证实那一点吗?

2.prove+直接宾语(sth.)+to+间接宾语(sb.)

The difficulty was how he could prove his ideas to other scientists.困难在于他怎样向其他科学家证实他的想法.Can you prove your theory to us?你能向我们证实你的理论吗?

3.prove+宾语+宾语补足语

(1)形容词作宾语补足语

They proved themselves wise and brave.他们证实自己机智、勇敢.Facts have proved these worries groundless.事实证明,这些忧虑是没有理由的.(2)名词作宾语补足语

She proved herself an able secretary.她证实自己是个能干的秘书.He has proved himself a success.他已证明了自己是个成功者.(3)动词不定式作宾语补足语

All this proved him to be an honest man.这一切都证明他是一个诚实的人.The experiment proved his theory to be important to our research.实验证明他的理论对我们的研究是重要的.4.prove+宾语从句

Galileo proved that the earth and all other planets move around the sun.伽利略证实地球和所有其它的行星都是绕太阳运转的.But Einstein was able to prove that light coming from the stars was bent as it passed the sun.然而爱因斯坦却能证明从恒星来的光线当其经过太阳时变弯曲了.Can you prove where you were on May 10th?你能证实五月十日你在什么地方吗?

二、prove作“证明是;结果是;事实说明”解时,用作连系动词,无被动语态，可用于以下句型:

1.prove+形容词

The handbook proved most useful.这本手册证明很有用.The medicine proved satisfactory.结果证明这药疗效令人满意.2.prove+名词

She proved a very strict teacher.结果证明她是一位非常严格的老师.His efforts, however, proved a failure.但他的努力结果都失败了.3.prove+介词短语或副词

Perhaps this book will prove of some use to you in your studies.也许这本书会对你的研究有用处.The power station was completed and proved up to standard.这座发电站建成了,证明质量符合标准.4.prove+动词不定式

As time went on, Einstein's theory proved to be correct.随着时间的推移,爱因斯坦的理论证明是正确的.She may prove to be the most suitable person for the job.结果她可能是最适合干这项工作的人.Lack 的用法

n.（名词）“不足”。通常用 “lack+of＋名词”。

a lack of money.缺乏金钱

Her only problem is lack of confidence.Lack of sleep had made him irritable.If he fails it won't be for/through lack of effort(= he has certainly tried).We won't be going on holiday this year-lack of funds, I'm afraid.He can’t endure the lack of food.没有食物，他再也坚持不下去了。

vt.（及物动词）缺乏；不足；没有

①To be entirely without or have very little of.缺乏：根本就没有或仅有一点

②To be in need of.需要

He just lacks a little confidence.What we lack in this house is space to store things.She lacks patience in dealing with children.（与孩子打交道她缺少耐心。）

We are lacking three members of staff due to illness.(注：说lack不用于进行时是站不住脚的)

vi.（不及物动词）还可作“缺乏，短少；不足；需要。常用进行时

①To be wanting or deficient:缺乏：处于匮乏或不足状态：

You will not be lacking in support from me.你将得到我的帮助

（注：这里把lacking处理为vi.，并没有作为adj.来得简单）

②To be in need of something:需要：需要某物：

I lacked for nothing.我不需要任何东西

She does not lack for friends.They lacked for nothing.他们无所需求（应有尽有）。

[用法拓展]

lack 构成的短语有：

be lacking:欠缺、缺：

be lacking in缺乏（某种品质、特点等）,不够

lack for 缺（多用于否定句）Lack+of＋名词： The plants died for lack of water.Lack+名词： We lack the strength to walk any further.lacking adj.be lacking If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it:

Enthusiasm has been sadly lacking these past months at work.Money was lacking to complete the building.He is lacking in courage.他缺乏勇气。

Nothing is lacking but the will.什么都不缺，就缺意志。be lacking in sth to not have a quality:

He's totally lacking in charm.He is not lacking in intelligence.Philip was not lacking in ability.（菲力普并不缺少能力。）

His reception of us was lacking in warmth.（他对我们的接待缺少热情。）

Since she is young, she is lacking in experience.由于年轻，她缺乏经验。

[练习]

1.Many of our young workers ___ proper training.?

A.are lacking inB.are lackingC.lack forD.lack in[A]

2.We tried to settle the problem with them as soon as possible, but they seemed to____ sincerity.A.lack ofB.be lack ofC.lack inD.be lacking in(D)

3.Though________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.A.lackedB.lacking ofC.lackingD.lacked in

<解答> Though lacking money是Though they are lacking money的省略句，其中lack是vt.。

4.Keep him at arm's length, as he is a guy being lacking ______ honesty.A.ofB.onC.inD.about(C)

5.That was another example of _____ experience.A.a lack ofB.lack fromC.their lack forD.their lack of

<解答>.D lack作及物动词时，后面直接用名词或代词做宾语；作不及物动词时常和for连用；作名词时常和of搭配使用。

6.--What caused the failure of the experiment?

--_____.(C)

A.Because of shortage of fundB.For lack of fundC.Lack of fundD.Due to lack of fund

7.The boss praised the young man for his hard work, though he ____ experience.A.is lack ofB.is lacking inC.lacks ofD.is lacking of

此题答案选B，be lacking in是习语，意为“缺乏”，其后通常接experience, frankness, courage等抽象名词。选A是错误的，因为lack可用做名词和动词，但不用做形容词；选C是错误的，因为lack用做动词时，它是及物动词，其后不用介词(注：用做名词的 lack后可接介词of)；选D是错误的，因为没有be lacking of这个搭配。

8.I'm sorry, We're ________that kind of trousers.Would you come back next week?

A.shortB.lackingC.in needD.short of（D）

[案例1.]

1.He can’t endure the lack of food.2.He can’t endure a lack of food.3.He can’t endure lack of food.Are they all correct?

Yes, they are, but number 3 would not be heard very often, simply because it's not so easy to say

smoothly.You need a hard stop between “endure” and “lack,” so even if you mean to say that, it tends to come out as “endure-uh lack.”

[案例2.]

The authorities declared that because of the war petrol was _____ and had to be rationed(定量供应).A.inadequateB.rareC.lackedD.scarce

[答] D.scarce.汽油供不应求，因此必须定量配给。

Scarce(=not available in sufficient quantity, not equal to the demand)不充足的，缺乏的，供不应求的。Inadequate 不适应的，不充分的。

lackvt./vi.(=be without;not have;have less than enough of)缺乏；没有；缺少，例如：

1）He lacks perseverance.(他缺乏坚定性。)

2)Money is lacking for the plan.(此计划尚缺钱。)

3)He is lacking in courage.(他缺乏勇气。)

be lacking in 常指缺乏某种品质、特点等。

lack作及物动词时，一般不用被动语态，故不能选C.lacked.4)They lacked for nothing.(他们什么也不缺。)有人认为，lack for是美国英语。

[案例3.]

I am lacking of practice or I am lacking practice.BE：正常表达的方式是:

“I haven't given a massage for a long time.I'm out of practice.”

If you want to use the verb “to lack”:

“I lack practice” or I'm lacking in practice“.[案例4.]

1.Lacking money, he couldn't spend his holiday in Shanghai this summer.2.Lacking in money, he couldn't spend his holiday in Shanghai this summer.Q：这两句是否都对？

答：１句对(lack sth.)；２句错（但语法结构并不错be lacking in sth.）.句２类似结构的关键是 be lacking in + quality

Lacking in courage, he would never leave home.Totally lacking in charm, he could not attract the audience.注：However, this is still not very idiomatic.I would expect:

Because he was lacking in courage, he never left home.[注意事项]

1．There is no lack of … 总用is/was单数形式

2．For lack of 里没有the

【问题探究】He is lack of money.问：lack 是名词，这里似乎是不能放be动词后的吧？

答：That’s water.名词有时也能用在be动词后。这似乎有些题外了。当然本题句是错误的，下面的都对：

1.He lacks money [lacks = verb]

2.He has a lack of money [lack = noun]

3.He is lacking in money [lacking = adjective]

”He is lack of money.“（X）

”He suffers from a lack of money/confidence /personality/etc.“(”Lack“ = noun.)（V）

”I can't meet you today for lack of time.“(”Lack“ = noun.)（V）

”Lacking“ 可以是adjective, 常用于be lacking in sth.结构。且那sth.应该是抽象的事物，故上面的句3也错误了。

题目句是错的。可以说: ”He is lacking money“ 或 ”he lacks money“.如果说 ”He is...“(如 ”He is a teacher“)那么就是在描述他什么, 也就是他自己不能是(a lack)< he cannot himself be 'a lack'>

有时人们把lack用与这样的句子，如 ”He lacks common sense/initiative“.'To lack' 是个很华丽的古英语动词, 但现在人们也许更可能用 ”He has no...".

第五篇：清明节词汇

Ching Ming Festival/Grave-Sweeping Day 清明节

Cold Food Festival 寒食节

day of sacrifice 祭祀节日

offer sacrifices to ancestors 祭祖/上供

online tomb-sweeping 网上祭扫

Internet memorial 网络纪念馆

condolence 哀悼之情

hell note/joss paper 纸钱

funeral supplies/products 殡葬用品

funeral services 殡葬服务业

mortician 殡仪业者

burn incense 焚香

tomb-sweeping 扫墓

tomb sweeper 扫墓的人

kite flying 放风筝

spring outing 踏青

god's lantern 神灯

memorial tablet 纪念碑

willow branches inserted on each gate 门旁插柳

online funeral 网上葬礼

online tribute 网上悼念

cremation urn 骨灰盒

mourning ceremony 哀悼仪式

inhumation 土葬

cremation 火葬

sea-burial 海葬

boat-coffin burial 船棺葬

tree burial 树葬

celestial burial 天葬

flower burials 花葬

national mourning 全国哀悼

national mourning day 全国哀悼日

filial piety 孝顺 孝心

Day of the Dead（亡灵节，墨西哥传统节日，人们通过守灵、上供等方式祭奠逝去的亲人。）