【正文】 bees today “Celebrate the(New)Year” as the word “guo” in Chinese having both the meaning of “passover” and “observe”.The custom of putting up red paper and firing firecrackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still , people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the New Year FoodsProbably more food is consumed during the New Year celebrations than any other time of the amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have New Year39。s Day, the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize should be uncut, as they represent long south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweetsteamed glutinous rice（糯米）pudding and zong zi(glutinous rice wrapped up in reed（蘆葦）leaves), another popular the north, steamedwheat bread(man tou)and small meat dumplings were the preferred tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the 15Day Celebration of Chinese New YearThe first day of the Lunar New Year is “the weling of the gods of the heavens and earth.”Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all third and fourth days are for the sonsinlaws to pay respect to their fifth day is called Po that day people stay home to wele the God of one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the seventh day is also considered the birthday of human are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens(choi sum)to cleanse the 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th words:Treasures fill the homeBusiness flourishesPeace all year roundWishing you prosperityHarmony brings wealth May all your wishes e trueEverything goes wellThe country flourishes and people live in peaceMoney and treasures will be plentifulWishing you every successPromoting to a higher positionSafe trip wherever you go第五篇：英語幽默小故事英語幽默小故事Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word “egg”? Student: ate a piece of cake :Then where is the “egg? Student:In the cake,？老師：你能用“雞蛋”一詞造句嗎？ 學(xué)生：可以。我昨天吃了一塊蛋糕。老師：“雞蛋”在哪？ 學(xué)生：在蛋糕里，先生 Son: Dad, give me a : Son, don39。t you think you39。re getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you39。re right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you? 兒子：爸爸，給我一角錢。父親：兒子，你不認(rèn)為你已經(jīng)長大了，不該再老是一角一角地要錢了(該自立了)，不是嗎？兒子：爸爸，我想你是對的，那給我一塊錢行嗎？I39。m sorry，Madam，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy39。s tooth.”“Twenty d ollars!Why，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”“Yes，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office.”“對不起，夫人，為您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。” “20美元！為什么？不是說好只要4美元?！薄笆堑?，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四個(gè)病人嚇跑了?！盩en CandiesMother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”“Ten.” Jim says.“Then,” Mother asks.“Yes, candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my and six is ten, isn’t it right?”十塊糖媽媽問兒子：“吉姆，如果你有10塊糖，吃了4塊，那你還有幾塊糖？”“10塊?！奔氛f?！?0塊？”媽媽問。“是的，媽媽。因?yàn)?塊在我的肚子里面，6塊在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不對嗎？”It’s Good to Admit a Fault John is not a “good” always sleeps in the he sleeps again.“John!” Teacher says angrily.“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.“Why do you make a face? It’s !Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.“No, it’s not was not making a was sleeping.” John fells upset.“ can admit your are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with 約翰并不是個(gè)“好”學(xué)生。他總是在上課的時(shí)候睡覺。今天他又睡著了?！凹s翰！”老師生氣地喊他。“什么？出什么事了？”約翰醒了?！澳銥槭裁匆龉砟?？這是教室！看看！同學(xué)們都在笑！”老師生氣地說?！皼]有人在笑呀?！逼渌瑢W(xué)笑聲地嘀咕?！安?，不是我。我沒有做鬼臉。剛才我睡著了?！奔s翰感到不安?！班牛€不錯(cuò)。你承認(rèn)自己的錯(cuò)誤，還是給好孩子”老師為此感到滿意。Adding Feet to a SnakeOne day, holds a animals e and drink a lot of last there is a pot of can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a matchDraw a you finish first, you can get finishes drawing.“Yeah, I’ve ’m ,” he he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, also takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a have no get the wine.”畫蛇添足一天，獅子先生舉行一場聚會，許多動物都來了，他們喝很多酒。最后只剩一壺酒了。讓誰喝呢？它們想了想，有個(gè)主意。它們比賽畫蛇，誰最快畫好，誰就喝這壺酒。不一會，狼先生畫好了。“哈，我畫好了，我是第一個(gè)?！彼f。可是它又畫了起來，它還說：“再給它加幾只腳吧?！边@是猩猩先生也畫好了。它拿起那酒壺喝起來。一邊喝一邊說：“那不是蛇，蛇是沒有腳的，我贏了這壺酒?！盋overing One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door.“Oh!How nice!I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea.“Aha!I have an idea can plug my I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.”Then he does as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door.“What ate you doing?” the owner s