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New Words&ExpressionsThe Lantern Festival 元宵节The Tonb-Sweeping Day 清明节The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节scrap v. 废弃adjacent adj. 邻近的netizen n. 网民deprive v. 夺去entitle vt. 给……权利heritage n. 遗产revise v. 修订revision n. 修订F：the Chinese government announced the scrapping of one of country’s three “gol d en week” holidays. Does it mean that you are going to have fewer holidays?C: Not really. The government at the same time added three traditional festivals——the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival——to the list of public holidays. Each of the three traditional festivals will be a one-day holiday。
F: Then you will have fewer days for holiday.C: No. The government actually increased the total number of national holidays from 10 to 11 days.F: Would you please give me some detailed information about the revision?C: All right. The Spring Festival remains a three-day public holiday, but it will start one day earlier from the eve of the Lunar New Year, China’s most important traditional festival. The May Day holiday is shortened from three days to one day, while the three-day National Day holiday and one-day New Year holiday remain unchanged. The government will continue to move the weekend days adjacent to a national holiday to form a longer holiday period so that people will have three days or seven days off in a row. The New Year Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, May Day, and Mid-Autumn Day then become holidays of three days each. The Spring Festival holiday and National Day holiday remain seven-day holidays.F: What’s the purpose of making the revision?C: Because hundreds of millions of Chinese traveling at the same time made transport and tourist destinations very crowded, making these holidays far from an enjoyable experience. An official said the change would uphold Chinese traditions, make public holidays better distributed and, with more people traveling on new public and paid holidays, ease overcrowding on the golden weeks.F: I’ve heard that some people dislike the revision.C: Yes. Some netizens have complained that the revised May Day holiday will make the remaining two golden weeks even more crowded and that deprives people working far from theirhometowns of the chance to go back home for family gatherings. They have even voiced their worry that a lot of company employees will not be off on the newly-added traditional festival holidays.F: Does the government know that?C: Yes. The spokesman said the revision could not satisfy all the people, whose interests might vary, but did respect the opinion of a majority. He said that 75 percent of the people were in favor of the change and that 60 percent of the netizens agreed to the way the May Day holiday was revised.F: I had paid holidays when I worked in my country. Do people have paid holidays in China? C: Yes. All employees of government agencies, enterprise and public-service institutions are entitled to take paid holidays after serving the same employer for one year. Employees who have worked for ten to 19 years will have ten days and those who have worked for 20 years and above would have 15 days.F: That’s wonderful.。
景点文化常识：Unit1: 1.列举北京的景点：Beijing’s best-known tourist attractions include: Tian’anmen Square, The Forbidden City ,The Great Wall, The Summer Palace, The Ming Tombs, The Temple of Heaven.2.列举西安景点：The Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Stele Forest, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Great Mosque, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the Bell Tower, Banpo Museum, Huaqing Hot Springs, E’pang Palace and old City Wall.兵马俑博物馆，秦始皇陵，碑林，大雁塔，清真寺，小雁塔，钟鼓楼，半坡遗址，华清池，阿房宫和古城墙。
Unit2: 1.列举五岳：Wuyue is the collective name given to China’s most important mountains, namely Mt. Taishan in Shandong Province, Mt.Hengshan in Shanxi Province, Mt.songshan in Henan Province and Mt.Hengshan in Hunan Province.五岳是中国五座最重要的山脉的总称，即山东的泰山、陕西的华山、山西的恒山、河南的嵩山、湖南的衡山。
2.黄山四绝：The renowned Four Wonders of Huangshan are the oddly shaped pines, grotesque rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs.著名的黄山四绝为奇松，怪石，云海，温泉。
Unit 1●Text A（1）Why do people like travelling so much?Because traveling can not only broaden one’s mind, but also provide ample chances to satisfy the need of one’s self-actualization or self-realization which is at the top of the hierarchy of human needs.（2）What helps to stimulate the tourist industry both at home and abroad?The desire to know about other places or countries, to search for all kinds of experiences, to meet new people and make new friendships, etc. helps to stimulate the tourist industry.（3）Can traveling relieve the people from the strain and stress in our fast-developing modern society? Why?Exactly. Because in the fast-developing modern society, strain and stress have become part of an individual's life, so traveling can help people get away from their dull and stressful daily routine for some time; and on the other hand, in order to regain their energy, people are willing to undertake certain activities or rest and relax themselves in the environments totally different from their usual ones.（4）In order to meet the needs of travelers' demands, what kind of special services should the travel agencies consider offering?Since people are social beings who like to communicate with each other, and they usually put more emphasis on the process of their trip than on their destination. To cater to this need, travel agencies should develop special products for certain ethnic areas and provide specialized tours for people to return and visit "the old country" where some tourists may pick up a genealogical line or find their roots.（5）How can we improve the present situation of transportation and reduce the cost of travel? On one hand, the government should not only quicken the infrastructure construction, but also develop economy, improve the income and life of its residents and at the same time, make certain policies to reduce the cost of travel.●Text B（1）旅游给人们提供了了解其他风俗文化的机会，同时也丰富了他们的知识。
