开学第021天：中秋佳节互祝福 组织学生去购物
2021-09-21 Tuesday周二Sunny晴Fear has never been a good adviser, neither in our personal lives nor in our society. Cultures and societies that are shaped by fear, will without doubt not get a grip on the future. — Angela Merkel恐惧从来不是一个好的顾问，不管是在个人生活或我们社会里，被恐惧所左右的文明及社会，将毫无疑问的抓不住未来。—安格拉‧默克尔
The East German-born Angela Merkel, who has a doctorate in quantum chemistry and has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005, was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2015 in recognition of her leadership in crises such as European debt, refugees in the Middle East and Russia's intervention in Ukraine. 安格拉‧默克尔出生东德，拥有量子化学博士学位，自 2005 年担任德国总理，被《时代》杂志选为 2015 年度风云人物，以表彰其在欧债、中东难民及俄罗斯干预乌克兰等危机所展现的领导力。重点词汇注释：fear [fɪr] n. 恐惧；担心 v. 害怕，畏惧；担心，忧虑；adviser [ədˈvaɪzər] n.顾问；劝告者；指导教师；society [səˈsaɪəti] n. 社会；社群；cultures ['kʌltʃəz] n. 文明，文化（culture 复数）；shaped [ʃeɪpt] vt. 发展；成形（shape 的过去分词和过去式）；doubt [daʊt] n. 怀疑，不确定；grip [ɡrɪp] n. 紧握；掌握，控制；理解。Earl in the morning I went to school to have a look at about the students for shopping out. On the bus I made a short speech about the requirements：一早来到学校，组织同学们外出购物，在车上首先祝同学们节日快乐。然后每人一颗小金豆，希望给同学带来好运。外出购物注意安全，购物要适可而止，不要毫无节制。Today is the Mid-autumn Festival, as students at school, we should know how to express it in English. The day before yesterday I edited a short video about it. Now I think it necessary to show what Mid-Autumn Festival is in a written way.今天是中秋节，作为在校的学生，我们应该知道如何用英语来表达它。前天我编辑了一个关于它的短视频。现在我认为有必要用书面的方式展示什么是中秋节。To the Chinese, Mid-Autumn Festival means family reunion and peace. The festival is celebrated when the moon is believed to be the biggest and fullest. To the Chinese, a full moon is a symbol of prosperity, happiness, and family reunion.对中国人来说，中秋节意味着团聚、平安。人们觉得，中秋节的月亮最大、最圆。满月象征着繁荣、幸福和团圆。Many traditional and meaningful celebrations are held in most households in China, and China's neighboring countries. The main traditions and celebrations include eating moon cakes, having dinner with family, gazing at and worshiping the moon, and lighting lanterns.大部分中国家庭以及中国的邻国都会举行许多传统的庆祝活动，主要庆祝方式包括吃月饼，吃团圆饭，赏月和点灯笼。Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of over 3,000 years, dating back to moon worship in the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC). It’s such an important festival that many poems were written about it, stories and legends about the festival are widespread, and its origins have been guessed at and explained by generations of Chinese.中秋节有三千多年历史，可以追溯到商代时对月亮的崇拜。因为中秋节的重要地位，历代诗人都会为中秋节写诗，关于中秋节的故事、传奇在民间广为流传，中秋节的起源也被历代中国人探究。The term "Mid-Autumn" first appeared in the book Rites of Zhou, written in the Warring States Period (475–221 BC). But the term was only related to time and seasons. People didn't celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival then.“中秋”一词最早出现在战国时期《周礼》一书中，但是该词只和时间和季节有关，当时还没有中秋节。In the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), it was popular to appreciate the moon. Many poets liked to create poems related to the moon when appreciating it. There is a legend that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty visited the Moon Palace in his dream and heard a wonderful song.唐代时赏月风靡，诗人在赏月之时佳作连连。据传，唐玄宗曾在梦中去往月宫并听到优美的歌声。In the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD), the 15th day of the 8th lunar month was established as the "Mid-Autumn Festival". From then,it became a custom.北宋时期，农历八月十五才被正式确立为中秋节，从那以后，为月亮献祭盛行，从那以后便成为风俗。The festival has a long history. In ancient China, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. Historical books of the Zhou Dynasty had had the word "Mid-Autumn". Later aristocrats and literary figures helped expand the ceremony to common people. They enjoyed the full, bright moon offered sacrifices to the moon, expressed their feelings and thoughts under the bright moon. All of these celebrations were held by the common people which became a traditional ceremony. Until the Tang Dynasty the custom of offering sacrifices to the moon was more important and the Mid-Autumn Festival was fixed.中秋节有悠久的历史，和其他传统节日一样，也是慢慢发展形成的，古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭月的礼制，早在周朝的史书中，已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来，在中秋时节，对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月，观赏祭拜，寄托情怀，这种习俗就这样传到民间，形成一个传统的活动，一直到了唐代，这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视，中秋节才成为固定的节日。The Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival. The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon.中秋节最早可能是一个庆祝丰收的节日。后来，月宫里美丽的仙女嫦娥的神话故事赋予了它神话色彩。Admire the full moon / watch the full moon to celebrate the festival赏月庆祝节日：Blue sky, full moon such as a disk. When people enjoy the full moon, they can not help but miss their relatives who travel far away and live in a foreign land. Chinese people have always valued family reunion, reunion of relatives and friends, and sharing the joy of family life as extremely precious. 碧空如洗，圆月如盘。人们在尽情赏月之际，会情不自禁地想念远游在外、客居异乡的亲人。中国人历来把家人团圆、亲友团聚，共享天伦之乐看得极其珍贵，历来有“花好月圆人团聚”之谓。Light lanterns点灯笼: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is as clear as water and the moon is as bright as a mirror. It can be described as the beauty of the beautiful days. However, people are not satisfied with this, so they have the custom of burning lamps to help the moonlight.中秋之夜，天清如水，月明如镜，可谓良辰之美景，然而对此人们并未满足，于是便有燃灯以助月色的风俗。Play with lanterns / scaldfish玩花灯：Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns are mainly played between families and children, mostly concentrated in the south.中秋玩花灯主要只是在家庭、儿童之间进行的，多集中在南方。Offering sacrifice to the moon祭月：The Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony is an ancient sacrificial ceremony, expressing people's good wishes to pray for the moon goddess to bless the world.中秋祭月仪式是一种古老的祭祀礼仪，表达人们祈求月神降福人间的一种美好心愿。Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.中秋节是中国的传统节日。On that night, families eat moon cakes and enjoy the glorious full moon; the moon cake is round and looks like the full moon.那天晚上，家家户户都边吃月饼边赏月，当天是圆月，月饼便做成圆的，看上去像满月。As for mooncakes, everyone has their own favorites. And we've already stuffed our faces with plenty kinds of mooncakes by the time the festivities arrive.对于月饼，每个人都有自己的喜好，并且在庆祝活动到来的时候，我们已经享尽了各种各样的月饼。Types of moon cakes月饼种类：Traditional styles传统月饼；Cantonese-style moon cake广式月饼；Suzhou-style moon cake苏式月饼；Beijing-style moon cake京式月饼；Yunnan-style moon cake滇式月饼；Contemporary Styles创新月饼：low-sugar moon cake低糖月饼；fat-free moon cake无脂月饼；snow skin moon cake冰皮月饼；fruits moon cake水果月饼。The moon cake taste月饼口味：Sweet bean paste豆沙；Date paste枣泥；Mung bean 绿豆；Black sesame paste黑芝麻；Lotus seed paste莲蓉；Durian榴莲；Five kernel五仁。“五仁”是指：花生（peanut）、核桃（walnut seed）、瓜子（watermelon seed）、杏仁（almond）、松子（pine nut）。The Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节涉及到的一些常用表达：Mooncake月饼、appreciating the moon赏月、fire dragon dances火龙舞、Chang-E嫦娥、jade rabbit / hare玉兔、sky lantern 孔明灯、cassia wine桂花酒、the Chinese lunar calendar中国农历、lantern riddles灯谜。 commonly used greetings for Mid-Autumn Festival中秋常用祝福语：Happy Mid-Autumn Day! Wish that you go well and have a successful and bright future.中秋节快乐，万事如意，心想事成！Wish you a perfect life just like the roundest moon in Mid-Autumn Day.愿你的生活就像这十五的月亮一样，圆圆满满。Wishing us a long life to share the graceful moonlight, though thousands of miles apart.但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。I want to make a toast. I Wish that the round moon take my best blessing to you. May you have a happy family and a bright future.举杯遥祝：月圆人圆花好，事顺业顺家兴。The English translation of ancient Chinese poetry英译版中国古诗词：水调歌头·明月几时有 苏轼：明月几时有？把酒问青天。When will the moon be clear and bright?With a cup of wine in my hand,I ask the blue sky.不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens.我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。I’d like to ride the wind to fly home.Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me.起舞弄清影，何似在人间。Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world.转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？The moon rounds the red mansion Stoops to silk-pad doors, Shines upon the sleepless, Bearing no grudge.人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart? People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart. The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane. This has been going since the beginning of time.但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.
今天高一10班有三位同学没有出去购物，其他同学回来后，叶老师就在群内发出上交手机的指令，然后去食堂领取月饼，食用晚餐，接着进班自习。我算有了个和家人团圆的时刻。用餐的过程接到内派高老师信息说吐玛丽丝同学的哥哥来看妹妹，通知其在门卫等候，立马告知二班李启宝班主任，将一切安排妥当。
