The Lantern Festival

　　Like most Chinese festivals，the Lantern Festival has its own special food，called "tang yuan"．These are round，glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings.The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family reunion and completeness.Part of the Lantern Festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns.In the old days the riddles were obscure literary allusions to the Chinese classics and so were mainly the preserve of the educated classes.Stilt-walking，drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival.

元宵节

　　与大多数中国节日一样，元宵节同样有自己的特色食品，称为"汤圆"(也叫"元宵")。汤圆外形圆圆的，外皮由糯米制成，内馅或甜或辣。人们都说汤圆有两个象征意义：一为农历的第一个月圆，二为家庭团聚圆满。元宵节传统习俗中有一部分是关于猜灯谜的游戏。在过去，这些谜语大多是出自中国古典名著的隐晦的文化典故，所以猜灯谜以前多为知识分子的"领地"。踩高跷、敲大鼓和舞龙狮是元宵节主要的娱乐活动。

Period One　Warming Up & Reading-Pre-reading

匹配左边的单词和右边的汉语意思

[第一组]

1．harvest　　　 A．(使)饿死；饿得要死

2．celebration B．宗教上的；信奉宗教的；虔诚的

3．starve C．收获；收割

4．origin D．起源；由来；起因