周末生活英语表达:每周英语时光Werethere
周末生活英语表达:每周英语时光WerethereA Han Dynasty official took a day off on Jan 15. His next holiday will be on____.Have a goThere were many public (公共的) holidays inancient times such as Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. During the SongDynasty officials rested for over 100 days every year! People spent theholidays with family and friends. They ate a good meal and went hiking (去爬山).Did you know?People like students and farm
We have lots offun on weekends. Did people in ancient China also enjoy them? Sadly ancient Chinese people did not use the weekly calendar so they did not have weekends.But they could still relax after work.
During the Han Dynasty (汉代) officials tookone day off every five days. During the Tang Dynasty officials worked for tendays and rested for one day. What did they do on that day? The answer issurprising. They bathed and washed their hair!
ancient Chinese had long hair. They also wore heavy clothes. They needed toclean themselves often so they wouldn’t get sick. Bathing was also a way to show politeness. Confucius (孔子) always took ashower before meeting people.
But boiling water took a long time. And there were no hair dryers (电吹风). People waited a long time for their hair to dry. That’s why theyneeded to take a day off.
There were many public (公共的) holidays inancient times such as Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. During the SongDynasty officials rested for over 100 days every year! People spent theholidays with family and friends. They ate a good meal and went hiking (去爬山).
Did you know?
People like students and farmers had to work most of the year. But even thehardest-working people would take a few days off during Spring Festival.
Have a go
A Han Dynasty official took a day off on Jan 15. His next holiday will be on____.
A. Jan 20 B. Jan 21 C. Jan 22
上期答案:1-d;2-c;3-b;4-a
Word bank 词汇
ancient /ˈenʃənt/ 形容词 古代的
calendar /ˈkæləndɚ/ 名 词 日 历
official /əˈfɪʃəl/ 名 词 官 员
politeness /pəˈlaɪtnɪs/ 名 词 礼 貌
boil /bɔɪl/ 动 词 烧,煮
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