Unit3CelebrationsReadingClub1---FestivalMenuCreateasituationToinviteMrWhiteandhisdaughtertohaveNewYear’sEvedinneratyourhome.Whentheyseethesquaremeal,pleaseactoutadialoguebetweenyouandMrWhite.Questionscanhelpyou:1.WhatplaysamajorroleincelebrationsinChina?

2.What’rethemeaningsofsomespecialdishesforSpringFestival?Let’smakeasummary:CelebrateSpringFestivalwithaluckyNewYear’sEvedinnerLet’slookattheFestivalMenuTotellusitsnameanditsrelativemeaning

Deep-friedfishinsweetandsoursauce.糖醋炸魚TheChinesewordforfishis"魚"whichsoundsthesameas"余"(surplus),indicatingplentyoffoodandwealth.魚的中文意思是“魚“聽起來和”余“（盈余），表示食物和財(cái)富充足。Sothedishliterallymeansasurplusoffoodandsymbolisesplentifulwealth.因此，這道菜的字面意思是食物過剩，象征著豐富的財(cái)富。Braisedfishinbrownsauce紅燒魚Thedishistypicaltoourarea.CanyoudefinetheChinesedumplings?They,alsocalledjiaozi(餃子)aresmallpiecesofdoughwrappedaroundafilling.中國餃子，也叫餃子(餃子),它們是小塊的面團(tuán)裹著餡料Whatdoesitmean?JiaoziinChinesemeans"transitionofyears".

餃子在漢語中的意思是“歲月的變遷”。Theshapeofjiaoziisalsosimilartothecurrency

usedinancientChina,soitisbelievedthattheywillbringwealthandprosperity餃子的形狀也與中國古代使用的貨幣相似，因此人們相信餃子會(huì)帶來財(cái)富和繁榮ChinesedumplingsEightTreasurericepudding八寶米布丁Alleightkindsofingredientsinthispuddingsymbolise

goodluckandhappiness.Italsolookslikeatreasurebowl,whichcangatherfortune這布丁中的八種配料都象征著好運(yùn)和幸福。它還像一個(gè)寶碗，可以聚財(cái).EightTreasurericepudding八寶米布丁Whatdoesitlooklike?Itlookslikeatreasurebowl.Itisbelievedthatitcangatherfortune.Whatismadeupof?Alleightkindsofingredientsinthispudding.Whatdoesitsymbolise?Itsymbolises

goodluckandhappiness.FourJoymeatballs四喜肉丸Whatarethefourjoys?blessing,wealth,longevityandhappiness.祝福、財(cái)富、長壽和幸福。Whatistheshape?roundWhatdoestheroundshapesymbolise?Theroundshapeisasymboolofgatheringtogether,standingforhappinessinthenewyear.Couldyoulistotherdishesandtellustheirmeanings？ShareMarinatedtoufu鹵豆腐vegetablefriedricecake青菜炒年糕sautedricecake炒年糕CriticalthinkingWhatculturalmeaningscanyouinferfromthenamesofthed