经典背诵 Recitation
Shirley: Today is the Lantern Festival. The thing that I like most about the Lantern Festival is the beautiful lanterns. Also, it's an old Chinese tradition to solve the puzzles on the lanterns, which is really interesting. Today I saw the biggest dragon lantern I've ever seen in all my life,. Moreover, it was really eye-catching when it spewed fireworks from its huge mouth.

生词小结
lantern n. 灯笼

gala n. 庆典，演出盛会

eye-catching adj. 引人注目的

spew vt. 喷出，涌出

firework n. 焰火

souvenir n. 纪念品

语素 Material
Church Tourism

Churches are an important part of England's tourism, particularly the rural tourism. Recently, church tourism has become more and more popular. Various parts of England established church tourism initiatives to promote visits to churches. Although some churches attract significant visitors because of their architectural merit, events and festivals held in churches are still the most attractive things to visitors.

教堂游

教堂是英国旅游的一个重要组成部分，尤其是乡村旅游。最近，教堂变得越来越流行。英国的很多地方都制定了相应的政策来推动参观教堂的旅游。尽管有些教堂因其建筑风格上的优势而吸引游客，但对于游客来说，在教堂里举行的各类活动和节日庆典才是最有吸引力的。

Carnival

Carnival is an annual festival celebrated in many countries of the world. It was first celebrated in Italy, and then spread to other parts of the world. For African people, carnival became a way to show their rich cultural traditions. African dance and music make their appearances in the carnival festivities. And also, we see feathers which were frequently used by Africans on masks before, are now used in many, many forms in creating carnival costumes.

嘉年华

嘉年华是世界上许多国家一年一度庆祝的节日。它最先在意大利兴起，随后传到世界其他地方。对于非洲人来说，嘉年华成为了展示他们优秀文化传统的途径。非洲的舞蹈和音乐常在嘉年华的庆典中出现，而且以前经常被非洲人用来做面具的羽毛也以多种方式被用来制作嘉年华服装。