Online Class Notes (Mike)

Today is Lantern Festival so i decided to change the topic which i was planing to write,and talk about my country’s culture instead.
As a traditional Chinese festival which has a long history ,Lantern Festival is also originally from the ancient times,that related to worship and blessing ,and was set by an emperor ,of course mixed with some legends,then combined with Buddhism culture in the Han dynasty.Lantern Festival is more like the ending of the new year celebration season,though most people go back to work after a seven-day holiday,for Chinese, the celebration will over until they have a bowl of yuan xiao/tang yuan/sweet dumplings.
When it comes to yuan xiao or tang yuan,i should say that sesame filling is always my first choice and I prefer tang yuan to yuan xiao.They both made of glutinous rice flour, but they are somewhat(?) different in preparation which bring(s?) you different texture.Plus,they symbolizing reunion and completing by their shape.
Besides this,lantern is the leading actor on this day. China has a lot of traditional festival with Lantern Festival being my favorite,because i can see the lantern show and the fireworks display on a same day,which create a fantastic night just like a dream world.More over,walking through the lantern display on the city wall in our city center would be an excellent experience.
Lanterns reminds me of some very common and tinny but really warm things ,which are sweet memories in my early childhood.Such as my brother and I would made a little special orange(?) lantern every year during the new year celebration,then took them to visit our older cousins in evening and surprised them.This is the part I love the most at that time,and light sparkles and set off fireworks are the parts I love as well.

Today is Lantern Festival so I decided to change the topic which i was planing to write, and talk about Chinese culture instead.
As a traditional Chinese festival with a long history, Lantern Festival is also originally from the ancient time that is related to worshipping and blessing, and was created by an emperor. It mixed/absorbed/merged some folk legends, then combined with Buddhism culture during the Han dynasty. Lantern Festival marks the end of the new year celebration season, though most people go back to work after a seven-day holiday. For the majority of Chinese, the celebration will not be over until they have a bowl of yuan xiao/tang yuan/sweet dumplings.
When it comes to yuan xiao or tang yuan, I should say that sesame filling is always my first choice and I prefer tang yuan to yuan xiao. They are both made of glutinous rice flour, but are somewhat different in their preparation process, therefore bringing out different texture/taste/flavor. Tang yuan, “round shaped sweet dumplings” in Chinese, symbolizes reunion and completion. 
Besides this, lantern is the leading actor on this day. China has a lot of traditional festival with Lantern Festival being my favorite,because i can see the lantern show and the fireworks display on a same day,which create a fantastic night just like a dream world.More over,walking through the lantern display on the city wall in our city center would be an excellent experience.
Lanterns reminds me of some very common and tinny but really warm things ,which are sweet memories in my early childhood.Such as my brother and I would made a little special orange(?) lantern every year during the new year celebration,then took them to visit our older cousins in evening and surprised them.This is the part I love the most at that time,and light sparkles and set off fireworks are the parts I love as well.

Vocabulary

times (n) 次数

mark the end of sth

ideal (adj.) 理想的
What is your ideal retirement life?

translate (v) 翻译 – translation
transmit (v) 传播，传递 – transmission
transfer (v) 转换，换乘 – transfer

break out 爆发
outbreak

infect (v) – infection – infectious (adj.) 具有传染性的

Sb infected with a disease
All the tomato plants are infected with a virus.
Sb/sth infect sb
The flu infected the whole class.
The captain’s courage infected his crew.
This new variant infected more than 20 people.
AIDS is an infectious disease. 

contract (v) 感染, 染上
Tom contracted Covid in May.
contract (n) 合同

usage (n) 用法

record (n) break world record
record (v)

stressed syllable 重读音节

find out

Nemo mentioned me that before.
Nemo mentioned that to me before.

there was some infected local translated cases, so our city was lockdown from that time, we have to stay at home.
In December, there was a local outbreak in our city, so it was in lockdown for 2 months/so it was locked down for 2 moths.

a new variant broke out. 

cutting board 切菜板/砧板

in the week
during the week/on workdays. 

pay attention to