简单中英文手抄报 Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. 对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。 The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19. 公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在1月1日到2月19日之间。 On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. 在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。 These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. 这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。 A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first! 据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点! The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal. 中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征。 图一 图二 图三 In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. 夏日的一天，一只蚱蜢正在一块庄稼地上蹦来跳去，无忧无虑地唱着歌。 An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. 这时，一只蚂蚁从它身边爬过。蚂蚁正十分费劲地拖着一个玉米棒子，它是要把玉米棒子拖回到蚂蚁巢里面去。 "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" “过来跟我聊聊天吧，”蚱蜢说，“用不着那么辛苦地工作吧?” "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." “我正帮忙收集过冬用的粮食，”蚂蚁说，“我建议你也去收集点粮食。” "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. “为了过冬用不着这么费劲吧?”蚱蜢说，“我们现在有大把的粮食”。 蚂蚁没有听它的，而是继续辛苦地拖着粮食往回赶。 When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need. 冬天来了，蚱蜢没有粮食，都快要饿死了。 这时，蚱蜢看到蚂蚁们正分发他们在夏天时收集并储存起来的玉米和谷物。 蚱蜢明白了： 什么事都要提早做好准备，将来才有好的结果。 感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/9263189731687e21af45b307e87101f69e31fbac.html