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端午節,三大節之一,這麼實用的話題,大家當然要認識！ 哩供丟嗯丟？

今天,老師就分三段式講給你聽吧!

第一段, 必學相關單字10組

Dragon Boat Festival 端午節

Lunar month 農曆月 / Lunar calendar 農曆

zongzi / sticky rice 粽子

to commemorate 紀念

Qu Yuan 屈原

poet 詩人

patriot 愛國的人

the kingdom of Chu 楚國

to drown 溺水/溺死

the Miluo River 汨羅江

第二段, ＜6句輕鬆學＞合在一起,你可以跟老外降說：

1. The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

2. It is meant to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great poet from the kingdom of Chu.

3. He was also a patriot, who sadly drowned himself in the Miluo River when his kingdom was lost.

4. People threw sticky rice in the river, so that the fish wouldn't eat Qu Yuan's body.

5. We can also call this special dish / snack "zongzi".

6. This is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.

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文中基礎單字/片語收錄：

ambitious (a.)　有野心的

army (n.)　軍隊

empire (n.)　帝國 = kingdom　

independent (a.)　獨立的

to persuade = to convince (v.)　說服

poison (n.)　毒

wisdom (n.)　智慧

common people　平民百姓

riverbank (n.)　河邊

a parcel / parcels of sticky rice　一串/好幾串粽子

文中進階單字/ 片語收錄：

supremacy (n.)　優越性

to invade (v.)　入侵

in commemoration of + n.　紀念+對象

in exile　放逐中

你有堅持到最後嗎？若有, 哇哇哇！恭喜你！已將吃進的粽子熱量全消耗完囉～趕快再去塞三顆（誤）