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四级赠振宇老师One农历八月十五日是中国的传统节日―中秋节传说月亮在这一天最大最亮中秋节的传说有很多,嫦娥(ChangEr)奔月是最为人熟知的故事虽然各地风俗不同,但是赏月时最流行的活动到了那天月亮升起的时候,全家人围桌而坐,一边聊天,一边赏月,还可以吃月饼、石榴(Pomegranate)、枣子等水果和点心Tow中国经济的高速发展,带来了消费文化的日益流行,同时也催生(bringinto)了一批具有高学历,充分享受资本主义消费模式的年轻人,他们习惯于当月工资当月花因而被称为“月光族”(themoonlightgroup)“月光族”一词出现于20世纪90年代后期,是用来讽刺那些出身富裕、接受高等教育、充分享受快餐文化(fastfoodculture)的年轻人Three端午节(theDuanwuFestive)也叫龙舟节(theDragonBoatFestival),是中国农历(Chineselunarcalendar)的五月初五关于这个节日有很多传说,但是最著名的是屈原的传说屈原是战国(theWarringStatesPeriod)世纪楚国的一位大臣她正直、忠诚,因为提出让国家和平繁荣的建议而为人所尊重然而,国王的昏庸统治让屈原日益心灰意冷,他于农历五月初五自沉汨罗江Four一位高级研究员说,由于全球经济疲软和强大的国内旅游刺激,中国的统计数据预计旅游业会首次出现逆差中国旅游研究院(ChinaTourismAcademy)表示,大陆游客(mainlandtourist)在海外旅游上花费了420亿美元同时,海外游客(overseastourist)只花了380亿美元在中国大陆,同比下降7%虽然今年的官方统计数据还没有公布,研究院估计今年的旅游赤字(deficit)将是40亿—中国旅游业的首次赤字Five在公元220年开始的300年里,中国分成了三个小王国一个是魏国,位于中国北部,由曹氏家族(theTs’aofamily)通知还有一个王国叫作蜀汉(ShuHan),位于中国的西南部,由刘备统治另外一个王国叫作吴国,位于中国的东南部,由孙权(SunCh’ua)统治中国文化里最伟大的书籍之一—《三国演义》(RomanceoftheThreeKingdom)就是关于这段时间的Six自从1978年市场改革以来,中国已经完成了从中央计划经济(centrallyplannedeconomy)向市场经济(marketbasedeconomy)的转变超过6亿人已经脱离了贫困,但是仍然有超过
1.7亿人生活在国际贫困线以下—一天少于
1.25美元2012年,中国的人均GDP为
12405.67美元,这是30年前的37倍到2018年,中国的人均GDP将从世界第90位上升到第75位然而,这仍然低于预计的世界平均水平Seven信用卡(creditcard)是银行所创造出来的最便捷同时也是最危险的信用工具通过信用卡,人们可以先用银行付账的方式购买那些负担不起的物品,同时,银行业将对此征收比一般贷款要高的利率(interestrate)遗憾的是,信用卡现已成为资本主义体制(capitalistsystem)的重要组成部分,而该体制就得依赖消费(consumption)的持续增长Eight苏州街原称买卖街(MerchantsStreet),乾隆时(EmperorQianlong’sreign)仿江南水乡(SouthChinesetowns)风格而建,是专供清代帝后假装像普通老百姓一样购物的一条商业街,1860年被英法联军(Anglo—FrenchAlliedForces)焚毁,1990年复建街全长300余米,以水当街,以岸作市,沿岸设有茶馆、酒楼、药房、钱庄、帽店、珠宝店、点心铺grocerystore等60多个铺面集中展现了18世纪中国江南的商业文化氛围答案OneTheMid-AutumnFestivalisoneoftheChinesetraditionalfestivalsheldonthe15thdayof8thlunarmonth.It’ssaidthatthemoonisatitsbrightestandroundestonthatday.TherearemanylegendsaboutthisfestivalamongwhichChangErflyingtothemoonisthemostwell-known.Althoughcustomsdifferindifferentdistrictsenjoyingthebeautifulmoonisthemostpopularactivity.Onthatdaywhenthemoonrisesallthefamilymemberswillsitaroundthetabletotalkandenjoythegloriousfullmoonaswellasthefruitsanddessertssuchasmooncakespomegranatesanddates.TowChineseeconomyhasbeengrowingrapidlyandhasbroughtincreasinglypopularconsumerculture.Atthesametimeithasbroughtintoanumberofyoungpeoplewhowithhighlyeducatedandthefullenjoymentofcapitalistconsumptionpatterns.Theseyoungpeopleareaccustomedtospendthemonthlywagessotheyarecalled”theMoonlightclan”.Thisphraseappearedinthe1990sanditwasusedtomakefunofthoseyoungpeoplewhofromwealthyfamilyreceivedhighereducationandappreciatedfastfoodculture.ThreeTheDuanwuFestivalalsocalledtheDragonBoatFestivalfallsonthe5thdayofthe5thmonthaccordingtotheChineselunarcalendar.ManylegendscirculatearoundthefestivalbutthemostpopularisthelegendofQuYuan.QuYuanwasaministeroftheStateofChuduringtheWarringStatesPeriod.Hewasuprightloyalandhighlyesteemedforhiswisecounselthatbroughtpeaceandprosperitytothestate.Howevertheemperor’sbefuddledrulegraduallymadeQuYuandisappointed.HedrownedhimselfintheMiluoRiveronthefifthdayofthefifthmonth.FourChina’sstatisticsareexpectedtoshowitsfirstdeficitintourismduetoaweakglobaleconomyandastrongtravelincentiveathomeaseniorresearchersaid.ChinaTourismAcademysaidthatmainlandtouristspentsome$42billioninoverseasdestinations.Atthesametimeoverseastouristspentonly$38billiononthemainlanddownby7percentyear-on-year.Thoughofficialstatisticsforthisyearareyettobereleasedtheacademyestimatedthatthetourismdeficitwillstandat$4billioninthisyear—thefirstevertourismdeficitinChina.FiveForthreehundredyearsstartingin220ADChinawasdividedintothreesmallerkingdom.OnekingdomthatliesinnorthwascalledWeianditwasruledbytheTs’aofamily.ThesecondkingdomwascalledShuHananditwasruledbyLiuBie.Itwasinthesouth-westpartofChina.ThethirdkingdomwascalledWuanditwasruledbySunCh’uan.Wuwasinthesouth-eastpartofChina.OneofthegreatbooksofChineseliteratureRomanceoftheThreeKingdomisaboutthistime.SixSinceinitiatingmarketreforms1978Chinahasshiftedfromacentrallyplannedtoamarketbasedeconomy.Morethan600millioncitizenshavebeenliftedoutofpovertybutover170millionpeoplestilllivebelowthe$
12.5-a-dayinternationalpovertyline.In2012China’sGDPpercapitawas$
12405.
67.Thisis37timeshigherthanwhatitwasjust30yearsago.By2018China’sGDPpercapitawillclimbfromthe90thto75thhighestintheworld.Thishoweverwillstillbebelowtheforecastedworldaverage.SevenCreditcardsareoneofthemostconvenientdevicesevercreatedbythebankingsystembutatthesametimeoneofthemostdangerous.Theyallowpeopletobuythingstheyotherwisecouldn’taffordwithmoneycreatedbythebankandchargedoutatmuchhigherinterestratesthannormalloans.Unfortunatelycreditcardshavebecomeanessentialpartofthecapitalistsystemwhichonlysurvivesonthecontinuedgrowthinconsumption.EightSuzhouStreetoriginallycalledMerchantsStreetitwasbuiltinthestyleofSouthChinatownsduringEmperorQianlong’sreign1736-
1795.ItwasastreetwhereemperorsandempressescouldpretendtogoshoppingasordinarypeopleangitwasburnedtothegroundbytheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForcesin1860andrestoredin
1990.The300-meterstreetisbuiltoverwaterwithshopsandstandsonthebank.Morethan60businessesincludingateahousearestaurantapharmacyabankahatstoreajewelrystoreandagrocerystoreoperateonthebankpresentingaconcentratedillustrationofthecommercialisminSouthChinatownsinthe18thcentury.。