中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿

1、中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿演讲稿可以按照用途、性质等来划分，是演讲上一个重要的'准备工作。在现在的社会生活中，演讲稿对我们的作用越来越大，相信许多人会觉得演讲稿很难写吧，下面是小编精心整理的中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿，欢迎大家分享。中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿1Good morning everyone!My name is Jie Lidi. Today, my topic is: “Confidence”. As we all know, failure is the mother of success. But What I want to say is that succe

2、ss is the child of confidence. Without confidence, things can become negative and uncomfortable. I remember, during an English class, I wanted to make a sentence using the word "listen". I should have said: "I listen to the Voice of America" but I was too nervous and said "I

3、 listen to the Noise of America". Everybody in the class laughed. Since then I wanted to train myself to be confident. Now, confidence makes me brave and courageous. Take this speech for example. I wanted to enter this competition, but I would feel very embarrassed if I made mistakes. Just then

4、, I thought about my dream. My dream is to become a scientist when I grow up. If I am not confident, how can I overcome difficulties I face? If I am not confident, how can I succeed in developing myself in the future? I will do it! Today, I am making a speech in public and I feel proud and confident

5、!I am sure, in the future, with confidence, I will go forward-always forward. Confidence will make my dreams come true!Thank you!中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿2January first. The beginning of a new year. As far back in history as we can tell, people have celebrated the start of a new year.The people of ancient Egyp

6、t began their new year in summer. That is when the Nile River flooded its banks, bringing water and fertility to the land. The people of ancient Babylonia and Persia began their new year on March twenty-first, the first day of spring. And, some Native American Indians began their new year when the n

7、uts of the oak tree became ripe. That was usually in late summer.Now, almost everyone celebrates New Years Day on January first. Today, as before, people observe the New Years holiday in many different ways.The ancient Babylonians celebrated by forcing their king to give up his crown and royal cloth

8、ing. They made him get down on his knees and admit all the mistakes he had made during the past year.This idea of admitting wrongs and finishing the business of the old year is found in many societies at new years. So is the idea of making resolutions. A resolution is a promise to change your ways.

9、To stop smoking, for example. Or to get more physical exercise.Noise-making is another ancient custom at the new year. The noise is considered necessary to chase away the evil spirits of the old year. People around the world do different things to make a lot of noise. They may hit sticks together. O

10、r beat on drums. Or blow horns. Or explode fireworks.Americans celebrate the New Year in many ways.Most do not have to go to work or school. So they visit family and friends. Attend church services. Share a holiday meal. Or watch new years parades on television. Two of the most famous parades are th

11、e Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. Both have existed for many years.Americans also watch football on television on New Years Day. Most years, university teams play in special holiday games.For those who have been busy at work or school, New Y

12、ears may be a day of rest. They spend the time thinking about, and preparing for, the demands of the new year.中学生春节传统文化英语演讲稿3Chinese Spring Festival, also called Lunar New Year, has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is the grandest and the most impo

13、rtant festival for Chinese people. It is also the time for the whole families to get together, which is similar with Christmas Day to the westerners. Originating during the Shang Dynasty (about 17th - 11th century BC), Spring Festival, which celebrates family reunion, is full of rich and colorful ac

14、tivities, and hopes with theadventof spring and flowers blossoming. People from different regions and different ethnic groups celebrate it in their unique ways.It comes on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar and lasts for almost half of a month. But in folk custom, this traditional holiday lasts

15、 from the 23rd day of the twelfth month to the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival) in the lunar calendar. Among these days, the New Years Eve and the first day of the New Year is the peak time. The exact days are different in every year according to the lunar calendar.It is said that the

16、custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of Chinese lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and so on. Later, people began to worship differentdeitiesas well on that day. It is the

17、time that almost all the farm works were done and people have free time. The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD). The customs of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though the ceremonies are not as grand as befor

18、e. It is also the time that spring is coming, so people held all kinds of ceremonies to welcome it.Preparing the New Year starts 7 days before the New Years Eve. According to Chinese lunar calendar, people start to clean the house on Dec. 24, butcher on Dec. 26th and so on. People have certain thing

19、s to do on each day. These activities will end Jan. 15th of the lunar calendar.Every family does a thorough house cleaning and purchases enough food, including fish, meat, roasted nuts and seeds, all kinds of candies and fruits, etc, for the festival period. Also, new clothes must be bought, especia

20、lly for children. Red scrolls with complementary poetic couplets, one line on each side of the gate, are pasted at every gate. The Chinese character Fu is pasted on the center of the door and paper-cut pictures adorn windows.The Spring Festival is a start for a new year, so it is regarded as theomen

21、of a year. People have many taboos during this period. Many bad words related to “death”, “broken”, “killing”, “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” are forbidden during conversations. In some places, there are more specific details. They consider it unlucky if thebarrelof rice is empty,because they think they will have nothing to eat in the next year. Taking medicine is forbidden on this day, otherwise, people will have sick for the who