栏目组：英语沙龙主题：(三四月间的节日) Festivals from March to April 编辑时间：2012-3-9编辑人员：王首斌播音时间：播音人员：
开头语（Quotes）：This is Wednesday, welcome to weekly English zone.I’m Tim .Glad to see you at this time .This is March –the beginning month of spring .So let me tell you some festivals from March to April.Here we go!
旋风英语：
现在我们来说一个美国的常用语dre。词组就是：dre down。Dre down这个短语有两种完全不同的意思。这就是为什么我们学习词汇或者短语的意义得通过上下文来理解。我们来听一位老师在说自己怎么处置老是迟到的男孩儿John。
例句-1：I gave John a good dreing down for being tardy to cla three days in a row.What\'s more, he\'ll also have to stay after school and do some extra homework.
John一连三天迟到，那位老师把John责备一通，而且还责令John课后留校作额外的功课。
所以这段话里的gave John a good dreing down意思是把John责备一顿。 Dreing down这个习惯用语在这儿的意思就是“责备”或“责骂，”而且这里的dreing down显然是个名词短语。但是接下来要学的dre down可是个动词短语了。它用来说穿衣服的方式。
美国的有些公司或办公场所规定，某些日子和某些场合不必穿正式的办公服装。比方说，有的规定星期五和周末，你可以穿着牛仔裤、运动衫和旅游鞋来上班，雇员都觉得这样很轻松自在，尤其在夏天更是如此。下面这句话就是此意：
例句-2：I look forward to Fridays because that\'s when we can dre down.I just slip into my old jeans and my tee shirt.What a relief not to have a tie around your neck.
他说自己盼望过星期五，因为这一天他可以穿上旧牛仔裤和T恤衫，而且脖子上也不必套着领带。
正文（Main body）：
清明节（Ching Ming Festival）
Festivals from March April, the traditional Chinese festival, the most imp
ortant is the Ching Ming Festival.
Ching Ming Festival German customs, and Confucian culture, and even
traditional Chinese culture, filial piety \"De important performance.Custom
s in addition to the Ching Ming Festival Germany outside the grave, there
are hikers, swing, Cuju, playing polo (is now Western giants play Polo), Wi
清明节扫墓德习俗，是儒家文化乃至于中国传统文化中“孝道”德重要表现。清明节
德习俗除了扫墓外，还有踏青、荡秋千、蹴鞠、打马球（应该就是现在西方豪门玩的Polo）、
插柳、放风筝、植树等一系列活动。
The day before Ching Ming Cold Food Festival, I was brought up like
the Tang Dyn7asty, Han Hong\'s song \"Cold Food\" - \"Spring City ubiquitous
flowers, Cold Food Dongfeng Yu Liu oblique Dusk Palace pa the candles,
smoke scattered into five climate home.
清明节前一日为寒食节，我自小就喜欢唐代韩翃那首《寒食》——“春城无处不飞花，
寒食东风御柳斜。日暮汉宫传蜡烛，青烟散入五候家。
现在在美国最重要的要数圣帕特里克节了！
圣帕特里克(Saint Patrick’s Day)
有很多来自爱尔兰的移民在加拿大和美国。所以，许多人庆祝他们的国庆节三月十七日。
纽约市有一个大阅兵。穿绿（爱尔兰国家的颜色）。很多人去酒吧。它已逐渐成为一个世俗
庆祝爱尔兰文化。
There are a lot of immigrants from Ireland in Canada and the USA.So, many
people celebrate their national day on March 17th.New York City has a big
parade.People wear green (Ireland’s national color).And lots of adults go to a
bar.It has gradually become more of a secularcelebration of Ireland’s culture.A: Hey, are you doing anything special for Saint Patrick’s Day?( 圣帕特里克节这
一天你会做什么特别的事情吗？)
A: Yes, there are many people of Irish migrates in Canada and the US.(有很多人
在爱尔兰移民在加拿大和美国) B: How do people celebrate this day?
A: First of all, you need to wear something green.It’s Ireland’s national color.If you have a shamrock.wear that, too.( 首先，在这一天
你应该穿绿色的东西。因为这是一个传统。并且绿色也是爱尔兰的民族色彩。如果你有一篇
三叶草，那就佩戴上它吧！)
B: What’s a shamrock?
A: It’s a clover.It’s a symbol of Ireland.
B: I’m not old enough to go to a bar.What can I do? , you can still get green cake or a green milk
shake in some restaurants.And, you can watch the parade.（如果你不允许去
酒吧的话，别担心，你依然可以再餐厅里点一份绿色的蛋糕或是一杯绿色的牛奶
来庆祝。除此之外，你还可以去欣赏游行呐！）
B: The 17 falls on a Wednesday this year.Why is the parade on the weekend?
A: It’s because people have to work on Wednesday.St.Patrick’s Day isn’t a
.（这是因为人们不得不在星期三工作。圣帕特里克节不是法定假
日。）
现如今，女性在国际社会中的地位越来越重要。下面，我们来介绍一下妇女的节日吧！ 国际劳动妇女节 (International Working Women\'s Day)
又称“联合国妇女权益和国际和平日”(U.N.Day for Women\'s Rights and
International Peace)或“”妇女节，是全世界劳动妇女团结战斗的光辉。
March 8th each year to celebrate the women in the economic, political
and social fields and make important contributions and achievements and
the establishment of the festival.At the same time, but also to
commemorate the United States in 1911 New York River factory fire that
killed more than 140 girls.
每年的3月8日为庆祝妇女在经济、政治和社会等领域做出的重要贡献和取得
的巨大成就而设立的节日。同时，也是为了纪念在1911年美国纽约三角工厂火灾中
丧生的140多名女工。
On this day, all continents of the world\'s women, regardle of nationality,
race, language, cultural, economic and political differences, a common concern
of women\'s human rights.In recent decades, the United Nations to strengthen
the four global conferences of the international women\'s movement, with the
growth of the international women\'s sports, women\'s Day made a global
significance.These advances have enabled the international women\'s day
become a united, coordinated efforts to demand the return of women\'s rights
and women\'s participation in political, economic and social rights.在这一天，世界各大洲的妇女，不分国籍、种族、语言、文化、经济和政治的差异，
共同关注妇女的人权。近几十年来，联合国的四次全球性会议加强了国际妇女运动，随着国
际妇女运动的成长，妇女节取得了全球性的意义。这些进展使国际妇女节成为团结一致、协
调努力要求归还妇女权利和妇女参与政治、经济和社会生活的权利的日子。
结束语（The end）:
踏着这些新春节日的脚步，带着对2012的恐惧，我们回味历史，畅想未来。
我们也许期许未来。未来怎样的，我不知道。可是有一点是可以肯定的，创造未来的是我
们，未来带给我们的是无限的可能性。唯有对未来充满美好的希冀，我们才有力量去创造一
个美好的明天。
Never give up on hope
Never give up on hope, Never give up, who knows what tomorrow will
bring
Keep on hoping for a happier future for hope is a marvelous hope
Lady luck she may smile on you , good things come to those who wait
Who knows in the not distant future you may have cause to celebrate
Never give up on hope , spring has coming
Always keep on hoping your good times for you may be ahead
You can not hold much hope for the future if hope in you is all but all dead
Thanks for enjoying today’s English zone .Bye—Bye!
