写英语作文是参加英语考试的时候经常会做的事情,大家觉得自己的写作水平如何?如流水账般简单句堆砌也是不行的。传统文化是近几年英语写作必考话题之一,下面给大家总结的这些中国传统文化高频词汇,赶快背起来哦!
1.节日名称
春节:chinese new year's day / chinese lunar new year / the spring festival
除夕:new year's eve
正月:lunar january
初一:the beginning of new year
元宵节:the lantern festival
春龙节:the dragon-head-raising festival (龙抬头)
寒食节:the cold food festival
清明节:tomb sweeping day
端午节:the dragon boat festival (龙舟节)
七夕节:the magpie festival / double seventh day (中国情人节)
中元节:the hungry ghost festival
中秋节:the mid-autumn festival
重阳节:the double ninth festival
腊八节:the laba festival
泼水节:the water-splashing day
2.相关节日活动
剪纸:paper cutting
书法:calligraphy
对联:couplets
红双喜:double happiness
红包(压岁钱):red envelope
压岁钱:lucky money
3.传统饮食
小吃摊:snack bar / snack stand
元宵:sweet rice dumpling
火锅:hot pot
春卷:spring roll(s)
莲藕:lotus(荷花/荷叶)root
北京烤鸭:beijing roast duck
馄饨:wonton
花卷:steamed twisted(扭曲的) rolls
羊肉泡馍:pita bread soaked (浸)in lamb soup
冰糖葫芦:a stick of sugar-coated haws
八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding(布丁/甜食)
粉丝:glass noodles
豆腐脑:jellied (煮成胶冻状的)bean curd(凝乳)
东坡肉:dongpo pork
咸水鸭:boiled salted duck
鸭血粉丝汤:duck blood and silk noodles soup
4.传统建筑
长城:the great wall
故宫博物院:the palace museum
天坛:the temple of heaven
敦煌莫高窟:mogao caves
兵马俑:cotta warriors / terracotta army
5.文学艺术
《诗经》:the book of songs
《史记》:historical records / records of the grand historian
《红楼梦》:a dream of red mansions(公馆)
《西游记》:the journey to the west
孔子:confucius
孟子:mencius
京剧:beijing opera / peking opera
黄梅戏:huangmei opera
秦腔:crying of qin people / qin opera
太极拳:taichi
文房四宝 (笔墨纸砚) :the four treasure of the study / brush, inkstick, paper, and inkstone
宣纸:rice paper
相声:cross-talk / comic(滑稽的) dialogue
木偶戏:puppet(木偶)show
小品:witty(机智的)skits(滑稽剧。幽默短文)
武术:wushu / chinese martial arts
中庸:the way of medium / golden means
6.四大发明
火药:gunpowder
指南针:compass
造纸术:papermaking
印刷术:printing technique
还有很多类似的词汇等着大家去学习,在写英语作文或者阅读的时候都可能用到。词汇当然是积累越多越好,可是很多人就是因为词汇的不够而影响了成绩。英语考试之前希望能够积累更多的英语词汇,想上面这种分类记忆也是好方法。