"Happy New Year!" Everyone will greet
each other with these words as they meet each other over the next couple of
weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the new year.
At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the
changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded,
enriching (使肥沃) farmers’ fields with silt (淤泥). This happened at the end of
September. The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on
March 23, to kick off the next fanning cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted
for 11 days. The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor
Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in
46 BC. The month of January’ was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is
pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back A. the new calendar was established in honor of the Roman God B. the Nile River enriched farmers’ fields with silt in March C. we keep on using the new calendar D. the farming cycle lasted for 11 days
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"Happy New Year!" Everyone will greet
each other with these words as they meet each other over the next couple of
weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the new year.
At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the
changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded,
enriching (使肥沃) farmers’ fields with silt (淤泥). This happened at the end of
September. The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on
March 23, to kick off the next fanning cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted
for 11 days. The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor
Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in
46 BC. The month of January’ was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is
pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back A. on the first day of January B. in the spring C. at the end of September D. at the end of March
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{{B}}New Year Traditions{{/B}} "Happy
New Year!", that greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple
of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year’s Day
in modem America was not always January 1. {{B}}Ancient New Years{{/B}}
The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was
first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000
BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first
visible crescent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring) .
The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year. After all,
it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. January
1, on the other hand, has no astronomical or agricultural significance. It is
purely arbitrary. The Babylonian New Yea A. Around 2000 B. C.. B. 4,000 years ago. C. 153 B. C.. D. 46 B. C..
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Every year New Zealanders living in
London can be seen loading up Kombi vans and heading off to experience the
"classic European holiday". The trip usually starts in the north of France,
after crossing the channel from Dover in England to Calais, driving down through
France, over the Pyrenees into Spain, west into Portugal and then across the
Continent to Italy and often beyond. There are numerous reasons
young New Zealanders take this rite of passage—as well as seeing all the
fantastic sights and tasting the delights of Europe’s food and wine, it’s
relatively inexpensive. The Kombi is transport and accommodation all in one,
cutting down significantly on costs. There is just one problem.
As the Kombis become "antique", these trips are usually punctuated with numerous
roadside sessions as the van sits idle, in no hurry to start, w A. France B. England C. Spain. D. Italy
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A--lunar calendar
B--lunar January
C--New Year's Eve
D--the beginning of New Year
E--Spring Festival couplets
F--paper-cuts
G--New Year paintings
H--do Spring Festival shopping
I--propose a toast
J--lantern
K--fireworks
L--firecrackers
M--red packets
N--dragon dance
O--traditional opera
P--staying-up
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