人教版小学英语电子课本 新起点英语一年级上册 unit 1 school unit 2 body unit 3 animals unit 4 revision unit 5 numbers unit 6 colours unit 7 fruit unit 8 revision 词汇表一 词汇表二 新起点英语一年级下册 unit 9 classmate (2) unit 10 my room (10) unit 11 toys (18) unit 12 review (26) unit 13 shapes (34) unit 14 clothes (42) unit 15 food and drink (50) unit 16 review (58) 词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (69) 新起点英语二年级上册 unit 1 family (2) unit 2 friends (10) unit 3 parks (18) unit 4 review (26) unit 5 streets (34)
unit 7 festivals (50) unit 8 review (58) 词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (69) 新起点英语二年级下册 unit 9 seasons (2) unit 10 weather (10) unit 11 pe class (18) unit 12 review (26) unit 13 time (34) unit 14 my day (42) unit 15 the days of the week (50) unit 16 review (58) 词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (70) 新起点英语三年级上册 unit 1 myself (2) unit 2 my body (12) unit 3 my food (22) unit 4 revision (32) unit 5 my pet (42) unit 6 my clothes (52) unit 7 my birthday (62)
Unit 1 science[′saI?ns]科学 museum[mju:′ziEmj]博物馆 post office [p?ust ??fis]邮局bookstore [bukst??]书店 cinema [?sinim?]电影院 hospital [?h?spitl]医院 crossing [?kr?si?]十字路口 turn [t??n]转弯 left [left]左 street[stri?t]大街;街道 right [rait]右 ask[ɑ?sk]问 sir [s??, s?](对男子的礼貌称呼)先生interesting[?intristi?]有趣的 Italian[i?t?lj?n]意大利的 restaurant[?restr?nt]餐馆 pizza[?pi?ts?]比萨饼 street[stri?t]大街;街道 get[ɡet]到达 GPS[d?i? pi? es]全球(卫星)定位系统gave[ɡeiv](give[ɡiv]的过去式)提供;交给 feature[?fi?t??]特点 follow[?f?l?u]跟着 far[fɑ?]较远的 tell[tel]告诉Unit 2 on foot [?n] [fut]步行 by[bai](表示方式)乘 bus[b?s]公共汽车 plane [plein]飞机 taxi[?t?ksi]出租汽车 ship[?ip](大)船 subway[?s?bwei]地铁 train[trein]火车 slow[sl?u]慢的 down[daun]减少;降低 slow down[sl?u] [daun]慢下来 stop[st?p]停下 Mrs[?misiz]夫人 early[???li]早到的 helmet[?helmit]头盔 must[m?st]必须 wear[w??]戴 attention[??ten??n]注意 pay attention to[pei]注意 pay[pei] v.付款;给予(注意) n.工资traffic[?tr?fik]交通 traffic lights交通信号灯 Munich[?mju:nik]慕尼黑(德国城市) Germany[?d??:m?ni]德国 Alaska[??l?sk?]阿拉斯加州(美国州名) sled[sled]雪橇 fast[fɑ:st]快的 ferry[?feri]轮渡
六年级英语上册单词表(人教版)
by [bai] 经，乘 foot [fut] 脚 bike [baik] 自行车 bus 公共汽车 train [trein] 火车 plane [plein] 飞机 ship 船;舰 subway 地铁 how [hau] 怎样 go to school 上学 fifth [fifθ] 第五 traffic ['traelig;fik] 交通traffic light ['lait] 交通灯traffic rule [ru:l] 交通规则stop 停，停车站 wait [weit] 等待remember 记住 get to 到达 find [faind] 寻找;找到difference不同;区别same [seim] 相同的every ['evri] 每个;所有的
country 国家 always总是 mean [mi:n] 意思是 drive [draiv] 驾驶 right [rait] 右边的 side [said] 边 England 英国 Australia 澳大利亚 however但是 left [left] 左边的 if 如果 must 必须 know 知道 Library 图书馆 Post office邮局 hospital 医院 cinema电影院 bookstor 书店 science museum科学博物馆excuse [ik'skju:z, ik'skju:s] me 对不起where 在哪里，到哪里 please 请
next to 与…相邻 far 远 supermarket超市bank 银行 after school 放学以后want 想要 buy 买 apair of 一双 shoe store 鞋店 get off 下车 minute['minit] 分钟north 北 south [sauθ, saueth;] 南east [i:st] 东 west [west] 西 turn 转弯 right 右边 left 左边 straight [streit] 成直线地then [eth;en] 然后twelfth [twelfθ] 第二十party ['pɑ:ti] 聚会;晚会
Unit 1 Carefully 仔细地，认真地ask v. 问，询问；要求；question问题 actively积极地 don't = do not * make做；制作 noise声音，噪音 eat吃 should应该 shouldn't = should not go去，走 early早 mess脏乱，杂乱 make a mess乱扔乱放东西room 房间 keep 保持 clean干净的set.........摆；放 * home家 go home回家too.........也；又；过于late........晚，迟到look......看 look out小心；当心must.....必须；应该wait......等待 respect 尊敬and........和，并且 them他们 good好的；令人满意的take good care of好好照顾young年轻的；幼小的children孩子们 keep off不进入 grass草；草坪 mustn't = must not cross横穿 now现在 spit吐痰 ground地面；地上 litter乱丢杂物 unit 2
go to school............去上学at.........................在morning...............早晨，上午in the morning.........在上午AM = in the morning PM = in the afternoon get up........................起床 get home................回到家cinema.......................电影院go to the cinema.....去看电影go out............................外出evening......................晚上 in the evening...........在晚上stay up late....................熬夜usually.......................通常office........................办公室begin..................开始；着手meet.....................遇见；会见other....................其他，别的scientist...................科学家always..............总是；一直meal...........................餐；饭often............................经常sometimes...................有时seldom................很少，不常never..........................从来不afternoon..................下午 in the afternoon........在下午unit 3 hobby.......爱好；兴趣collect.......收集toy.............玩具stamp.......邮票paper.........纸card...........卡片 table tennis兵乓球 * football.....足球 * basketball篮球 * grandpa祖父（口语）enjoy喜欢；享受……的乐趣farming …..耕种fishing.......钓鱼tool............工具 ' flower.......花raising.......饲养 I'll = I will first …..第一；首先
pep小学英语三年级下册电子课本 ★清华大学★英语系测试：为中小学生英语量身定做. 官方网站：https://www.doczj.com/doc/362277810.html,/ 清华大学英语教授研究组提供 pep小学英语三年级下册电子课本 体积较大，完整清晰版请点击下列地址直接下载 https://www.doczj.com/doc/362277810.html,/showtopic-7570.aspx 五年级上学期英语期末试卷 Class Name 同学们，寒假又来临啦！现在就让我们在几十分钟内进行一次奇异之旅吧！ 听力部分 1、Listen and choose. (旅行即将拉开序幕，想赢取免费机票吗？只要把听到的正确图片选出来，就有机会哦!) 2．Listen and circle. (登机啦！戴上“伸缩耳”，听听广播，把有用的信息圈出来!) 1）A. young and active B. strict and tall C．smart and active
2）A．over the bed B．near the closet C．over the end table 3）A．cabbage and fish B．potatoes and pork C．mutton and potatoes 4）A．make the bed B．clean the bedroom C．put away the clothes 5）A．There is a lake. B．There is a forest. C．There is a mountain. 3. Listen and tick. （机长哈利`波特终于出现啦！他要宣布什么呢？仔细听，判断，记得用?和?表示。） 1）I’m a university student. 2）I don’t like Saturdays and Sundays. 3）I do housework on Saturdays. 4）I often do sports and watch TV on Sundays. 5）My favorite food is green beans. 4. Listen and write. （哈利`波特送你的第一件礼物是“魔杖”，赶快试试！把空中飞舞的单词定格在纸上。） thin tree meals cook eggplants
小学英语1至6年级要点知识点 1 第一部分：基础知识 1.字母：26个字母的大小写 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 2.语音：元音的发音 五个元音字母：AEIOU 12个单元音：前元音：[i:] [ ] /e/ [ ] 中元音：[ :] [ ] 后元音：[ɑ:] [ ] [ :] [u :] [ ] [ ] 双元音(8个) Ⅰ.合口双元音(5个)[ai] [ei] [au] [ u] [ i] Ⅱ.集中双元音(3个) [i ][ε][u ] 3.词汇：词汇量，近反义词 4.句子：大小写，标点符号 2 第二部分：语法知识 一.名词：名词单复数，名词的格 (一)名词单复数 1.一般情况，直接加-s，如：book-books, bag-bags, cat-cats, bed-beds
2.以s. x. sh. ch结尾，加-es，如：bus-buses, box-boxes, brush-brushes, watch-watches 3.以“辅音字母+y”结尾，变y为i, 再加-es，如：family-families, strawberry-strawberries 4.以“f或fe”结尾，变f或fe为v, 再加-es，如：knife-knives 5.不规则名词复数： man-men, woman-women, policeman-policemen, policewoman-policewomen, mouse-mice child-children, foot-feet, tooth-teeth, fish-fish, people-people, Chinese-Chinese, Japanese-Japanese 不可数名词的复数就是原型：paper, juice, water, milk, rice, tea (二)名词的格 (1) 有生命的东西的名词所有格： a) 单数后加’s 如: Lucy’s ruler my father’s shirt b) 以s 结尾的复数名词后加’如: his friends’bags c) 不以s 结尾的复数后加’s children’s shoes l并列名词中，如果把’s加在最后一个名词后，表示共有, 如: Tom and Mike’s car 汤姆和迈克共有的小汽车 l要表示所有物不是共有的，应分别在并列名词后加’s Tom’s and Mike’s cars 汤姆和麦克各自的小汽车 (2)表示无生命东西的名词通常用“of +名词”来表示所有关系：如: a picture of the classroom a map of China
单元词汇表1 Unit 1 科学 博物馆邮局 书店 电影院医院 十字路口转弯 左 笔直地右 问先生 有趣的 意大利的 餐馆 比萨饼 大街；街道 到达 全球（卫星）定位系统（give的过去式）提供；交给特点 跟着 较远的 告诉
Unit 2 on foot[?n] [fut]步行 by[bai]（表示方式）乘bus[b?s]公共汽车 plane[plein]飞机 taxi[?t?ksi]出租汽车 ship[?ip]（大）船 subway[?s?bwei]地铁 train[trein]火车 slow[sl?u]慢的 down[daun]减少；降低slow down[sl?u] [daun]慢下来stop[st?p]停下 Mrs[?misiz]夫人 early[???li]早到的 helmet[?helmit]头盔 must[m?st]必须 wear[w??]戴 attention[??ten??n]注意 pay attention to[pei]注意 pay[pei] v.付款；给予(注意) n.工资traffic[?tr?fik]交通 traffic lights交通信号灯 Munich[?mju:nik]慕尼黑（德国城市） Germany[?d??:m?ni]德国 Alaska[??l?sk?]阿拉斯加州（美国州名） sled[sled]雪橇 fast[fɑ:st]快的 ferry[?feri]轮渡 Papa Westray[,pɑ?p??westrei]帕帕韦斯特雷岛 Scotland [?sk?tl?nd]苏格兰
Unit 3 visit [?vizit]拜访 film [film]电影 see a film看电影 trip[trip]旅行 take a trip[teik] [?] [trip]去旅行supermarket[?sju:p?mɑ:kit]超市evening[?i?vni?]晚上；傍晚tonight[t??nait]在晚上tomorrow[t??m?r?u]明天 next week[nekst] [wi?k]下周dictionary[?dik??n?ri]词典comic[?k?mik]滑稽的 comic book（儿童）连环画册word[w??d]单词 word book单词书 postcard[?p?ustkɑ:d]明信片lesson[?lesn]课 space[speis]太空 travel[?tr?vl]（尤指长途）旅行half[h?lf]一半price[prais]价格 Mid-Autumn Festival [mid] [???t?m] [?fest?v?l]中秋节 mid[mid]中央的; 中间的autumn[???t?m]秋天 festival[?fest?v?l]节日 together[t??ɡee?]一起 get together聚会 mooncake[mu?nkeik]月饼 poem[?p?uim]诗 moon[mu?n]月亮 Unit 4 studies[?st?diz]（study[?st?di]的第三人称单数形式）学习 puzzle[?p?zl]谜 hiking[haiki?]远足 pen pal[pen] [p?l]笔友 pal[p?l]朋友, 同志, 伙伴 hobby[?h?bi]业余爱好 jasmine['d??zmin]茉莉 idea[ai?di?]想法；主意
六年级上册英语单词表（人教版）六年级上册英语单词表（人教版） Unit 1 b (经,乘) ft(脚) bie(自行车) bus(公共汽车) train(火车) plane飞机 ship 船；舰 suba 地铁 h(怎样) g t shl（上学） fifth 第五 traffi（交通） traffi light（交通灯）traffi rule（交通规则） stp（停,停车站） ait（等待） reeber 记住 get t（到达） find 寻找；找到 differene 不同；区别
sae 相同的 ever 每个；所有的 untr 国家 alas 总是 ean 意思是 drive 驾驶 right 右边的 side 边 England 英国 Australia 澳大利亚 hever 但是 left 左边的 if 如果 ust 必须 n 知道 Unit 2 librar(图书馆) pst ffie(邮局) hspital(医院) inea(电影院) bstre(书店) siene useu 科学博物馆 exuse e 对不起here(在哪里,到哪里) please(请) next t(与…相邻)
far 远 superaret 超市ban 银行 after shl 放学以后ant 想要 bu 买 a pair f 一双 she stre 鞋店 get ff 下车 inute 分钟 nrth 北 suth 南 east 东 est 西 turn(转弯) right (右边) left(左边) straight(成直线地) then(然后) telfth 第二十 part 聚会；晚会tell 告诉
学习必备欢迎下载 六年级上册英语单词和句子 Unit 1 science['sa??ns] 科学museum[mju?'z??m] 博物馆post office[p??st]['?f?s] 邮局bookstore['b?kst??]书店cinema['s?n?m?] 电影院hospital['h?sp?t(?)l] 医院crossing['kr?s??]十字路口turn [t??n]转弯 left[left]左转 straight[stre?t]笔直地 right[ra?t] 右转 ask[ɑ?sk]问 sir[s??]先生 interesting['?ntr?st??]有趣的Italian[??t?lj?n] 意大利的restaurant[?r est?r?nt] 餐馆pizza['pi?ts?] 披萨饼 street[stri?t]街道 get[get] 到达 GPS定位系统gave[ɡe?v]（give的过去式）feature['fi?t??] 特点 follow['f?l??] 跟着 far[fɑ?]远 tell [tel] 告诉 next to 与......相邻 near在......附近 Where is the cinema? 电影院在哪？ It’s next to the bookstore. 它紧邻书店。 How can I get there? 我怎样到那儿？ Turn left at the bookstore. 在书店左转。 Turn right at the hospital. 在医院右转. Unit 2 on foot步行 by[ba?] 经，乘 bus[b?s]公共汽车
人教版小学英语电子课本新起点英语一年级上册 unit 1 school unit 2 body unit 3 animals unit 4 revision unit 5 numbers unit 6 colours unit 7 fruit unit 8 revision 词汇表一 词汇表二 新起点英语一年级下册 unit 9 classmate (2) unit 10 my room (10) unit 11 toys (18) unit 12 review (26) unit 13 shapes (34) unit 14 clothes (42) unit 15 food and drink (50) unit 16 review (58) 词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (69) 新起点英语二年级上册 unit 1 family (2) unit 2 friends (10) unit 3 parks (18) unit 4 review (26) unit 5 streets (34) unit 6 beijing (42) unit 7 festivals (50) unit 8 review (58)
词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (69) 新起点英语二年级下册 unit 9 seasons (2) unit 10 weather (10) unit 11 pe class (18) unit 12 review (26) unit 13 time (34) unit 14 my day (42) unit 15 the days of the week (50) unit 16 review (58) 词汇表一 (66) 词汇表二 (70) 新起点英语三年级上册 unit 1 myself (2) unit 2 my body (12) unit 3 my food (22) unit 4 revision (32) unit 5 my pet (42) unit 6 my clothes (52) unit 7 my birthday (62) unit 8 revision (72) 词汇表一 (82) 词汇表二 (84) 新起点英语三年级下册 unit 9 my school (2) unit 10 my classes (12) unit 11 after school activities (22)
小学六年级英语上册单词表 https://www.doczj.com/doc/362277810.html,/word/searchwordsorts-40-0-11-1.html PEP 小学英语六年级上册 分课背单词 Unit 1 How Do You Go There? 单词数：36 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测试 Unit 2 Where Is the Science Museum? 单词数：35 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测 试 Unit 3 What Are You Going to Do? 单词数：26 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测 试 Unit 4 I Have a Pen Pal 单词数：28 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测试 Unit 5 What Does She Do? 单词数：27 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测试 Unit 6 The Story of Rain 单词数：42 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测 新版小学英语六年级上册 分课背单词 Unit1 You Should obey the rules. 单词数：41 单词浏览 单词特训 单 词测试 Unit2 I usually go to school by bus. 单词数：28 单词浏览 单词特训 单 词测试 Unit3 What's your hobby? 单词数：27 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测试 Unit4 Will you come to my birthday party... 单词数：33 单词浏览 单词特训 单词测试 Unit5 December is the last month. 单词数：13 单词浏览 单词特训 单 词测试 Unit6 Winter is the white season. 单词数：22 单词浏览 单词特训 单
六年级上册英语单词和句子 science科学 museum博物馆 post office邮局 bookstore书店 cinema电影院 hospital医院 crossing十字路口 turn left左转 go straight笔直走 turn right右转 sir先生 Italian意大利的 restaurant餐馆 map地图 compass 指南针 GPS定位系统 follow跟着 far远 next to 与......相邻 near在......附近 on foot步行 by 经，乘 bus公共汽车 plane飞机 taxi出租车 ship大船 subway地铁 slow down减速 train火车 stop停，停车站 foot脚 traffic交通 traffic lights交通信号灯 bike自行车 fast快的 ferry轮渡 sled雪橇 must必须 交通方式： on foot步行 by bus乘公共汽车 by bike骑自行车 by plane乘飞机 by taxi坐出租车 by ship乘轮船 by subway坐地铁 by sled坐雪橇 by ferry轮渡 Stop and wait at a red light .红灯停下等待。 Slow down and stop at a yellow light.黄灯减速停下。 Go at a green light.绿灯行。 visit 拜访 visit my grandparents 拜访我的祖父母 film电影 see a film 看电影 trip旅行 take a trip 去旅行 supermarket超市 go to the supermarket去超市 this morning今天早上 this afternoon今天下午 this evening今天晚上 tonight今晚
必修1 第一单元Reading 阅读ANNE’S BEST FRIEND Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feel ings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. 安妮最好的朋友 你想不想有一位无话不谈能推心置腹的朋友？或者你会不会担心你的朋友会嘲笑你，会不理解你目前的困境呢？安妮?弗兰克想要的是第一种类型的朋友，所以她把的日记视为自己最好的朋友。 Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her family w as Jewish so the had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for two years before they were discovered. During that t ime the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a serie s of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding p lace since July 1942. 在第二次世界大战期间，安妮住在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人都是犹太人，所以他们不得不躲藏起来，否则就会被德国的纳粹分子抓去。她和她的家人躲藏了25个月之后才被发现。在那段时期，她的日记成了她唯一忠实的朋友。她说：“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。我要把我的日记当作自己的朋友，我把我的这个朋友叫做基蒂。”现在，来看看安妮自1942年7月起躲进藏身处后的那种心情吧。 Thursday 15, June, 1944
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小学六年级英语上册单词表 PEP小学英语六年级上册 分课背单词 Unit 1 How Do You Go There 单词数：36 Unit 2 Where Is the Science Museum 单词数：35 Unit 3 What Are You Going to Do 单词数：26 Unit 4 I Have a Pen Pal 单词数：28 Unit 5 What Does She Do 单词数：27 Unit 6 The Story of Rain 单词数：42 新版小学英语六年级上册 分课背单词 Unit1 You Should obey the rules. 单词数：41 Unit2 I usually go to school by bus. 单词数：28 Unit3 What's your hobby 单词数：27 Unit4 Will you come to my birthday party... 单词数：33 Unit5 December is the last month. 单词数：13 Unit6 Winter is the white season. 单词数：22 广州版小学英语六年级上册 分课背单词 Module1 Plans Unit1 What Are We Going to... 单词数：13 Module1 Plans Unit2 What Shall We Do 单词数：6 Module2 Cites Unit4 I Know This City! 单词数：17
Module2 Cites Unit5 Where Would They Lik... 单词数：12 Module3 An Invitation Unit7 Ben Wants to... 单词数：9 Module3 an Invitation Unit8 Janet Is Goi... 单词数：9 Module4 On the Telephone Unit10 May I Sp... 单词数：13 Module4 On the Telephone Unit11 Who's Ca... 单词数：12 Module5 The Past Unit 13 What Did You Do... 单词数：12 Module5 The Past Unit14 What Was Judy's ... 单词数：8 Module6 Festivals Unit16 Christmas Is Co... 单词数：15 Module6 Festivals Unit17 It's the Spring... 单词数：18 冀教版小学英语（三年级起始）第七册 分课背单词 Unit 1 Li Ming Comes to Canada 单词数：19 Unit 2 School in Canada 单词数：16 Unit 3 Winter in Canada 单词数：18 Unit 4 Christmas 单词数：19 广东版开心学英语六年级上 分课背单词 Unit 1 I wrote a long letter. 单词数：15 Unit 2 I usually look for cookies. 单词数：16 Unit 3 How often do you go hiking 单词数：14 Unit 5 It's a magic hat. 单词数：12 Unit 6 The turtle is faster. 单词数：14 Unit 7 He's better than us. 单词数：17 Unit 9 The green fish is the biggest. 单词数：17 Unit 10 I want the best! 单词数：13
普通高中课程标准实验教科书《英语》电子课本 Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world B3U1P1-3 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Ancient Festivals Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Other celebrations were held whe n hun ters could catch ani mals. They would starve if food was difficult to find, so they celebrated when they had food. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the an cestors, who could retur n either to help or to do harm .In Japa n the festival is called Obon, whe n people should go to clea n the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the an cestors back to earth. In Mexico they have the Day of the Dead in early November. On this importa nt feast day, people might eat food in shape of skulls, and cakes with bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. It is now a children ' festival, when they can go to their neighbours' homes and ask for sweets. They dress up and try to frighten people. If they are not give n any thi ng, the childre n might play a trick. Festivals to Honour People Festivals can be held as an honour to famous people or to the gods. One of these is the Drago n Boat Festival in China, which honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yua n. Ano ther is Columbus Day in the USA, in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America. In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India' in depe ndence from Brita in. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the wi nter ,and because a seas on of agricultural work is over. In Europea n countries it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and people get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. In China and Japan there are mid-autu mn festivals, whe n people admire the moon and give gift of moon cakes. Spring Festivals The most en ergetic and importa nt festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of win ter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat, and may give children lucky money in the red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the lunar New Year together. I n some Wester n coun tries there are very excit ing carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and ni ght, loud music and colourful cloth ing of all kin ds. Easter