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第四章 高职英语口语技能大赛题型概述

生肖，英文也叫十二生肖，是以十二地支与象征人的出生年份的十二种动物
相匹配的循环图。十二生肖每十二年一循环。
The twelve Zodiac signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snack, Horse, Goat,

Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. In Chinese astrology ( 占星术 ), the animal signs represent
what others perceive ( 看作 ) you as being or how you present yourself.
十二生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。在中国的
星相学里，生肖代表着不同性格的人。
Chinese Zodiac years of birth are known as Ben Ming Nian in Chinese, in which

people usually wear something red like to avoid bad luck during this year, such as
socks, a ribbon, clothes, underwear, a waistband ( 腰带 ) or a bracelet and the likes.
生肖年也叫本命年，人们通常在这一年穿戴一些红色物品来祈求好运，如红

袜子、红丝带、红色衣服、红内衣、红腰带、红手镯等。
（十一）中国故事·茶 Tea Culture
Tea Culture
As we know, the Chinese nation is an ancient and great nation in the world. It
has created a splendid civilization stretching back more than 5,000 years. Chinese tea

culture has a long history, and China is the hometown of tea and the birthplace of tea
culture. Generally speaking, tea drinking began in Han Dynasty and prevailed in Tang
Dynasty . Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty was a famous tea culturist. He wrote the first

tea book in the world, known as Tea Book. There are many kinds of tea in China. Red
tea, green tea ,black tea, white tea, wulong tea, yellow tea and flower tea. And there
are countless kinds of tea, such as :the most familiar West lake longjing, Dongting
Biluochun, Huangshan, Maofeng, Anxi Tieguanyin and so on. When it comes to tea ,we
have to mention tea sets. Chinese people pay attention to tea ceremony when making

tea, and there are many kinds of tea sets with beautiful shape, both practical value and
artistic beauty .Drinking tea has many benefits and tea has become the most popular
and beneficial way to physical and mental health, such as enhancing the ability of

thinking and memory, eliminating fatigue.
With the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization construction,
tea culture is constantly expanding, extending, innovating and developing. In the

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