- Read the text and answer the questions following it.
Chinese New Year is the celebration of the New Year in Chinese communities around the world. The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar, so festivities begin with the new cycle of the moon that falls between January 21 and February 19. Each year is named for one of 12 symbolic animals in sequence. The animals are: the rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and boar. The New Year celebration is the most important and the longest of all Chinese festivals, traditionally lasting for two weeks. During the period, towns and villages are decorated with colored lanterns, floral exhibitions, and brightly colored banners with New Year greetings. Preparations traditionally began in the home the week before the New Year, when families thoroughly clean their houses to symbolically sweep away all traces of misfortune. They also pay of debts, add a new coat of red paint to doors and windowpanes, and decorate the home with flowers. To avoid bad luck, parents warn their children to be on their best behaviour. On the evening before the New Year, families gather for a feast of various dishes of seafood and dumplings. Each dish has symbolic meaning, often signifying good luck and prosperity. At midnight, families light fireworks to attract the attention of benevolent god and to frighten away evils spirits. The fireworks last until dawn, although celebrants may light more fireworks for the next two weeks.
- How is the date of the Chinese New Year determined?
January 21 and February 19
2. When do festivities begin?
January 21 to February 19
3. Why do families light fireworks?
At midnight, families light fireworks to attract the attention of a benevolent god and ward off evil spirits.
4. The word various is synonymous to ...
diverse
2. Write the verbs in the right tense form.
After I had lunch at a village inn, I looked for my bag.
I had left it on the chair beside the door, but it wasn’t there!
As I was looking for it, the inn-keeper came in.
“Did you have a good meal?” he asked.
“Yes, thank you,” I answered, “but I can’t pay the bill. I haven’t got my bag.”
The inn-keeper smiled and immediately went out.
In a few minutes, he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
“I am sorry,” he said. “My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this.”
3. Translate the sentences form Armenian into English.
- Եթե մենք նրան չօգնենք, նա չի կարողանա ավարտել աշխատանքը։
If we don’t help him, he won’t be able to finish the work.
- Թոմն ասաց, որ նա չի կարող ընդունել մեր առաջարկը։
Tom said that he couldn’t accept our offer.
- Ջորջը նկատեց, որ անձրևանոցը մոռացել է տանը։
George noticed that he had forgotten his umbrella at home.
- Տնօրենն ասաց, որ փաստաթղթերը պատրաստ կլինեն ժամը 3-ին։
The director said the documents would be ready at 3 o’clock.
- Երբ ես խոսեցի նրա հետ, նա շատ բարկացած էր։
When I spoke to him, he was very angry.
Ժամհարյան Լեվոն 