Chapter 3: Reading Comprehension

放鞭炮

set up firecrackers

拜年

pay a New Year call

赛⻰⾈

the dragon boat competition

赏⽉

admire the full moon

吃饺⼦

eat dumplings

吃元 宵

eat sweet dumplings

吃粽⼦

eat glutinous rice dumplings

吃⽉饼

eat moon cake

零⽤钱

pocket money

中美教育 的差异

Differences in education between China and the United States

⽐如说

For example

化妆品

cosmetics

家家有本难念的经

Every family has skeletons in the closet.

家庭

Family

孩⼦

child

豪放

bold and unconstrained

性 格

sexuality

豪 放

Extravagant

糍粑

Glutinous rice cake

糕

cake

⽶

food

好玩⼉

it’s fun

主要

main; major; primary

真正

genuine; real; true

其实

actually; indeed; really

⼤多

mostly

很少

seldom; rarely; hardly

总是

always; often

整天

all day

过分

excessively; overly; overboard