Employees will get 11 days off for major holidays next year, the State Council said in a statement last week. But many want longer and guaranteed paid leave, especially because the new holiday ……

ARE there any special days that you mark on your calendar? For Chinese people, two new ones should..., this was the first day of the 40-day massacre.The National People’s Congress (NPC) approved the two new ……

day of spring. The celebration lasted for 11 days. The Romans kept up Babylonian new year customs..., the solar calendar New Year's Day started in 1912. That year, China changed from thelunar calendar(阴历 ……

). Spring Festival is the beginning of a new year according to Chinese lunar calendar (农历). However... on these days.People think it will bring bad luck.What is the Chinese lunar calendar?In China ……

People in Europe used to celebrate New Year's Day on March 25. In 153 BC,Romans(罗马人) started using January 1 as the beginning of the New Year. In China, the solar calendar New Year's Day started ……

calendar: Around 1. __________, Egyptians used a calendar that was 2. __________ days long. Egyptian...: Around 1. __________, Egyptians used a calendar that was 2. __________ days long. Egyptian characters ……

. There are 365.25 days in the calendar year. D. There are 365.25 days in the calendar year. ...Leaping into New Year (P6)Leaping into New Year (P6)Choose the answer:Choose the answer:1. What ……

Future plansOct 18The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled... direction for the Party and our country. It will elect a new central collective (集体的) leadership ……

on a weekend. Under his new calendar, she told him, she would be forever turning older on a Thursday... contains 365.2422 days, to be exact, Henry explains.Yes, we like thatHis calendar would eliminate leap ……

, the lunar calendar set that a month has either 29 or 30 days, and the number of days of a month changes almost every year. As a result, if the last month of the year has only 29 days, the New Year’s Eve ……

to their love, the rest of China wishes them well. But on this day there’s an event on the calendar that has far more national significance, and even more 8s: the opening of the 2008 Beijing Games. At 8 ……

calendar (阴历). Like the Gregorian calendar (公历), a Chinese lunar year has 12 months, but each month lasts 29 and a half days. In order to make the days in each month full days, there are six “small” months ……

on the calendar and start over. The goal, of course, is to have no “zero days”.So as you can... no more “zero days”?READING GUIDEntroduce v. 介绍form v. 形成habit n. 习惯calendar n. 日历wake v. 醒来你们知道“无零日”吗 ……

new moon after the first day of spring. The celebration lasted for 11 days. Each day people... calendar(阳历) in 1912. Since then January 1 has been New Year's Day.Today many countries celebrate New ……

to honor the coming of a new year. The calendar was different back then. The Babylonians started the new... the coming of a new year. The calendar was different back then. The Babylonians started the new year ……