小学英语资料：元旦的全面英语表达

1“元旦”英语怎么说柯林斯 COBUILD 词典是这么说的：New Year's Dayis the first day of the year. In Western countries this is the 1st of January. 元旦节是新年的第一天。在西方国家，元旦节是一月一日。因此“元旦”叫 New Year’s Day（注意大写）而不是 New Year Day (×)2 二元旦的传说In a legend about the prosperous era of Yao and Shun some 4000 years ago, when Yao was the king, he created many benefits for the people and was loved by them. However, since his son was not as capable as he, Yao did not pass on his throne to his son but to Shun, a wise and saintly man.相传在 4000 多年前远古的尧舜之时，尧天子在位时勤政于民，为老百姓办了很多好事，很受广大老百姓爱戴，但因其子无才太不成器，尧没把“天子”之位传给自己的儿子，而是传给了品德才能兼备的舜。Yao said to Shun: "You must pass the throne to the right person. Only then, will I feel at peace when I die." Shun passed his throne to Yu, who was a hero because he could control flooding. Just like Shun, Yu also did a lot of good deeds for the people and was revered by them. After Yao died, Shun set the day he made sacrifices to the heavens and gods, as well as to the late Yao, as the first day of the year.尧对舜说：“你今后一定要把帝位传给值得的人，待我死后也可安心瞑目了”。后来舜把帝位传给了治洪水有功的禹，禹亦像舜那样亲民爱民为百姓做了很多好事，都十分受人爱戴。后来人们把尧死后，舜帝祭祀天地和先帝尧的那一天，当作一年的开始之日。Previous dynasties would organize celebrations and sacrifices on this day, for example sacrificing to the immortals and their forefathers , writing Spring Festival scrolls, writing character fortunes and dragon dancing.历代皇朝都在元旦举行庆贺典仪祈祀等活动，如祭诸神祭先祖，写门对挂春联，书写福字、舞龙灯。3元旦的起源In ancient China, Yuan Dan was not on January 1st, as regulated in the Gregori...