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This year, Friday, September 13, is Mid-Autumn
Festival. This holiday is also called Moon Festival
because the moon looks so big and bright on this
night. To celebrate the holiday, most people enjoy
eating mooncakes. These have a rich ÄSSPUN inside.
One traditional ÄSSPUN PZ H Z^LL[ ILHUpaste.
Sometimes there is a duck egg yolk at the center
of a mooncake. It represents the moon. You can
also NL[TVVUJHRLZ^P[OmodernÄSSPUNZ such as
PJLJYLHTJOVJVSH[LJVɈLLVY green tea.© Shutterstock.com (x7)by Joseph Calpin / PAGE DESIGN BY VITALIA CHANGCelebrating
Conversation A
(in the Jungle Café)
James: Look at this! I bought some mooncakes.
Taylor: Mooncakes? What are mooncakes?
James: They’re a treat for Mid-Autumn Festival.
Taylor: What’s Mid-Autumn Festival?
James: It’s a popular holiday in Asia. People
celebrate it by eating mooncakes.
Taylor: What is in them?
James: The traditional ¿OOLQJ is a sweet bean
paste.
Taylor: Interesting. How do they taste?
James: Delicious, of course!People celebrate it by eating
mooncakes.
by doing something- I save water by taking shorter
showers. - I lose weight by walking every day.
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