G1节日_QingmingFestival清明节
作者：EvanPeng
朗读者：AaronSmith
Lexile:560L
难度：相当于美国小学二年级
清明时节，家凯和他的家人前去祭奠爷爷。出发前，他们准备了纸钱和
爷爷最爱的食物。到爷爷墓前，他们先清扫坟墓，然后在坟前摆上食
物，接着燃烧纸钱，上香，最后轮流鞠躬三次。清明节时，社区里每个
人都会去祭奠祖先，踏青游玩，并饱餐一顿。你的清明节又是怎么度过
的呢？
WelcometoALO7sPowertoLearn!Todaysstory
isRememberingGrandpa,writtenbyEvanPengandnarratedbyAaron
Smith.
Hi!MynameisJiakai.Todayisaveryimportantday.
It’sQingmingFestival.Todaywearegoingtovisitthegraveofmy
grandpaYehYeh.
Yesterday,wegoteverythingready.Mymom,mygrandmaAhMah,and
Ifoldedsomepapertomakeitlooklikegoldmoneyfromancient
China.Meanwhile,mydadandmylittlesistermadesomeofmyYeh
Yeh’sfavoritefoods,likedumplingsandporkcharsiu.
Todayweareallupearly,gettingreadytogotothecemeterywhereYeh
Yehisburied.Myjobistogatherallthepapermoneythatwearegoing
toburn.Aha!Afterlookingforalmostfifteenminutes,Ifinallyfind
aplasticbaginthekitchenthatIcanputthemoneyin.
WemakesurewehaveeverythingbeforeMom,Dad,AhMah,mysister,
andIallpackintothecar.
Thedrivetothecemeteryislong,andItakeashortnap.There’salotof
trafficaswegetclosertothecemetery.Alltheotherfamiliesarealso
comingtopayrespectstotheirancestors.
Dadparksthecar.I’mthefirstoneout.Irunahead,holdingtightlytothe
papermoney.IquicklyfindYehYeh’sgrave.Bythetimetherestofmy
familycatchesup,I’malreadybrushingleavesasidewithmyhands.The
firststepforQingmingFestivalistosweepthetomb.Mymomhandsme
abroomandIcontinuetocleanthegrave.Soon,allthedirtiscleared
away,andthearealooksasgoodasnew!
Next,mydadbringsoutthefood.Hesetsitinfrontofthetombstoneas
anofferingtoYehYeh.AhMahpoursoutsomericewineinacupand
placesitnexttothefood.
Nowcomesthemostimportantpart!Mydadtakesoutabig,oldbowl.
Weputthepapermo