Hi! My name is Jiakai. Today is a very important day.

It’s Qingming Festival. Today we are going to visit the grave of my grandpa Yeh Yeh.

Yesterday, we got everything ready. My mom, my grandma Ah Mah, and I folded some paper to make it look like gold money from ancient China. Meanwhile, my dad and my little sister made some of my Yeh Yeh’s favorite foods, like dumplings and pork char siu.

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Today we are all up early, getting ready to go to the cemetery where Yeh Yeh is buried. My job is to gather all the paper money that we are going to burn. Aha! After looking for almost fifteen minutes, I finally find a plastic bag in the kitchen that I can put the money in.

We make sure we have everything before Mom, Dad, Ah Mah, my sister, and I all pack into the car.

The drive to the cemetery is long, and I take a short nap. There’s a lot of traffic as we get closer to the cemetery. All the other families are also coming to pay respects to their ancestors. 

Dad parks the car. I’m the first one out. I run ahead, holding tightly to the paper money. I quickly find Yeh Yeh’s grave. By the time the rest of my family catches up, I’m already brushing leaves aside with my hands. The first step for Qingming Festival is to sweep the tomb. My mom hands me

a broom and I continue to clean the grave. Soon, all the dirt is cleared away, and the area looks as good as new!

Next, my dad brings out the food. He sets it in front of the tombstone as an offering to Yeh Yeh. Ah Mah pours out some rice wine in a cup and places it next to the food.

Now comes the most important part! My dad takes out a big, old bowl. 

We put the paper money in the bowl and Dad lights it. As the money burns, the ash rises and goes to my Yeh Yeh. You always need money, even after life!

After we burn all the paper money, we light some incense and leave it at the grave. We then take turns bowing three times in front of the tomb.

“Why do we bow three times, Dad?” I ask.

“Well, Jiakai, we bow three times to honor Yeh Yeh,” my dad replies.

Afterward, we walk over to the entrance of the cemetery. There, we find a table full of food. Everybody in our community comes together every Qingming Festival to honor their ancestors and enjoy the day outside.

That, of course, has to include food!

Mom puts our food on the table for everyone to enjoy. I grab a plate and start piling food onto it. Everything looks so yummy! My sister and I eat together. Our tummies full, we join the other children and play.

Soon, Mom tells us it’s time to leave. On the ride back, my dad and Ah Mah tell us some stories about Yeh Yeh. Dad says this is how we will always remember him, by telling stories.

When we get home, I’m so tired from the long day that I go to bed without dinner. I fall asleep dreaming of Yeh Yeh, remembering the good times we had together.

The End

Question: How does your family celebrate Qingming Festival?

核心詞匯和語(yǔ)法：

grave n. 墓穴，墳?zāi)?/p>

meanwhile adv. （與此）同時(shí)

char siu n. 叉燒

cemetery n. 墓地，墳地，公墓

bury v.埋葬，掩埋

plastic adj./n. 塑料（的）

pack into 把……打包，把……裝箱，把東西裝進(jìn)（箱子、盒子等）

nap n. （尤指白天的）小睡，瞌睡

pay respects to 向……致敬

ancestor n. 祖先

hold tightly 緊握

rest n. 剩余

catch up 追上，趕上

aside adv. 在旁邊，到（或向）一邊

tomb n. 墳?zāi)梗贡?/p>

broom n. 掃帚

tombstone n. 墓碑，墓石

offering n. 供物，祭品

rice wine （尤指日本的）米酒

ash n. 灰，灰燼

incense n. 香，（祭供等）焚香時(shí)的煙（或香氣）

take turns 輪流

bow v. 鞠躬

honor v. 尊重，向……表示敬意

afterward adv. 以后，過(guò)后，后來(lái)

entrance n. 入口

community n. 社區(qū)

grab v. 抓取，攫取

pile v. 把……堆積（或疊架）

tummy n. （口）肚子，胃

I’m the first one out. 我是第一個(gè)下車的人。本句為省略句，應(yīng)為 I’m thefirst one to go out.

By the time the rest of my family catches up. 截止到其他家人追上我的時(shí)候。

by the time 后為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾 time。

the area looks as good as new! 這片區(qū)域就和剛修建時(shí)一樣干凈。

as…as…與……一樣。

Now comes the best part! 現(xiàn)在到了最好的環(huán)節(jié)了！本句為倒裝句，陳述句語(yǔ)序?yàn)?

The best part comes now.

以下翻譯來(lái)自百度翻譯：你好我叫佳凱。今天是非常重要的一天。今天是清明節(jié)。今天我們要去拜訪我爺爺?shù)膲災(zāi)埂Ｗ蛱欤覀儼岩磺卸紲?zhǔn)備好了。我媽媽、奶奶阿瑪和我把一些紙折起來(lái)，讓它看起來(lái)像中國(guó)古代的金幣。與此同時(shí)，我的爸爸和妹妹做了一些我的葉耶最喜歡的食物，比如餃子和豬肉燒。今天我們都起得很早，準(zhǔn)備去埋葬葉野的墓地。我的工作是收集所有我們要燒掉的紙幣。啊哈！找了將近十五分鐘后，我終于在廚房里找到了一個(gè)塑料袋，我可以把錢放進(jìn)去。在媽媽、爸爸、阿媽、我妹妹和我都擠進(jìn)車?yán)镏埃覀円_保一切都準(zhǔn)備好了。去墓地的路很長(zhǎng)，我睡了一會(huì)兒。當(dāng)我們離墓地越來(lái)越近的時(shí)候，交通非常擁擠。所有其他家庭也都來(lái)向他們的祖先致敬。爸爸停車。我是第一個(gè)出來(lái)的。我緊握著紙幣跑在前面。我很快找到了葉葉的墳?zāi)埂５任业募胰粟s上來(lái)的時(shí)候，我已經(jīng)開(kāi)始用手把樹(shù)葉掃到一邊了。清明節(jié)的第一步是掃墓。我媽媽遞給我我和掃帚繼續(xù)掃墓。很快，所有的污垢都被清除了，這個(gè)區(qū)域看起來(lái)就像新的一樣！接下來(lái)，我爸爸拿出食物。他把它放在墓碑前，作為獻(xiàn)給葉耶的祭品。阿瑪?shù)沽诵┟拙圃诒永铮旁谑澄锱赃叀，F(xiàn)在是最重要的部分！我爸爸拿出一個(gè)又大又舊的碗。我們把紙幣放在碗里，爸爸點(diǎn)燃了它。當(dāng)金錢燃燒時(shí)，灰燼升起，流向我的Yeh Yeh。你總是需要錢，即使是在生活之后！燒掉所有的紙幣后，我們點(diǎn)燃一些香，把它留在墳?zāi)估铩Ｈ缓笪覀冚喠髟谀骨熬瞎巍！盀槭裁次覀円瞎危职郑俊蔽覇?wèn)。“好吧，佳凱，我們鞠躬三次來(lái)紀(jì)念葉耶，”我爸爸回答。然后，我們走到墓地的入口處。在那里，我們找到一桌食物。每個(gè)清明節(jié)，我們社區(qū)的每個(gè)人都會(huì)聚在一起，向他們的祖先致敬，并享受外面的一天。當(dāng)然，這必須包括食物！媽媽把我們的食物放在桌子上，讓每個(gè)人都吃。我抓起一個(gè)盤子，開(kāi)始往上面堆食物。一切看起來(lái)都很好吃！我姐姐和我一起吃飯。肚子飽了，我們和其他孩子一起玩。很快，媽媽告訴我們?cè)撟吡恕Ｔ诨貋?lái)的路上，我爸爸和阿媽給我們講了一些關(guān)于葉耶的故事。爸爸說(shuō)這就是我們永遠(yuǎn)記住他的方式，通過(guò)講故事。當(dāng)我們到家時(shí)，漫長(zhǎng)的一天讓我很累，以至于我沒(méi)吃晚飯就上床睡覺(jué)了。我夢(mèng)見(jiàn)了Yeh Yeh，想起了我們?cè)谝黄鸬拿篮脮r(shí)光。?