Culture insider:随着中秋节一起来学习英语吧

Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar year, which is very important for Chinese and it's celebrated everywhere in China. This festival dates back to ancient China with a touching love story about Hou Yi and his beautiful wife Chang e .

农历八月十五对于每一个中国人来说很重要,这一天被称为中秋节。

这个节日起源于中国古代。其背后有一个关于后羿和他的妻子嫦娥的,非常令人感动的爱情故事。

中秋节
date back to

In last paragraph, 'date back to ' is an important phrase which is commanly used in our daily life .

在上一段中,“date back to” 是一个我们日常生活中经常使用的重要短语。

It means having existed for a particular length of time or since a particular time.

它的意思为存在一段时间,或者从某一个时间开始。也可以翻译为追溯到......

例句

Our family has a tradition of having a family meeting on every Friday night,which can be dated back to the year of 2000.

我们家在每周五晚上举行家庭会议,这个传统可以追溯到2000年。

Our school holds singing competition twice a year ,which is aimed to make students  life more colorful. We all think it is a good tradition that can 、be dated back to 2012.

为了丰富孩子们的校园生活,我们学校每年举办两次歌唱比赛。这个好的传统可以追溯到2012年。

This tradition of admiring the moon and sharing m

ooncakes with their families has remained unbroken for centuries.

赏月和与家人一起分享月饼的传统已经延续了几个世纪。

Remain means to stay in the same place or in the same condition.

Remian 意为在相同的地方或以相同的状态保持,保存。

unbroken means continuous and with no pauses.

Unbroken 意思为连续的,不停顿的

在这里,remain unbroken 可以翻译为“绵绵不绝”

例句

Although my best friend has been abroad for 5 years ,but our true friendship has reamined unbroken.

虽然我的最好的朋友已经出国5年了,

但是我们的友谊从没有变过。

Making a rule is very important for a group .Our rule has remined unbroken since the group has been set up.

制定规则对一个团队来说是很重要的。

我们团队的规则自从团队成立后就一直存在。

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