多彩长假 Chinese enjoy various activities during National Day holiday

Tourists(游客) take part in(参加) a bonfire music festival in Quantian Village of Jiulongshan Township, Xinyu, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhao Chunliang)

People across China joined in various(各种各样) leisure(休闲) activities(活动) during the country's week-long National Day(国庆节) holiday(假期). 

“十一”黄金周,人们通过各种形式的休闲活动,享受假期带来的轻松与快乐。

Folk artists(艺术家) perform(表演) a dragon dance amid showers of molten iron in Xiushui Village of Longchang Township in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Qin Gang)

Tourists take a beachside walk(散步) in Haizhou Bay in Ganyu District of Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Si Wei)

Tourists visit a sunflower garden(花园) in Qiancang Village of Luhe District, Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 3, 2018.(Xinhua/Qin Huai)

Girls learn(学) Guzheng(古筝), a traditional Chinese musical instrument(传统乐器), during a public course in Wujlingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

Herdsmen(牧民) tame horses(驯马) on the Ulan Butong grassland in Chifeng, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Zheng)

Folk artists from northwest China's Shanxi Province stage an alternative fireworks(烟花) show by splashing molten iron(铁水) into the air in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 1, 2018.(Xinhua/Wan Shanchao)

Performers stage an aquatic dragon dance(舞龙) on the Liujiang River in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Long Tao)

Tourists get hands-on experience(体验) at a pottery workshop(工作室) in Gangyao Village of Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Gong Xianming)

A couple visit a light show(灯光秀) at a forest park in Nanchuan District of southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)

词汇 Words:

[huó dòng] 活动 activity
[jià qī] 假期 holiday
[yóu kè] 游客 tourist
[biǎo yǎn] 表演 perform
[sàn bù] 散步 walk
[huā yuán] 花园 garden
[tǐ yàn] 体验 experience

重点词汇 Key word:

[jià] 假 <名词 n.> 

•  Holiday; vacation
  E.g. Jiàqí yīhuàng-érguò.
  假期一晃而过。
  The holiday raced by.

• Leave of absence
  E.g. Yīshēng gěi tā kāile yīzhōu de bìngjià tiáo.
  医生给她开了一周的病假条。
  She has got a doctor's certificate for a week's sick leave.