中国传统节日(Chinese Traditional Festivals)

      中国文化 2005-3-11 7:48
Basic sentences
常用句子
1.Happy New Year.I wish you health and success in the New Year.
新年快乐。祝新年健康,一切顺利。
2.We’re going to see the old year out and the New Year in.
我们将辞旧迎新。
3.Spring festival is the biggest Chinest holiday.
春节是中国最盛大的节日。
4.The peak of the celebration activities fall on the New Year’s Eve and the day after.
庆祝活动最高峰是除夕夜和大年初一。
5.Spring Festival ends after the traditionl Lantern Festival.
正月十五元宵节是春节的尾声。
6.Each family has a great reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve.
7.Dragon boat races are held every year on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
每年端午节都要赛龙舟。
8.A particular food for the Dragon Boat Festival is sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
端午节的特别食物是粽子。
9.We will hold a celebration on National Day.
我们要在国庆节举行庆典活动。
10.The holiday season is a time to think of family and special friends.
每逢佳节倍思亲。
11.In Mid-autumn Festival,the farmers give thanks to the Harvest God and celebrate the full harvest with moon cakes and other delicacies.
中秋节农民们拜祭收获神,并以月饼和其他美食庆祝好收成。
12.He came back to his home village to sweep his ancestor’s tombs on the day of the Tomb Sweeping
Festival.
除夕夜家家户户都要吃团圆饭。


Dialogue 1
A: Hi,I’m glad I ran into you.
嗨,很高兴我能遇见你。
B: What’s up?
有什么事?
A: How’d you like to go on a spring outing this weedend?
这个周末你想去春游吗?
B: I’d love to,but it is Qing Ming Festival this Staurday.I’m going back home.
我想去,但这个星期六是清明节,我要回家。
A: Oh,are you sweeping your ancestral tombs?
噢,你要给祖先扫墓吗?
B: Yeah.My family is very traditional.We still do that and show respect for our ancestors.
是的,我家是非常传统的。我们仍然以这种方式来表达对祖先的尊敬。
A: Do you think it is worthwhile to do it every year?
你认为每年都这样做值得吗?
B: It’s hard to say.It’s a tradition in my hometown.Well,anyway,it’s bright in late spring and the air is fresh.It feels comfortable to have a walk in the country.
这很难说。在我家乡,这是一种传统习俗。总之,晚春已至,阳光明媚,空气清新。到乡村走一走让人感到非常舒服。
A: Indeed.That’s why we’re planning an outing.The grass has turned green and peach trees,plum trees and pear trees are all in blossom.
的确如此。这就是为什么我们打算去交游的原因。草地变绿,桃树、李树、和梨树竞相开放。
B: Sounds wonderful.
听起来很棒。


Dialogue 2
A: Hello,it’s nice to see you back.How was the Spring Festival?
你好,很高兴看见你回来了。春节过得怎么样?
B: It was very great.We had a family reunion at my grandparents’,my cousins,uncles and aunts,my parents and I—all together ten of us.We had a wonderful time.
太棒了。我们在祖父母家开了个家庭聚会,有堂兄妹、伯父、伯母,再加上我父母和我总共10个人。我们过得很开心。
A: That must have been fun.
那一定很有趣。
B: Yes,it was.Did you have a good time?
是的,很有趣。你过得开心吗?
A: Not really.People in the village know each other very well.Every one drops in to say”Happy New Year”,and you’ve to pay a New Year call in return to every house.You can’t avoid them,can you?
一般。在乡下,人人都很熟。每个人都会到你家来说新年快乐,这样你不得不到每家每户去还祝福。你们不用这么做吗?
B: No.We pay lots of New Year calls in the city,too.Do you do anything to celebrate the Spring Festival?
要的。在城市里我们也要打许多电话来传递新年祝福。你们有什么特别的活动来庆祝春节吗?
A: Yes.We put up a new picture of the Kitchen God and paste a picture of the God of Good Fortune on the front door and the Spring Festival couplets on the gateposts.
有。我们会换上一张新的灶神像,在前门上贴一幅财神画像,另处还在门柱上贴春联。


Dialogue 3
A: Are you doing anything special tomorrow?
明天你有什么特别的活动吗?
B: No,why?
A: It’s the ninth of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
明天是中国的农历九月初九。
B: Oh,the Double Ninth Festival.I almost forgot.I promised to go to climb the Green Mountain with my parents.Will you join us?
噢,是重阳节。我差点忘了,我说过要和父母一起去爬青山。跟我们一起去吧?
A: No,thanks.I am thinking of accompanying my grandpa to Central Park.
不用了,谢谢。我正打算陪我爷爷去中心花园。
B: It’s good of you to do so.By the way,how is your grandpa? I remember meeting him once at your home.Is he still staying with you?
你真是孝顺。顺便问一下,你爷爷现在身体怎么样?我刻曾在你家见过老人家一次。他还同你们住在一起吗?
A: Yes.He thought about moving to the nursing house last year,but we persuaded him to stay with us.You know he enjoys our company.
是的。去年他想搬到敬老院,但我们说服他留下来了。你知道他很喜欢同我们住在一起。
B: But you don’t spend much time together,do you? I mean,you live on the campus and your parents are doing full time jobs.Does he feel lonely at home?
但是你们在一起的时间并不是很多,是吗?我是说,你住在学校里,而你父母又有工作。你爷爷会感到寂寞吗?
A: Sometimes.But he keeps himself busy.He goes to the park every day.There he stays with people of his own age.
有时候。但是他会让自己忙碌起来。他每天都会去公园,在那里他可以同其他老人呆在一起。
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