教您如何向老外介绍春节英语

　　What does the holiday mean?

　　这个节日有什么含意吗？ 本文来自：英语之家

　　The term "pass year" is used for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). The word "Year" in Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang "good luck" wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire. This tradition in many ways resemblethe Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires.

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　　中文中“过年”这个词组用以表示对春节（中国新年）的庆祝。春节英语“年”这个字在中文里是一种恐怖的怪兽。因为“年”害怕红色跟火，所以中国人会在门上悬挂“春联”写上美好祝贺，并放鞭炮来赶跑它。这个传统有点类似西方人用大蒜和十字架吓跑吸血鬼的传统。

　　Why New Year is so special?

　　为什么新年那么特别呢？ 内容来自

　　The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. This year is the year of Tiger. Each animal represents a different "personality". According to legend, people held a conference with all the animals, informing them that they would pick the 12 to represent the zodiac. However, in spite of being fast, the cat was not picked as its then-close friend, the rat, did not wake it. This action sparked off a rivalrythat continues till this day.

　　中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，春结英语他们的顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗跟猪。今年是虎年。每一种动物有他们自己的“性格”。根据传说，人们当初和动物们开了一个会，最先到会的动物们就可能进入十二生肖。而身为猫最好的友人，老鼠却不把猫叫醒去开会。因此，它们之间的战役始终持续到今天。

　　What do people do? 内容来自

　　那人们在新年都干啥呢？ 内容来自

　　Eat, eat again, and then eat some more! As the old Chinese saying goes: food is everything.

　　吃、接着吃、再吃更多东西！就跟一句中国古话说的那样春节英语：食物即所有。

　　The tradition is to have different main courses everyday from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year, from Jiao Zi (dumplings), noodles, spring rolls, sticky rice cakes, and Tang Yuan (stuffed rice balls). Besides culinarysatisfaction, each food has a meaning as well: for instance, Jiao Zi looks like gold, implying a wealthy year ahead.

　　传统就是，从新年第一天开始直到正月十五，每天都要吃不同的主菜。春节英语食物从饺子、面条、春卷、年糕到汤圆。除了祭好五脏庙以外，每一种食品也有含意：比喻饺子看起来就像金元宝，这象征来年的安居乐业。

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　　Besides eating, young people visit older family members and kids are blessed with a red pack of "lucky" money. And then, people gather and eat again (!), leading to a lot of advertisements about fitness right after the Chinese New Year holiday.

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　　除了吃以外，春节英语活动还有年轻人要去拜会家里的老人家，而小盆友们就有大把压岁钱拿。跟着，人们又聚在一起吃，所以节后中国就会浮现很多减肥广告……

　　Happy Chinese New year!!!

　　春节快乐！

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