关于春节 英文对话

S: Hi Evan ,what’s up
E：not much ,what about you?
S: Pretty good. The spring festival is coming soon . Do you know the origin of Chinese New Year .
E: Yeah , a little . Springfestival starts fromthe beginningof the spring . It is
the first termof the twenty-four incoordinationwiththe changes of nature .the
first day of lunar calendar. It is the most important and popular festival in China .
S: Yeah, Springfestival is alsomy favorite.BecauseI couldhavea longholiday .
As far as I know , Spring festival originates from the word “nian”， which in modern Chinese means “year”. Nian is a monster that start to prey on human at the night before the new year. So people putting up red paper and firing firecrackers to scare away the monster Nian.which lead to the birth of spring festival .
E: What do you usually prepare for the festival .
S:Inmy family ,we need to cleanthe house and buy enoughvegetables and
meat to guarantee having a good holiday .
H:Yeah, wewill dothesamethingandI amaskedtodothecleaning, because
my mother said it could get rid of the ill-fortune .It is so boring.
S:Oh , what a pity .What do you usually do at the new year ’s eve .
E:We usually have a family reunion dinner ,Of course , including, beef , fish,chicken, andmany delicious food. After that , weusually seethespringfestival
gala andstay upuntil the dawn . Thenthe firstday of the new year comingandwe
eat dumplings for breakfast . What about you.
S:Thesameas you, our family havesupper together andplay cards andtalk all
night . It is so impressive that I can remember it for long time .And the senior would give the junior the pocket money , which is my favorite time . After the new year’ eve , do you visit your relatives ?
E: Yes , every year we dress new clothes and call on my grandparents a, uncles andaunts.I will acquire a lot of money, happy time. Doyouhave a planthis year?
S: Yes , this year our family intend to travel to HaiNan island and celebrate the spring festival there . I am excited when my mother told me the decision .And you ?
E: I have no plan . I think staying at home with my parents is better . Can you tell me something about the traditional custom of the spring festival ,such as pasting spring couplets , set off firecrackers and so on .
S: of course ,there is a lot of funwhenpastingspringcouplets ,springcouplets
are a pair of red paper with blessing characters. It can construct the cheerful
atmosphere of the festival.
E: I remember that our family ‘couplets was always made by my grandpa in
the past. However, recently, we bought the spring couplets in the market.
S:yeah,fire-crackers is a indispensible thing during the festival,which are meant to say goodbye to the old year and greet in the new year. The firecracker is an unique product in China. It can also foster a joyful atmosphere. It’s a wonderful invention , what do you think .
E: Indeed good . eat and eat, As the old Chinese saying goes: food is everything. Because there are a plenty of delicious food waiting for you. The traditionis to have different maincourses everyday fromthe 1st day of the New
Year tothe15thday of theNew Year, fromJiaoZi (dumplings), noodles, springrolls,
sticky rice cakes, andTangYuan(stuffedrice balls). Doyoulike the dumplings?
S:oh, yes. I can`t wait . Dumpling is my favorite. You know? Besides the delicious taste, each food has a meaning as well: for instance, Jiao Zi looks like gold ingot,implying a wealthy year ahead.You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi !
E:absolutely, the whole family will sit together tomakejiaozi andcelebrate the
However, Spring Festival. Another tradition is staying up late on new year`s eve.
now there are less and less people incities who will stay up late to see New Year
coming.
S: I agree with you ,but a new habit has beenfostered amongthe Chinese .
watching the new year`s gala which is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV) since 1983. . It brings laughter to billions of people and creates many popular words. What`s your opinion?
E: en , there is no doubt that the gala has become one part of the new year`s eve. Everybody will talk about the show next morning. If youmiss it ,youwill be
out.。