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英文问答必备——春节
-新年的由来
the origin of ‘The Spring festival’
The Spring Festival is the lunar Chinese New Year. Every family sets off fireworks and crackers and puts up couplets on their gates to usher in a happy life in the coming year.
春节，是中国农历传统新年。家家户户都要放鞭炮、在门上贴对联，以祈求来年幸福安康。
Long, long ago, there was a ferocious demon called nian. It did evil things everywhere.
很久很久以前，有一个可怕的怪兽叫做 “年”。它四处作乱。
Gathering together, people discussed how to deal with him.
Some said that Nian was afraid of the red color, flames, and noises.
The demon Nian trembled with fear.
人们聚集在一起商量怎么对付这个怪兽年呢。有人说，年害怕红色、火光和嘈杂的声音。
So people put up red couplets on thelr gates, set off fireworks and crackers, and kept on beating gongs and drums. Night fell and every houses was brightly lit.
于是，人们就在自己家门口贴上红色对联，燃放炮竹，不停的敲锣打鼓。天黑之后，家家户户都点上蜡烛，亮如白昼。
Nian was scared. He fled into the mountains and didn‘t dare to come out.
就这样，年害怕了。于是，它又逃回了大山里，害怕得再也不敢出来了。
Nian was thus subdued, and the custom of celebrating the lunar
New Year was passed down from then.
虽然，现在年已经不出来为非作歹了，但是庆祝春节的习俗依然保留了下来。
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The Spring festival is the most important festival inChina.
春节是我国最重要的节日。
It is on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
它是农历1月1日（参照中国的阴历）
It's China's New year's Day So usually a month before the festival, people begin to buy food, clothes and decorations for houses.
在新年的前一个月，人们就开始买年货、新衣服和装饰品。
On New Year Eve, each family will gather together eating,talking and watching TV for almost the whole night.
除夕夜每个家庭团聚在一起吃饭，一边聊天，一边看电视，几乎是一个通宵哦。
Today, many young people spend most of their New Year holiday time exchanging cyber money by red envelopes for fun.
如今，很多年轻人把大部分新年假期都花在互发红包上，为图一乐。
The children are the happiest of all because they can get ‘New Years money’ from their parents and grand-parents.
孩子们最开心了！因为他们可以收到爸爸妈妈、爷爷奶奶给的“压岁钱”。
On New Year's Day, people will eat dumplings.
新年这天中国人吃饺子。
When they meet their neighbors or friends, they'll say:”Happy New Year!”
遇到邻居或者朋友，人们会说“新年好”互相问候。
The New Year celebrating activities will last about half a month.新年的庆祝活动会历时半个月左右。
《国际汉语教师证书》面试英文问答必备考点——
端午节Dragon Boat Festiva
端午节Dragon Boat Festiva
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar.
龙舟节也叫端午节，为每年农历的五月初五。
The government officially recognizes Duanwu as a public holiday from 2008.
自2008年起，端午节被列为国家法定节假日。
It is listed as the world's intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2009.
它在2009年，被联合国教科文组织列入世界非物质文化遗产。
The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
主要的庆祝活动包括吃粽子、喝雄黄酒和赛龙舟。
（Zongzi, 粽子的拼音，牛津词典收录单词。但是如果你担心外国朋友听不懂，你也可以说rice dumpling或者sticky rice dumpling）
The story best known in modernChina is that the festival commemorates the death of the poet Qu Yuan of the ancient state of Chu.
这个节日在现代中国被广泛认为是纪念楚国诗人屈原的。
Qu Yuan fought against Qin. During his exile, he wrote a great deal of poetry.
屈原为反对秦而战。在他被流放的时候写了很多诗。
Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Chu’s capital. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the River.
28年后，秦占领了楚国的首都。屈原绝望地跳江自尽。
It is said that the local people, who admired him, raced out in their boats to save him or at least retrieve his body. This is said to have been the origin of dragon boat races.
据说，当地钦佩他的人们，划船去救他或至少想找回他的尸体。这是赛龙舟的由来。
When his body could not be found, they dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead of Qu Yuan's body. This is said to be the origin of zongzi.
当他的尸体没能找到，人们把米团子扔进江里给鱼吃，为了不让鱼吃屈原的尸体。这就是粽子的由来。
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