大南瓜小咪咪
Life in Spring Festival It was the Eve of the Spring Festival. Dusk was just falling as I slurped① up the last bit of rice and laid down my chopsticks. “They're starting!” cried my friend excitedly. “Quick! Quick!” Outside, children were running everywhere. Their happy voices and faces made me warm inside, despite the cold wind that greeted me. My friend thrust a bundle of straw in my hands. “Come!” he cried. I giggled as I ran to catch up to him; the children's excitement was a fever that spread to even the big kids like us. I soon joined a rowdy bunch② of children and teenagers who were building a bonfire③ in the middle of a path that ran through the wheat fields. “Here,”said my friend, handing me a long bamboo pole. “Put some of your straw in the fire. Then tie the rest onto your pole like this.” He demonstrated with his own materials, and I followed his example. Then he thrust both our torches into the fire and handed me mine. “Now run!” And run I did----we all did. For miles and miles around, as far as I could see, there were small orange specks scattered about, and I could hear the distant screaming and laughing of other children running up and down the rice field path. For several hours into the night I helped build fires and keep an eye on the younger children. Occasionally I, too, lit a torch and ran around like a mad man, screaming and waving a flaming④ bamboo pole. This festival, which occurred six days before Chinese New Year, was just one of the experiences during the visit to my friends over the Spring Festival. As it was explained to me, the purpose behind this festival was to allow the children to have fun burning up all the straw leftover ⑤ after the harvest. Later, the ash is used for fertilizer.
长杠豆0725
春节的英语是Spring Festival，英［sprɪŋˈfestɪvl]美［sprɪŋˈfestɪvl]。Spring Festival是中国的春节，原意为春天的节日，即是春天开始的时候，它是根据农历来计算的，大约在阳历的2月4日左右。它是中国人民最重视的节日。
yjqs221990
中国传统节日中英对照1.New Year's Day 元旦(1月1日)2.Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day 春节(农历一月一日)3.Lantern Festival 元宵节(农历一月十五日)4.International Working Women's Day 国际劳动妇女节(3月8日)5.Arbor Day 植树节(3月12日)6.Postal Day 邮政节(3月20日)7.World Meteorology Day 世界气象节(3月23日)8.Ching Ming Festival ;Tomb-sweeping Festival 清明节(4月5日)9.International Labour Day 国际劳动节(5月1日)10.Chinese Youth Day 中国青年节(5月4日)11.Nurses' Festival 护士节(5月12日)12.Dragon Boat Festival 端午节(农历五月初五)13.International Children's Day 国际儿童节(6月1日)14.The Party's Brithday 中国共产党成立纪念日(7月1日)15.The Army's Day 建军节(8月1日)16.Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival 中秋节(农历八月十五)17.Teacher's Day 教师节(9月10日)18.Double-ninth Day 重阳节(农历九月九日)19.National Day 国庆节(10月1日)20.New Year's Eve 除夕(农历十二月三十日)中国常见传统活动中英对照过年 celebrate the spring festival春联 spring festival couplets剪纸 paper-cuts年画 new year paintings买年货 do shopping for the spring festival ; do spring festival shopping敬酒 propose a toast灯笼 lantern烟花 fireworks爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)戏曲 traditional opera杂耍 variety show灯谜 riddles written on lanterns灯会 exhibit of lanterns守岁 staying-up拜年 pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit禁忌 taboo去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note: in the old days, new year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning年糕 nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake团圆饭 family reunion dinner年夜饭 the dinner on new year's eve饺子 jiao-zi; chinese meat ravioli
