如何用地道英文谈论节日。今天来学三十句!

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1. My favorite Chinese festival is definitely the Spring Festival mainly because I get seven days off. Its a good opportunity to recharge.

我最喜欢的中国节日当然是春节,主要是因为我可以休息七天。这是个放松休整的好机会。

 

have/get ... off 休息...(多少时间)

     recharge=recharge my batteries 放松、休整

 

2. The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between January 21st and February 20th.

新年的第一天是121日到220日之间的新月之时。

 

fall on ... ...发生

 

3. What I like the most about the Spring Festival is the family reunion dinner.

关于春节,我最喜欢的是团圆饭。

 

reunion 团聚

 

4. This is a festival when we meet our relatives and old friends and do a lot of catching up.

每逢这个节日,我们都会和亲戚、老友见面,好好叙旧一番。

 

catch up 叙旧 

do a lot of/some catching up 叙旧、谈论近况

 

5. I remember always receiving some lucky money when I was a child. Now that I’ve started working, no one gives me that money anymore.

我记得我小时候总是收到一些压岁钱。现在我开始工作了,没人再给我钱了。

 

now that ... 由于、既然...

 

6. My parents and I had a lot of fun making and eating dumplings together last year.

去年,父母和我一起做饺子、吃饺子,非常开心。

 

7. We watched the CCTV Spring Festival gala for four hours until midnight. Then, we went out to set off firecrackers.

我们看春晚看了四个小时,一直到午夜。然后我们出去放鞭炮。

 

gala 庆典、演出

midnight 午夜

set off firecrackers 放鞭炮

 

8. Families and friends spend time together on Christmas Eve and have a big meal.

家人和朋友会在一起过圣诞夜,大家会大餐一顿。

 

9. There is a sense of anticipation and excitement in the period leading up to Christmas.

在圣诞节之前,大家会有一种期待和兴奋的感觉。

 

a sense of ... 一种...的感觉

anticipation 期望、期盼

lead up to ... 临近...

 

10. One problem is that Christmas has become too commercialized and everyone is expected to buy gifts for others.

一个问题是,圣诞节被过于商业化了,我们都被期待给别人买礼物。

 

commercialized 商业化的

be expected to ... 被期待...

 

11. I booked a table at a high-end restaurant on Christmas Eve and proposed to my girlfriend there. She said “Yes”!

我在平安夜订了一家高档餐厅的位子,并向我的女朋友求婚。她说了“我愿意”!

 

book ... 预定...

high-end 高档的

Christmas Eve 平安夜

propose to ... 向某人求婚


12. Christmas is around the corner and I’m considering buying a Christmas tree and some ornaments to decorate my apartment.

圣诞节即将来临,我正考虑买一棵圣诞树和一些装饰品来装饰我的公寓。

 

around the corner 即将来临

consider sth/doing sth 考虑...

ornament 装饰品

 

13. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night.

中秋节是在阴历第八个月第十五天满月之日。

 

hold ... 举行...

lunar calender 农历、阴历

full moon 满月

 

14. It's said the moon is the brightest and roundest on this day, which is associated with the Chinese concept of family reunion.

据说这一天的月亮是最亮最圆的,这就和中国阖家团圆的概念联系起来了。

 

its said ... 据说...

bright 明亮的

be associated with ... ...有关

concept 概念

 

15. A big part of the celebration is eating mooncakes. Some kinds of mooncakes can be palatable, whereas others are not.

庆祝这个节日的一个重要部分是吃月饼。有些月饼很好吃,而有些则不然。

 

palatable 美味的、可口的

 

16. Sometimes, the Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the National Day Holiday, so people have more time off and decide to go traveling.

有时中秋节恰逢国庆节假期,所以人们有更多的休假时间,便决定去旅游。

 

coincide with ... ...同时发生

 

17. I was too busy last year and I wasn’t able to go back to my parents’ place for the festival. I will make it up to them this year by giving them a big gift.

去年我太忙了,没能回到父母家里过节。今年我将给他们一个大礼以补偿他们。

 

make it up to sb 补偿某人

 

18. Valentine’s Day is an annual festival celebrated on February 14th.

情人节是每年的214日。

 

annual 每年一次的

 

19. Although it’s originally a western festival, it’s celebrated throughout the world.

虽然它原本是西方的节日,但全世界的人都会过这个节。

 

originally 起初、原来

throughout ... 遍及、遍布...

 

20. Valentine’s Day is a big thing in China, especially among young people.

情人节在中国很流行,特别是在年轻人当中。

 

21. I didn’t have a boyfriend, so I decided to buy some roses and then sell them to those lovebirds celebrating the festival.

我当时没有男朋友,所以我决定去买一些玫瑰花,然后卖给那些庆祝节日的情侣。

 

lovebird 恋爱中的人

 

22. What came as a big surprise for my mom was that my dad bought her a necklace and 99 roses on that day.

给我妈妈的一个惊喜是,那天我爸爸给她买了一条项链和99朵玫瑰花。

 

23. Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on a day around the fifth of April.

清明节是一个中国传统节日,它在四月五日前后的一天。

 

tomb 

sweep 清扫

 

24. It’s a statutory public holiday in China.

这是一个中国法定假日。

 

statutory 法定的

 

25. This festival is when Chinese people visit burial grounds to pray to their ancestors. 

这个节日是中国人扫墓祭祖的日子。

 

burial ground 墓地

pray 祈祷、祷告

ancestor 祖先

 

26. Going on outings and flying kites are also popular activities during the Qingming Festival.

在清明节外出郊游和放风筝也是清明节期间很受欢迎的活动。

 

go on an outing, go on outings 外出郊游、去远足

 

27. I dressed up as a fish last year on Halloween. It wasn’t scary at all, but rather hilarious.

去年万圣节我打扮成一条鱼。它一点也不可怕,反而相当搞笑。

 

dress up 装扮、打扮

scary 恐怖的、吓人的

hilarious 极其搞笑的

 

28. One popular activity among some Chinese people on the Winter Solstice Festival is the making and eating of balls of glutinous rice, known as Tangyuan in Chinese.

在冬至,在一些中国人中很受欢迎的活动是制作和吃糯米团子,这在中文被称为“汤圆”。

 

Winter Solstice 冬至

glutinous rice 糯米

 

29. Last Thanksgiving, I made a card for most of my friends, expressing my gratitude to them for being around me.

去年感恩节,我为我大多数朋友都做了贺卡,以表达我对他们在我身边的感激之情。

 

express 表达

gratitude 感激之情

be around me 陪在我身边

 

30. Single’s Day, which is celebrated on November 11th, has fast become one of the most popular festivals in China.

光棍节是在1111号。它在过去几年中已经快速成为了在中国最受欢迎的节日之一。


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