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听前想一想

1. 盛大的节日

2. 家庭团聚

3. 新旧年交替的时候

4. 人口迁徙

5. 春运

The first day of the first lunar month is Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year for China.

农历正月初一是春节，对中国来说是新一年的开始。

Spring Festival is China’s biggest extravaganza and a day for family reunion.

春节是中国最盛大的节日，也是家庭团聚的日子。

知识点

1. lunar month 农历月

lunar year 农历年

2. biggest extravaganza 最大的盛事

extravagance noun. 奢侈；豪华

extravagant adj. 奢侈的；豪华的

extra+vaganza /?k?str?v??ɡ?nz?/

举例：

an extravaganza of great buildings 雄伟建筑

musical extravaganza 音乐盛会

3. family reunion 家庭团聚

unite—union

reunite—reunion

家庭团聚还可以说：

family get-together / family gathering

Being around family members at the turn of the year is a vital ritual for the Chinese people.

在新旧交替的时刻陪伴在家人身边，是中国人至关重要的仪式感。

知识点

1. be around family members 陪伴在家人身边

2. at the turn of the year 新旧年交替时

3. vital=important

例句：

These matters are vital to the national security.

这些事情对国家安全至关重要.

4. ritual noun. 仪规; 礼节

My household chores have become a morning ritual.

家务已经成了我早晨的例行公事。

Many of those living away from their hometowns return home during Spring Festival, which gives rise to what’s called “the largest annual human migration in the world”, also known as the “Spring Festival travel rush”.

身处异乡的人们集中在春节期间返乡，形成了一年一度“全球最大规模的人口迁徙”，也就是“春运”。

知识点

1. people who live away from their hometowns 身处异乡的人

2. return home 返乡/ 归家

3. give rise to... 造成...

Unhealthy conditions give rise to disease.

不卫生的环境会引起疾病。

4. human migration 人口迁徙

5. Spring Festival travel rush 春运

知识点总结

与春节有关的英文表达，你要记住这些：

Spring Festival

a vital ritual for the Chinese people

at the turn of the year

be around family members

family reunion

lunar month

China’s biggest extravaganza

与春运有关的英文表达，你要记住这些：

people who live away from their hometowns

return home

the largest annual human migration in the world

Spring Festival travel rush

听前想一想

1. 一个持续的庆祝过程

2. 祭拜灶王爷

3. 农历/阴历

4. 挂春联

The Spring Festival celebration is a continuous process, starting from the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar month.

春节是一个持续的庆祝过程，从农历十二月二十三或二十四的小年起，就算春节的开始了。

知识点

1. a continuous process 一个持续的过程

2. start from 从XX时开始

People often worship the Kitchen God, clean their houses, do their shopping, and put up Spring Festival couplets… until New Year’s Eve on the Lunar Calendar.

人们会开始祭灶神，大扫除，买年货，贴春联…… 一直忙碌到农历十二月三十的除夕。