笔译三级unit131416.doc

Unit 13 春节he Spring Festival 中国的春节在农历一月一日，是新一年的开始。 According to the Chinese lunar calendar ,the Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first month,which marks the beginning of a new year. 这是举家团圆的时刻。一般说来，在春节前几天，只要有可能的话，多数人无论身处何地都会回家。It is a time for family reunion. In most cases,just a few days before the festival ,if possible, most of the family members come home,no matter where they are.就像圣诞节一样，人们会买很多东西如食品、礼物、衣服和烟花爆竹给孩子们。And like the Christmas season,people buy a lot of things:food,gift,clothing and fireworks for children.在除夕之夜，多数农村家庭仍然保持着一些传统习俗，如在两扇门上都贴上门神和春联。On the New Years eve,most of the families in t countryside still keep the customs of pasting paintings of door gods on the two doors and couplets on either side of the doors.他们吧“福”字倒贴在墙上和家具的门上，意思是“福到了”。They put the Chinese character meaning upside down and paste it on walls and doors of the furniture to meanHappiness has come.除夕之夜的年夜饭食必不可少的程序。全家人围坐着一张桌子一同分享佳肴，人多的话兴许不止一张桌子。 Feast dinner is a must for the whole family on the New Years eve,when all the family members sit at one or more tabes. 家人还会为没能赶回家的亲人留些座位，仿佛他们也在一起吃似的。Dinner seats will be arranged for the absent members as if they were also joining the dinner. 年夜饭过后，大家会坐在一起，观看中央电视台的春节特别节目，等待新年的到来。 After dinner,they sit together waiting for the coming of the New Year,usually by watching the CCTV special program for the Spring Festival. 午夜将尽时，特别节目也接近尾声，这时家家户户都到户外去放鞭炮。据说这样可以驱妖除魔。At midnight when it is near the end of the program,every family goes out to set off firecrackers,which is said to drive evils away.新年的早饭时很特别的，北方人吃饺子，南方人吃糯米饭团。 Breakfast for the New Years Day is special,Jiaozi for those in North China and small glutinous rice balls for the southerners.走亲访友从新年的第一天 就开始了，俗称“拜年”。Visits are exchanged to relatives and friends from the New Years Day on,which is called Bainian. 每到这时，孩子们是最开心的，因为他们可以从长辈那里拿到压岁钱，据说压岁钱能带给他们好运。Children are the happiest ones because they can get lucky money from their seniors. The money is believed to bring good luck to