春节时要用到的英语词汇.ppt

敬酒　propose a toast? 灯笼　lantern: a portable light? 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.)  灯会　exhibit of lanterns? 守岁　staying-up? 拜年　pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit? 禁忌　taboo? 去晦气　get rid of the ill-fortune? 祭祖宗　offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 春运词汇： 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival period 客运量 volume of passenger transport　　 客运列车 passenger train　　 客流高峰期 peak time for passenger transport 加开列车 operate / arrange extra trains 开通24小时售票窗口 open 24-hour ticket sales windows 集体预定火车票 group ticket-booking 送票上门 deliver train tickets to the doorsteps 规范售票 regulate ticket sale 打击票贩子 crack down on scalpers 缓解交通压力 ease the traffic pressure　　 　今年春节期间火车票票价不上涨。 The train ticket prices will not be raised during the Spring Festival period this year. 大多数乘客是放寒假的大学生和返乡过年的农民工。 Most of the passengers are college students on their winter vacation and migrant workers returning home for Spring Festival.　　 　　客流将集中在北京、广州、重庆、武汉等城市。 Passenger flows will be concentrated in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan and some other cities. 春节期间客流量最大。 The volume of passenger traffic reaches its climax before and after the Spring Festival. Vocabulary relating to Festivals Greeting Season:? 春节　The Spring Festival? 农历　lunar calendar ? 正月　lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar ? 除夕　New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year ? 初一　the beginning of New Year? 元宵节　The Lantern Festival Customs:? 过年　Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival ? 对联　poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry? 春联　Spring Festival couplets? 剪纸　paper-cuts? 年画　New Year paintings? 买年货　special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring ; Festival shopping? 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 an