实用英语口语文化演讲——春节【Spring Festival】.pptxVIP

Spring Festival; 农历新年的来源有根据，且丰富而多采多姿的传说可追溯到几千年前，其中最有名的就是年兽的传说。年兽是一个残忍凶猛的野兽，古代人相信年兽在除夕夜时会出来吃人。传说年兽极惧怕红色、火光及吵杂的声音，人们就在门上贴著红纸条，并整夜点著火炬、燃放炮烛，来避开年兽。到了第二天一大早，“恭喜”之声不绝於耳，空气中弥漫著打败年兽胜利与重生的喜悦。 ; To clean houses on the New Year Even is a very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago. The dust is traditionally associated with “old” so cleaning their houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the “old” and usher in the “new”. Days before the New Year, Chinese families clean their houses, sweeping the floor, washing daily things, cleaning the spider webs and dredging the ditches. People do all these things happily in the hope of a good coming year.; 房屋装饰之一就是在门上贴对联。在春联上，抒发良好的祝愿。春联通常是成对张贴，因为双数在中国文化中是好运气和吉祥的象征。 在中国北方，人们习惯于在窗户上贴剪纸。人们既在窗户上贴剪纸，又在大门上贴上大大的红色汉字“福”字，一个红色“福”字意味着好运和财富，因此习惯上在婚礼，节日之类的吉祥场合中，人们都会在门或墙上贴“福”字。;Waiting for the First Bell Ringing of Chinese New Year 等待春节的第一声钟鸣; Shousui means to stay up late or all night on New Years Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year’s arrival。 守岁意味着除夕夜不睡觉。年夜饭后，家人聚坐一起，愉快聊天，等待春节的到来。; Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Year‘s Feast is “a must” banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Even banquet varies according to regions. In south China, It is customary to eat “ niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher every year. In the north, a traditional dish for the feast is Jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.;Setting Firecrackers 燃放鞭炮;New YearGreetings（Bai Nian) 春节的问候（拜年）;饺子是一种历史悠久的民间吃食，吃饺子也是中国人在春节时特有的民俗传统。因为取“更岁交子”之意，所以深受老百姓的欢迎。民间有“好吃不过饺子”的俗语。每逢新春佳节，饺子更成为一种必不可少的佳肴。在中国许多地区民俗中的，除夕守岁吃“饺子”，是任何山珍海味所无法替代的重头大宴。;压岁钱，汉族年俗，寓意辟邪驱鬼，保佑平安。压岁钱最初的用意是镇恶驱邪。人们认为小孩容易受鬼祟的侵害，所以用压岁钱压胜驱邪，帮助小孩平安过年，祝愿小儿在新的一年健康吉利。春节拜年时，长辈要将事先准备好的压岁钱放进红包分给晚辈，相传压岁钱可以压住邪祟，因为“岁”与“祟”谐音，晚辈得到压岁钱就可以平平安安度过一岁。;春节时赶回家的人们 Busy people to get home during the Spring