九、春节
1. 问候
(1)Happy New Year. 新年快乐。
(2)Happy Chinese New Year. 中国新年快乐。(认可度高)
(3)春节,Spring Festival.
spring,春天; festival, 节日。
2. 吃团年饭
(1)圣诞节Christmas dinner,或者Christmas meal.
(2)春节New year’s dinner或者New year’s meal.
或者Chinese new year’s meal/ dinner.
(3)那么我们通常吃什么呢?
dumpling, 饺子;fish, 鱼;
noodles 面条(通常都是复数)
春卷, spring roll;年糕(rice cake)
汤圆(sweet dumpling)
(4)另外一个习俗就是可能会在饺子里面包一个硬币:hide a coin in one of the dumplings.
hide,表示藏起来; coin,硬币。
If you happen to get a dumpling with a coin inside, you will have good fortune.
(happen to表示碰巧)(fortune,运气。)
PS:luck, 表示因为偶然原因走运,如果想表示“运势”这种感觉, 比较正式,或者用词比较“大”,通常还是说fortune.
3. 烟花和鞭炮
放烟花那个“放”,叫set off,或者light off.
light这个词做名词的是可以表示灯,光。比如说
turn off the light 关灯
烟花叫做 firework,但单数形式很少见,通常都是fireworks. 所以可以说
set off/ light off fireworks. 表示放烟花。
set off firecrackers放鞭炮。
噼里啪啦的拟声词用英文可以怎么说呢?
Boom! Crack! Pop!
Thunder cracked in the sky.
thunder是雷的意思,我们说“雷鸣”。
再比如说:
The tire went pop.
tire,也可以写成tyre, 表示轮胎。
went pop就可以表示砰一声。
4. 穿新衣
穿上新衣服怎么说呢?可以说:
Put on a brand-new outfit.
put on表示穿上,
brand-new表示崭新的,
outfit可以表示一身衣服,一套衣服。
New year, new look.
Time to put on your brand-new outfit.
"I can button my coat myself.”外套
“I can put on a belt myself!”皮带
“Get my feet into my new shoes!”
“All done!”
new hats, new tops, new pants(裤子).
Can you help the boy get dressed?
Help him put on his hat/ coat/ his pants!
5. 红包
red envelope。red packet, packet可以表示小包装,小盒子。
envelope这个词有两个发音:
/ˈen.və.ləʊp/ 或者 /ˈɑːn.və.loʊp/
拜年,
pay a new year’s call/visit.
Pay a visit/ pay a call
give new year’s greetings.
After you give new year’s greetings to your family members, you’ll get red envelopes.
6. 舞龙舞狮
龙, dragon.
舞龙经常翻译成 dragon dance;
舞狮就是lion dance.
Let’s go watch the dragon dance!
我们去看舞龙吧。
很热闹繁忙的街道可以说busy street。
但今天再教大家一个很地道的词:
bustling street, /ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/表示热闹繁忙的。
如果是家人已经聚在一起了,聚集这个动作已经发生了,就说The whole family got together;或者将会聚在一起: The whole family will get together.
Our family got together today and we took a family photo. Look, where’s mommy? Where’s daddy? Where’s granny/grandma? Where’s grandpa?
7. 元宵节
Lantern Festival, 灯笼节。
Halloween, 万圣节。
万圣节用到的lantern是pumpkin lantern, 南瓜灯。
8,新年快乐
Happy new year!
新年快乐。或者
Happy Chinese new year!
春节快乐。 也可以说
Happy year of the Rooster!
鸡年快乐。