羊年到了,若有外国朋友和你在一起度过新春,如何用准确的词汇和我们的外国朋友一起表达我们中国的的传统佳节和一些佳节风俗呢?在此,线话英语小编为大家盘点春节必用的英语词汇。
春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year”s 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
买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ;do Spring Festival
Food names:
年糕 Nian-gao; rice cake; New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into ball sand stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings
什锦糖 assorted candies – sweet and fortune
花生糖 peanut candy – sweet
Shopping:
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern: a portable light
烟花爆竹 fireworks ;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。)
舞狮和舞龙 lion dance;dragon dance
戏曲杂耍 traditional opera;variety show; vaudeville
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year”s call; give New Year”s greetings; New Year’s visit
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one”s ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
对于这些常见的新春必用的英语词汇,线话英语专门开设了英语口语培训,旨在帮助学员掌握最为实用的新春英语表达,并应用于生活实践。为了保证日常英语口语教学最贴近English Speaker,线话英语拥有来自英语国家非常专业的在线授课外教团队,通过地道口语实战模拟练习,选择广泛、时尚的热点话题,让学生在与外教轻松对答过程中自然掌握语言点及表达方式。这种沉浸在纯正英语语言环境中学习英语的教学方法,让学员快速告别无话可说,不敢开口的苦恼,通过线话英语口语的集中训练在短时期内提高英语口语水平,轻松说出一口流利、地道的日常英语口语。
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