纪录片《中国春节》 第34期 团聚（12）

Across town, a local family have invited us to spend New Year's Eve with them

城市的另一头有户本地家庭邀请我们共渡除夕夜

and they've already started their preparations.

他们已经开始准备了

Like most people in Beijingers, Zhang Yan leads a busy, modern life.

像大多数北京人，张岩过着忙碌的现代生活

But each spring, she and her family take a break to indulge¹ in the traditions that make this time of year so special.

但每年春季，她和她的家人会稍作休息沉湎在传统之中，令这段日子与别不同

Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture.

中国新年在中国文化中是个最重要的节日

It is a festival that requires the whole family to get together, so it gives us a concept² of reunion.

这是个全家必须团聚的节日，是个重聚的日子

Me and my husband are going to celebrate together with my parents and my sister and her whole family.

我和丈夫准备一起庆祝，偕同我的父母和妹妹一家

In the first five days of the New Year, we are not supposed to do any cleaning,

在新年的头5天，我们不会做清洁活

so before that, the whole house needs to be thoroughly³ cleaned and everyone in the family gets involved.

因此节前，家里需要彻底大扫除，家庭成员都应该参加

This year is special to our family because we have a few monkeys in the family,

今年对我们家很特殊，因为家里有几个属猴的

because this is the year of the monkey.

因为今年是猴年

My mom, my sister, my brother-law and uncle and auntie⁴, they are all monkeys, so this is really their year.

我妈妈，我妹妹，我妹夫，舅舅和舅妈，他们都是属猴的，因此这是他们的本命年

While Zhang and her sister pick up some last-minute decorations from the market,

当张家姐妹拾缀一些市面卖的年尾饰品时

the men of the family including 3-year-old Zhi Yuan have an important appointment.

家里包括3岁的致远在内的男性，有个重要的约会

1 indulge   

vt.沉溺（于），纵容，迁就，肆意从事

参考例句：

• I never indulge children with plenty of pocket money.我从不放任子女，给他们大量零用钱。
• Everyone should indulge in fantasy on occasion.每个人都应偶尔沉浸在想像之中。

2 concept   

n.概念，观念，思想

参考例句：

• A small baby has no concept of right and wrong.婴儿没有是非概念。
• He was asked to define his concept of cool.他被要求说明自己关于“酷”的定义。

3 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

4 auntie   

n.对aunt的亲热称呼

参考例句：

• She's staying with her auntie for the time being.她暂时住在她姨妈那里。
• My auntie brought up four children.我姑姑养了四个孩子。