中国春节风俗习惯 第8期:中国新年习俗(4)(在线收听

   Finally, an important piece of etiquette on receiving a red packet is not to open it in front of the giver.

  最后,礼仪的重要组成部分是在接收一个红包时,不在给予者面前打开。
  In someways I prefer red packet and I could buy whatever I wanted.
  在某方面讲,我更喜欢红包,我可以买任何我想要的东西。
  Well...don't they say that it's the father that counts? Yeah...you know, anyway Chinese New Year Year is not just one day like Christmas, but the celebrations actually go on for 15 days but different traditions on different dates, what's your favorite day of the Chinese New Year Year?
  嗯…他们没说父亲决定一切吗?是的…你知道的,反正中国新年年不仅仅是像圣诞节一样只有一天,实际上庆祝活动会持续15天,不同的日期有不同的传统,你最喜欢什么中国新年的哪一天呢?
  Well...for me it is the New Years eve that all the families gather and make dumplings together. What about you, Ben?
  对我来说是除夕夜,所有的家庭聚集,一起包饺子。你呢,本?
  Well...for a westerner, I spent my fresh year of Chinese New Year celebrations. When I lived in hong kong as a child, my favorite day was the last day of Chinese New Year— "yuanxiaojie" or Lantern Festival.
  嗯…作为一个西方人,我大一参加了中国的新年庆祝活动。当我还是个孩子的时候住在香港,我最喜欢的一天是春节的最后一天——元宵节或灯笼节。
  We used to go to the beach with lanterns, when I spent a year studying in Taiwan I found out the taiwanese go to town even more with lanterns. check this out.
  我们拿着灯笼去海滩,当我有一年在台湾学习的时候,我发现台湾人更频繁的拿着灯笼去小镇。看看这个。
  Now when I was living in Taiwan, I lived with Taiwanese host family. During the new year we spent many days eating, the host family even gave me red packets.
  当我住在台湾时住在台湾人的寄宿家庭。在新的一年里我们很多天都在吃东西,寄宿家庭甚至给了我红包。
  One of my favorite New Year's food is tangyuan, it's a sweet rice ball with black sesame oil and peanut sauce inside which served in sweet soup. It's normally served on yuanxiaojie, my favorite day of Chinese New Year.
  我最喜欢的新年食物是汤圆,是一个甜的糯米球,里面有黑麻油和花生酱,盛在甜汤享用。它通常在元宵节吃,中国新年里我最喜欢的那一天。
  Well...I think it is time for us to say goodbye, I have a Chinese New Year party to go to.
  我认为到我们说再见的时候了,我有一个中国的新年聚会得去。
  Well...we won't have a show for you next week because we'll be busy celebrating Chinese New Year but you can still catch some of our videos online but for now "xinniankuaile".
  我们下周没有节目,因为我们会忙于庆祝中国新年,但你仍然可以在我们的视频在线上观看其它视屏,但是现在“新年快乐”。
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