九、春節(jié)
1. 問候
(1)Happy New Year. 新年快樂。
(2)Happy Chinese New Year.?中國新年快樂。(認(rèn)可度高)
(3)春節(jié),Spring Festival.
spring,春天;?festival, 節(jié)日。
2. 吃團年飯
(1)圣誕節(jié)Christmas dinner,或者Christmas meal.
(2)春節(jié)New year’s dinner或者New year’s meal.
或者Chinese new year’s meal/ dinner.
(3)那么我們通常吃什么呢?
dumpling, 餃子;fish, 魚;
noodles?面條(通常都是復(fù)數(shù))
春卷,?spring roll;年糕(rice cake)
湯圓(sweet dumpling)
(4)另外一個習(xí)俗就是可能會在餃子里面包一個硬幣:hide a coin in one of the dumplings.
hide,表示藏起來; coin,硬幣。
If you happen to get a dumpling with a coin inside, you will have good fortune.
(happen to表示碰巧)(fortune,運氣。)
PS:luck, 表示因為偶然原因走運,如果想表示“運勢”這種感覺, 比較正式,或者用詞比較“大”,通常還是說fortune.
3. 煙花和鞭炮
放煙花那個“放”,叫set off,或者light off.
light這個詞做名詞的是可以表示燈,光。比如說
turn off the light 關(guān)燈
煙花叫做 firework,但單數(shù)形式很少見,通常都是fireworks. 所以可以說
set off/ light off fireworks.?表示放煙花。
set off firecrackers放鞭炮。
噼里啪啦的擬聲詞用英文可以怎么說呢?
Boom! Crack! Pop!
Thunder cracked in the sky.
thunder是雷的意思,我們說“雷鳴”。
再比如說:
The tire went pop.
tire,也可以寫成tyre, 表示輪胎。
went pop就可以表示砰一聲。
4. 穿新衣
穿上新衣服怎么說呢?可以說:
Put on a brand-new outfit.
put on表示穿上,
brand-new表示嶄新的,
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!”皮帶
“Get my feet into my new shoes!”
“All done!”
new hats, new tops, new pants(褲子).
Can you help the boy get dressed?
Help him put on his hat/ coat/ his pants!
5. 紅包
red envelope。red packet, packet可以表示小包裝,小盒子。
envelope這個詞有兩個發(fā)音:
/?en.v?.l??p/? 或者 /?ɑ?n.v?.lo?p/
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. 舞龍舞獅
龍, dragon.
舞龍經(jīng)常翻譯成 dragon dance;
舞獅就是lion dance.
Let’s go watch the dragon dance!
我們?nèi)タ次椠埌伞?/p>
很熱鬧繁忙的街道可以說busy street。
但今天再教大家一個很地道的詞:
bustling street, /?b?s.l??/表示熱鬧繁忙的。
如果是家人已經(jīng)聚在一起了,聚集這個動作已經(jīng)發(fā)生了,就說The whole family got together;或者將會聚在一起: 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. 元宵節(jié)
Lantern Festival, 燈籠節(jié)。
Halloween, 萬圣節(jié)。
萬圣節(jié)用到的lantern是pumpkin lantern, 南瓜燈。
8,新年快樂
Happy new year!
新年快樂?;蛘?/p>
Happy Chinese new year!
春節(jié)快樂。 也可以說
Happy year of the Rooster!
雞年快樂。