【英语词汇】“春晚”你知道怎么说？
【英语词汇】“春晚”你知道怎么说？2019春晚即将粉墨登场，这样的举国盛宴可是全中国老百姓不可或缺的大餐。看下面这段新闻，瞧瞧如何用英语表达“春晚”？ 必克英语一对一培训，地道英语学习，
As the most prestigious showcase for China's top performers, theSpring Festival Galahas no shortage of established acts queuing up to appear. But the gala always reserves some spots for the unknowns and the up-and-coming to make their national breakthroughs.
由报道可知，“春晚”相应的英文表达是“Spring Festival Gala”。“Gala”在此指“欢快的庆祝活动”，有时也可做形容词“庆祝的，奢侈的”，如：a gala ball（庆祝舞会）；the gala life of the very rich（大富翁们奢侈的生活）。
春节将近，大家再来回顾几个常见的节日用语：
春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January;
除夕 New Year's Eve;
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern Festival
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
红包 red packets
舞狮 lion dance
舞龙 dragon dance
过年 have the Spring Festival
春联 Spring Festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year paintings
买年货 do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call
农历 lunar calendar
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱 gift money
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning
年糕 Nian-gao
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
饺子 dumpling
汤圆 Tang-yuan
八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盘 candy tray
什锦糖 assorted candies
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon
西瓜子 red melon seed
金桔 cumquat
糖莲子 candied lotus seed
糖藕 candied lotus root
红枣 red dates
花生糖 peanut candy
春节 The Spring Festival
灯笼 lantern: a portable light
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 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 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring
good luck.)
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show; vaudeville
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
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
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
红枣 red dates - prosperity
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