051 Annual Festivals年度节日Words Storm Western Christmas 圣诞 New Year 新年 Valentine’s Day 情人节 Easter 复活节
Independence Day 独立日 Halloween 万圣节 Bonfire night 点灯节 Thanksgiving 感恩节 decorate 装饰 dress up 化妆 fireworks 烟花 public holiday 公众假期 parade 游行 Chinese
Spring Festival 春节 Lantern Festival 元宵节 Dragon-Boat Festival 端午节
Double-Seventh Day 乞巧节/情人节 Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 Laba Rice Porridge Festival 腊八节 W:Happy New Year! M:Happy New Year to you. W:What did you do for Christmas?
M:I went home to celebrate it with my family, what about you? W:I went a Christmas party at my friend's house. M:Why didn't you celebrate it with your family?
W:I went home for Thanksgiving this year, and couldn't afford to go home again for Christmas.
M:I see(我明白了, what did you do at your friend's party?
W:We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel(金属箔and ornaments(装饰品, had a traditional Christmas dinner with roast turkey, and sung Christmas carols(颂歌.
M:Did you exchange Christmas gifts with each other? W:Yes, what about you, how did you celebrate it?
M:My family went to church, opened gifts, and then spent the day eating and playing games with each other.
W:Which do you prefer, giving gifts or receiving them?
M:Obviously, I like getting gifts from other people, but I feel better about giving people gifts that I know they like.
W:Me too, it feels good to make people happy. M:I agree.
W:Hi Jordan, how are you? M:I'm fine, and you?
W:Yeah, I'm all right(我很好, say(哎, do you happen to know when Spring Festival is it this year?
M:Yes, it's next Saturday.
W:Oh good, I thought I'll miss it, are you going to celebrate it? M:I don't have any plans to celebrate it, what about you?
W:I'm having some friends and family over for dinner, do you want to come? M:Sure, are you going to do anything special to celebrate it?
W:Yes, we're going to have a big meal together, play mahjong and make dumplings together.
M:Why do you plan on eating the dumplings?
W:It's a tradition in China to eat the dumplings at midnight. M:I see, I've never celebrated the Spring Festival before.
W:Well, you should definitely come to mine this year then, we're going to set off some fireworks(放鞭炮in the evening too, it will be a lot of fun.