聊一聊春節(jié)的起源，還有什么其他重要的日子

今天的這段對話，在討論春節(jié)，
 
聊一聊春節(jié)的起源，還有什么其他重要的日子
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Spring Festival is the most important festival to us. Do you know any China about it?
 
對我們來說，春節(jié)是最重要的節(jié)日。你知道有關(guān)春節(jié)的事兒嗎？
 
B: Not too much. Just that it's the lunar calendar's New Year. It's different from New Year in the West.
 
知道的不多。只知道是陰歷的新年，與西方的新年不同。
 
A: Yes, that's right. It's the first day of the lunar month, and it originated in the Shang dynasty at around 160() BC. It is based on the people's sacrifices to their gods and ancestors and the end of a year and the beginning of a new one
 
是的，你說得沒錯(cuò)：春節(jié)是陰歷1月的第1天，起源于公元前1600年的商朝。該節(jié)日主要是條拜神仙和祖先，是前一年的結(jié)束和新一年的開始。
 
B: The Shang dynasty? That's a long time ago. I had no idea it had such a long history. And it's always the first day of the lunar month?
 
商朝？那是很久以前的事了。我不知道春節(jié)有那么長的歷史。它一直就是陰歷1月的第1天嗎？
 
A: Strictly speaking. it starts every year in the early days of the 12山 lunar month and will last to the middle of the l 'r lunar month of the next year. The most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first 3 days.
 
嚴(yán)格地講，每年的春節(jié)從陰歷12月的月初開始，一直到下一年陰歷1月的中旬為止。最重要的日子是除夕和春節(jié)的前3天。
 
B: I see that you and your family are all at home. Don't you have to work during Spring Festival?
 
我知道你和家人都要呆在家里。，你們春節(jié)期間不上班嗎？
 
A: No, we don't need to work. The government has made it a 7 day national holiday. We usually spend the time with family and friends.
 
是的，我們不用上班。政府規(guī)定全國有7天的假日。我們一般用這7天走親訪友。
 
B: Do you do anything special on the other days?
 
其他日子你們有什么特別的活動(dòng)？
 
A: Yes. On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month we eat some very special food. It's called Laba Congee. We roll balls from the glutinous rice, fill them with berries or beans and boil them in water. Nowadays, you can even buy glutinous rice balls filled with chocolate!
 
有，陰歷12月初八我們吃一些特別的食物，叫臘八粥。我們還用糯米滾元宵，里面裝上果餡或是豆沙，然后再在水里煮?，F(xiàn)在我們甚至可以買到巧克力餡的元宵。
 
B: Sounds delicious. Are there any other significant days?
 
聽起來很美味。還有什么其他重要的日子嗎？
 
A: The 23rd day of the 12m lunar month we call Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god. But, to be honest, in this day and age. most families cook wonderful food, get together and enjoy themselves.
 
陰歷12月的第23天我們叫小年，那一天，人們給灶王爺上供。但說實(shí)話，在今天這個(gè)時(shí)代，大部分家庭都做些美味佳肴，大家聚在一起自己享用。
 
B: Well, I'm happy to be here for all of the celebrations. Someone told me we will watch an interesting TV show tonight.
 
真高興，我能在這里參與所有這些慶?；顒?dòng)。還有人告訴我，我們今晚可以看到很有意思的電視節(jié)目。
 
A: Yes, CCTV has a special New Year variety show with all of our top stars Singers, dancers, comedians, everything!
 
是的，中央電視臺(tái)有特別的新年晚會(huì)，我們所有的明星大腕都會(huì)登臺(tái)演出。有歌手、舞蹈演員、喜劇演員等等，什么名人都有！
 
B: OK, let's watch it together.
 
好的，那我們一起看電視吧。