雅思备考：新春佳节相关的词汇及话题

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有关新春佳节的词汇

Greeting Season:

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

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 New Year paintings

买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival; do Spring Festival shopping

敬酒 propose a toast

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

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; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

Culture Note: In the old days, New Year’s money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. Today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth

辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

Food names:

年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

团圆饭 family reunion dinner

年夜饭 the dinner on New Year’s Eve

饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli

汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding

糖果盘 candy tray

什锦糖 assorted candies-sweet and fortune

蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health

西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity

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

花生糖 peanut candy - sweet

春节愿望口语段子

1) In most cases, I tend to celebrate the new year by going out for dinner with my family. It’s really relaxing to spend the night with your intimate beloved ones. But sometimes, I would hang out with my best friends or go to an open-air event like fireworks show with them.

2) Yes, I do believe the new year celebration is of great importance to me. When I celebrate the new year, I vividly feel that a new beginning comes. And I can set new goals, make resolutions to improve myself, and spend the precious time with my loved ones.

3) Well, I was living in London in 2018 and I held a small New Year party with three friends in my small flat. My friends and I were good at cooking, so we spent hours in the kitchen, making an extravagant feast for us. Since it was the first time that I had celebrated the new year in an exotic country, those memories are still fresh until now.