BBC都市掠影:Chinese New Year 新春庆祝活动

In Mandarin it’s 恭喜发财. Ok, so after three… One, two, three恭喜发财 !

Neil: Welcome to a very special edition of On the Town from BBC Learning English, I’m Neil.

Li: 大家好，我是杨莉。

Neil: We’re in the centre of London today to see the celebrations for Chinese New Year.

Li: 我们在伦敦市中心参加大年初一的新春庆祝活动。

Li: It’s amazing to see all these people celebrating Chinese New Year in London.

Neil: There are thousands and thousands of people here in Trafalgar Square in the centre of London.

Li: 今年伦敦庆新春活动是有史以来规模最大的一次了。 So what's on?

Neil: Come on. Let’s go and see the Grand Parade.

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Drumming.

Neil: Two hundred and fifty performers are taking part in the Grand Parade.

Li: 大游行。Grand Parade.

Neil: There are dragons, lions and dancers going along a route through the streets of central London. Dragons.

Li: 龙。Dragons. 现在我们能看到，由舞龙舞狮和舞蹈队组成的游行队伍正沿着市中心最繁华的大街走向鸽子广场。

Neil: Let’s ask some people what they think about it.

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Well, it was beautiful: very colourful, lovely music, mind-boggling really, you know, hypnotic the way the way the dragons move. It’s beautiful.

Neil: She thinks it’s beautiful and very colourful.

Li: 五彩缤纷的。Colourful.

Neil: Colourful and mind-boggling.

Li: 就是令人吃惊又难以理解的。Mind-boggling.

Neil: She thought the way the dragons move is hypnotic.

Li: Hypnotic. 催眠的。

Neil: Back here in Trafalgar Square there’s an official opening ceremony.

Li: 开幕式。Opening ceremony.

Neil: There are a few speeches from important people, such as the Chinese Ambassador to Britain.