美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第298期:过年必备的春节英语

所有你会用到的春节英语，都在今天节目里。开开心心听节目、开开心心过大年！明天节目，教你怎么跟老外解释春晚！

关键词：

Chinese New Year: 最一目了然、最普及的说法
Spring Festival: 对中国文化有些认知的老外才懂
Lunar calendar: 阴历 （"春节"也叫Lunar New Year, 但不常用）
Solar calendar: 阳历

"过年"英语怎么说？
Celebrate Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year's Eve: 年三十
New Year's Day: 年初一
15 days of Chinese New Year celebration: 初一到十五

"猴年"英语怎么说？
The Year of the Monkey
The Year of the ____: 填上特定的动物，就是那个生肖年

"生肖"英语怎么说？
Chinese zodiac
Chinese animal signs

怎么问"你属什么"？
What's your Chinese zodiac?
What's your animal sign?

"年味儿"英语怎么说？
The Chinese New Year spirit: 年味儿
The holiday spirit is weakening in big cities: 大城市年味儿越来越淡了
Chinese scrolls: 春联

"团圆饭"英语怎么说？
Homemade specialty: 家常拿手菜
There's so much food. I'm stuffed: 菜太多了，吃撑了
Chinese dumplings: 饺子
You have to have a fish dish at New Year's dinner: 年夜饭，一定要有鱼
Fish symbolizes abundance: 鱼象征"余"
The pronunciations are the same: 读音一样
Chinese idiom: 成语
More to come in the new year: 年年有余

"回老家"英语怎么说？
Visiting/seeing family and friends: 走亲访友
Spend quality time with my parents/my folks: 好好陪陪父母
Chinese New Year travel season: 春运

"红包"英语怎么说？
之前有用户留言问，红包能说"lucky money"，"New Year's cash"吗？
Spencer表示听着很奇怪，最常用的还是Hongbao和red envelope.

"放鞭炮"英语怎么说？
Fireworks: 烟花
Firecrackers: 鞭炮