美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第444期:你知道元宵节英语叫什么吗?

祝大家元宵佳节快乐！这集节目，Jenny, Diana告诉你关于元宵节的一切英语！

关键词：

“元宵节”英语叫：
The Lantern Festival: 元宵节
Lantern: 灯笼
The 15th day of the lunar calendar: 正月十五
Lunar calender: 阴历
Lunar New Year: 春节(Chinese New Year)的另一种英语说法
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebration: 元宵节标志着春节庆祝的尾声

汤圆英语叫：
你大概已经猜到了，汤圆在英语里也是dumpling.
Dumplings: 饺子、包子、汤圆......
Anything wrapped in skin with filling inside can be called a dumpling: 总之，外面有皮包着，里面有馅儿的中式点心都能统称dumpling
Skin/wrapper: 皮
Filling: 内馅儿

"汤圆”怎么说最贴切？
Sticky rice dumplings/soup dumplings: 汤圆
Sticky rice/glutinous rice: 糯米
Black sticky rice: 血糯米
Black sesame: 黑芝麻
Red bean paste: 红豆沙
Purple potato: 紫薯
Taro: 香芋
Sweet: 甜的
Savory: 咸的 （salty的意思是盐太多，所以形容咸的口味，用savory更准确）
Minced pork: 猪肉糜
Ground beef: 牛肉末
通常熟的肉末用minced, 生的用ground.
Innovative flavors: 创新口味

猜灯谜
Lantern riddle: 灯谜
Guess the lantern riddle: 猜灯谜
Clue: 谜面
Answer: 谜底

美国的猜字游戏
Word-guessing games
＃1.Charades
Charades-use body language to act out the answer: Charades是通过肢体语言演出来的猜字游戏

#2.Taboo
Taboo-describe the answer with words: Taboo这个游戏是用语言描述谜底
But you can't use the answer word, it's a taboo: 当然不能用到谜底这个词，它是个ta boo (禁忌词)

童年的记忆：兔子灯
Rabbit lantern/rabbit-shaped lantern: 兔子灯
Made of paper, wheels underneath, candle inside: 纸扎的，下面有轮子，里面放一根蜡烛
Pull it around with a thread: 用绳子拉着
Hand-made: 手工做的
Very retro: 好怀旧