中国文化词汇（节日篇）

张文

在来宾们参观我校之前，请允许我简要介绍一下我校的概况。
Before you start to look around, I would like to give you a brief account of our school.

张文

to tell us how/what
请主席先生介绍一下中国农村扶贫运动的情况。
Will Mr. Chairman tell us how the anti-poverty drive is going on in China?

张文

to show you
我想向您介绍一下我们初步拟定的活动日程。
I would like to show you our tentative itinerary.

张文

to provide sb. with some information
借此机会，向各位介绍上海经济发展和开展国际经贸交往的一些情况。
I’d like to take this opportunity to provide you with some information about Shanghai’s economic development and its foreign trade.

张文

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张文

　　中国的传统节庆膳食除了在数量和质量上与平时有所不同之外，一些历史悠久、具有象征意义的食物也是节日必不可缺的伴侣。
Traditional holiday meals are different from everyday meals in terms of quantity and quality. In addition, some foods with a long history and symbolic significance are indispensable on these occasions.

张文

　　例如，我国的端午节是纪念古代诗人屈原的日子。那一天，人们通常要赛龙舟、吃粽子。
For example, on the Dragon Boat Festival, a day set aside in memory of the ancient poet Qu Yuan, people will hold dragon boat races and eat zongzi, a kind of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.

张文

　　中秋节是观赏满月的日子。圆圆的月亮象征着圆满，象征着家庭团聚。因此，中秋节的特制食品是一种圆形的月饼。
The Mid-autumn Festival is an occasion for viewing the full moon. The round moon is a symbol for completeness, and family reunion. The special food of the day is the yuebing, a round moon cake.

张文

　　春节是中国的农历新年，除了常见的海鲜、家禽和肉类之外，人们还要按各自的地方习俗烹制传统菜肴，如饺子和年糕。
The Spring Festival is the Chinese lunar New Year’s holiday. In addition to the popular seafood, poultry and meat, people will prepare traditional food, for example, jiaozi, or boiled dumplings, and niangao, or the year cake according to their regional custom.