雙語脫口秀《老外來了》:春節(jié)那些事兒（上）：調(diào)休、放假、湯圓等用英語怎么說

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主播：Mary | 翩翩

Topic ：The Spring Festival

Holidays in America

美國節(jié)假日

*official holiday 官方節(jié)假日

In America , holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day etc. are official holidays.

在美國，像圣誕節(jié)、感恩節(jié)、美國獨(dú)立日等等這些都是官方節(jié)假日。

If you are a working person ,you will get one and a half days, at most two or three days.

在美國，像圣誕節(jié)這樣的重要節(jié)日(major holiday)，上班族一般會有一天半的假期, 最多會有兩到三天的假期。

In America, such as Independence Day, they will get one day off.

像美國獨(dú)立日這樣的小假期（minor holiday）, 他們會休一天假。

make up days 調(diào)休

Chinese New Year Food：

dumpling 餃子

candied hawthorn 冰糖葫蘆（糖球）

You’ll probably have to explain what hawthorn is to your foreign friends .

在國外，山楂并不是那么被熟知，所以，最好向外國友人介紹一下什么是山楂。

rice glue ball 元宵

pickle 泡菜，腌咸菜

Only for cucumbers, they just call them pickles. And for others, they call them pickled something.

pickles專指腌黃瓜，對于其他的腌制食品，叫作pickled balabala

pickled garlic 糖醋蒜

spicy kimchi 辣白菜

Happy Chinese New year!

Would you please recommend some local food to Mary? Please write it down in the comment section.

你能給Mary推薦一下當(dāng)?shù)赜心晡秲旱氖澄飭幔?/p>

武漢加油，中國加油！