話說農曆年Remembering Lunar New Year celebrations of the past by Ruth Devlin
In the past during Lunar New Year time, businesses closed and families stayed home together. Nowadays, some families eat their New Year’s Eve dinner in a restaurant or go abroad for vacation. But children still anticipate red envelopes, and families enjoy lively conversation with relatives they rarely see.
Ninety-year-old Zhi-Nang Hung, whose family hails from Anhui (安徽) province, remembers his mother preparing two fish dishes for their New Year’s Eve dinner. One was eaten that night, and the other was kept intact for New Year’s Day, meaning the family would have plenty.Ninety-year-old artist Paul Wei recalls enjoying jiaozi (饺子）at New Year's celebrations in northern China. The adults would make the jiaozi, and someone would put an ancient coin into one. "One lucky person would find the coin. Then my grandparents would give him or her an extra red envelope symbolizing his or her good luck for the coming year." says Wei Eighty-two-year-old Yen-Su Tung Lee remembers celebrating Lunar New Year as a child in Kaohsiung. She reminisces, "My parents asked the relatives from Japan to bring me a new uniform. Everything was brand new from my head to my feet. We enjoyed a good dinner of chicken, duck and meat, which seldom appeared on our table except on special occasions."
Good food and new clothes no longer appear just at Lunar New Year, but the togetherness and hope for good fortune still hold a prominent place.
Grammar
...remembers his mother preparing two fish dishes for their New Year's Eve dinner.
...recalls enjoying jiao zi at New Year's celebrations in northern China.
...reminisces about her parents asking the relatives from Japan to bring her a new uniform.
remembers, recalls, reminisces, or remind, to think back, to recollect...different ways to describe "remember" , use different words to make the phrase interesting.
to think back-James likes to think back on his days as an athlete.
to recollect-Henry would meet with his old friends and recollect memories of their school days.
Vocabulary
anticipate-expecting, put hope for it.预期,期待,预料(某事件发生)
*Movie fans will all anticipate the film's sequel.影片的续集.
*Cathy anticipates having a lot of guests at her birthday party tonight.
hail from-来自于hail-呼喊,大声地招呼.
*People hail from all parts of the country in order to attend this seminar.
*Naomi hails from the Midwest.
reminisce-回忆,追想dad loves to reminisce about his days in the Navy.
*As traveling companions, we got together once a year to reminisce about our adventure in Africa.
prominent- very important
symbolize-a thing or picture for special meaning.象征.
Chat Room
intact/intake
intact-something is not harmed or damaged, kept in good shape, in whole piece.完整无缺,没有损伤的.
intact-The package arrived intact.
intake (n)- 摄取(名词),吸入.your daily intake of calories.
take in (v)-摄取(动词)How many calories do you take in each day?
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