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TOP/HSK 2
zhōng guó
中国
de
的
yuán dàn
元旦
hé
和
chūn jié
春节
New Year's Day and Spring Festival in China
jīn nián今年zuì hòu最后yī一jié节zhōng wén中文kè课，liú nà刘娜hé和dà wèi大卫tǎo lùn讨论yí yuè一月yī一rì日de的jià qī假期hé和chūn jié春节de的zhòng yào xìng重要性。

In the last Chinese class of the year, 刘娜 and David discuss the importance of the January 1st holiday and the Spring Festival.

刘娜
dà wèi大卫，jīn tiān今天shì是jīn nián今年zuì hòu最后yī一jié节kè课。jià qī假期yào要huí jiā回家ma吗？

David, today is the last class of the year. Are you going home for the holidays?

大卫
shì是de的！wǒ我míng tiān明天huí回měi guó美国guò过xīn nián新年。liú刘lǎo shī老师，nǐ你ne呢？

Yes! I'm going back to the US for New Year's tomorrow. What about you, Teacher Liu?

刘娜
wǒ men我们yí yuè一月yī一rì日zhǐ只fàng放yī一tiān天jiǎ假，xiū xī休息yī xià一下jiù就hǎo好le了。

We only have one day off on January 1st, so I’ll just take a short break.

大卫
ó哦，cái才yī一tiān a天啊。zhōng guó中国rén人gèng更xǐ huān喜欢guò过chūn jié春节ba吧？

Oh, only one day. Chinese people prefer celebrating the Spring Festival, right?

刘娜
duì对，chūn jié春节shì是zuì最zhòng yào重要de的jié rì节日。wǒ men我们yǒu有qī七tiān天jiǎ假，kě yǐ可以hé和jiā rén家人yì qǐ一起guò nián过年。

That's right. The Spring Festival is the most important holiday. We have seven days off to celebrate the New Year with family.

大卫
jiā rén家人yì qǐ一起guò nián过年，tīng qǐ lái听起来hěn很hǎo好！chūn jié春节de的shí hòu时候dà jiā大家dōu都hěn很máng忙ba吧？

Spending New Year with family sounds great! Everyone must be very busy during the Spring Festival, right?

刘娜
shì是a啊，chūn jié春节yǒu有hěn很duō多huó dòng活动，bǐ rú比如chī吃nián yè fàn年夜饭、bài nián拜年、gěi给hái zi孩子yā suì qián压岁钱。

Yes, there are many activities during the Spring Festival, such as having a reunion dinner, paying New Year visits, and giving children red envelopes.

大卫
zhēn真yǒu yì sī有意思！jīn nián今年chūn jié春节wǒ我yí dìng一定hǎo hǎo好好kàn kàn看看zhōng guó中国rén人zěn me怎么guò nián过年。

That sounds so interesting! This year, I’ll definitely observe how Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival.

刘娜
hǎo好a啊！xī wàng希望nǐ你xǐ huān喜欢！

Great! I hope you enjoy it!

大卫
xiè xiè谢谢liú lǎo shī刘老师！zhù祝nǐ你xīn nián kuài lè新年快乐！

Thank you, Teacher Liu! Happy New Year!

刘娜
xiè xiè谢谢！míng nián明年jiàn见，yí lù píng ān一路平安！

Thank you! See you next year, safe travels!

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