北师大初中英语八年级上册 Unit6 22-2（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.00]Exercise 2.2

[00:08.87]So tell me more about your New Year.

[00:12.02]Well, on the day before New Year's Day ...

[00:15.48]You mean New Year's Eve?

[00:17.20]Yes, on New Year's Eve,

[00:19.19]in the evening,

[00:20.58]we always have a big meal with all the family.

[00:24.23]It is a very special meal.

[00:26.61]Do you always eat at home?

[00:28.71]Yes, always.

[00:30.51]We never go out for our New Year's meal.

[00:34.08]And what do you eat at this meal?

[00:36.35]Oh, we eat many different things.

[00:39.44]We usually have some soup

[00:41.81]and we always have some dumplings

[00:44.22]that have a little coin hidden inside.

[00:47.36]This is a special tradition for New Year.

[00:51.26]I see.

[00:52.54]And we usually eat meatballs and chicken

[00:55.87]and fish.

[00:57.16]You know,

[00:58.53]there is also a tradition about the fish.

[01:01.26]Really?

[01:02.51]Yes. You see, the Chinese word of "fish"

[01:06.83]sounds like the word that means "extra food".

[01:10.14]I see.

[01:11.20]And so at the New Year's dinner,

[01:14.37]families often put some fish

[01:16.45]in the middle of the table-

[01:18.33]but they usually don't eat it!

[01:20.54]No?

[01:21.92]No.They leave the fish and this means that

[01:25.65]there are always some food left over

[01:28.13]during the year to come.

[01:30.46]I see. That's a nice idea.

[01:33.24]And what else do you eat?

[01:34.94]We eat special food called "Nian Gao".

[01:37.93]It's delicious!

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