北师大初中英语八年级上册 Unit6 22-3（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.00]Exercise 2.3

[00:08.97]Lucy's family always has a big meal

[00:12.10]on New Year's Eve.

[00:14.51]Lucy's family sometimes goes out for their

[00:17.39]New Year's meal.

[00:19.19]They always eat some special dumplings.

[00:23.48]They never have meatballs.

[00:27.28]People often serve fish.

[00:31.31]In Lucy's house they always eat fish.

[00:36.10]Lucy doesn't like Nian Gao.

[00:45.15]Exercise 3.1

[00:48.59]I spent the Chinese New Year

[00:50.85]with the Zhang family in Beijing.

[00:53.87]There are certain traditions that

[00:55.80]people follow on New Year's Day.

[00:58.40]It was very interesting to look at them.

[01:01.67]I woke up very early

[01:03.41]on the first day of the New Year.

[01:06.25]Everybody in the family more new clothes.

[01:09.66]This is a tradition for New Year.

[01:12.78]Mrs .Zhang made some special cakes

[01:15.06]from rice flour.

[01:17.22]We ate the cakes and drank some tea.

[01:21.17]In the afternoon,

[01:23.08]we went to visit some of the Zhangs'

[01:25.01]friends and neighbors and wished them

[01:27.31]all a Happy New Year.

[01:30.19]During the day,

[01:31.88]Mr. and Mrs.Zhang gave small red packets

[01:35.61]containing money to young friends

[01:37.64]and to children.

[01:39.13]Lucy told me that this tradition is called

[01:41.52]Hong Bao- or Red Packet.

[01:44.50]Red is a lucky color in China.

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