除夕快到咯,你跟你的家人在一起了吗?每年的除夕大家都会有不同的活动,而贴春联就是其中的一项,那么你可知道除夕英语是什么?贴春联的英语又是什么?
除夕英语是什么?
New Year’s Eve
除夕
eve 意思是“前夕,前夜”。
例句
Christmas Eve
圣诞前夕(平安夜)
a New Year's Eve party
除夕晚会 on the eve of the election
在选举前夕
“除夕”有哪些活动呢?
a.
有传统习俗才会有浓浓的年味:
traditions and rituals['rɪtʃʊəlz]:传统习俗
b.
put up decorations:挂上装饰
fu stickers: 福字贴纸
fu characters or fu zi:福字
- People paste fu characters upside down hoping for luck and blessings.
人们把福字倒着贴以祈求运气和保佑。
Reunion dinner:
团圆饭
-Enjoy reunion dinner with family on New Year's Eve.
在除夕夜和家人一起吃团圆饭。
watch the Spring Festival Gala:
看春晚
give out red envelope to kids:
给小孩红包
set off fireworks and firecrackers
放烟花和爆竹。
stay up late:
很晚才睡
stay up until midnight:
stay up the whole night:
守岁
当然除夕那天必定是少不了贴春联,那么你知道贴春联英语是什么?
春联的英语说法:
春联的英语是Spring Festival couplets; New Year scrolls;也有直接叫Chinese Couplets,Spring Couplets,Chinese New Year Couplets等等。选择自己喜欢的记忆即可,关于春联的知识你知多少,不妨来测测吧。① 贴春联:Paste spring festival couplets(其他的贴“福”字,窗花等等,都可以用paste表达哦。)② 上联/下联:first line/second line当然,也可以称作upper scroll/lower scroll(scroll表示卷筒,春联没有展开之前就是卷成纸卷的呀。)通常上下联都比较押韵(They are rhyming。)③ 横批:春联顶上的4个字(four characters)我们英语叫horizontal scroll,horizontal表示水平的哦,那跟他相对的垂直的我们可以说vertical哟。所以竖联(上联下联)可以统称为vertical scroll啦。)对于上下联要有对称结构(parallel structures),而横批是两个竖联意思的总结与点睛之笔,通常是四字组合啦。(The horizontal scroll sums up the two lines ‘meaning, and it is usually a four-character phrase.)通常来讲,春联最好是年29(the 29th of lunar December,注意我们的阴历就是用lunar表示,比如说大年初一可以说the 1st of lunar January)那天张贴,时间选择下午一点到三点哦。Paper scrolls are normally put on both sides of the doorway.There are certain strict rules to mirror the words, like if there is a character on the left-hand side that says, sky,for example.词的对仗有很严格的规定,如果左联上有一字,比如“天”。there should be won on the right-hand side saying ground, and if there is rain, is wind,if there is red,there is green.右联就必须有个“地”,“雨”对“风”,“红”对“绿”。So it is kind of a thing that brings good blessing and good wishes for the New Year.