Scene 233 元旦

Scene 233　元旦

❶ 祝贺新年！Here's to the New Year!

对话 A: Here's to the New Year! 祝贺新年！

B: To the New Year! 祝贺新年！

❷ 我们向你献上新年的祝福。We offer New Year blessings¹ to you.

对话 A: We offer New Year blessings to you. 我们向你献上新年的祝福。

B: Thank you. 谢谢。

❸ 祝你家人新年快乐！Happy New Year to your family!

同类表达 Give your family my best wishes for the New Year!

Wish your family happy New Year!

❹ 新年钟声即将鸣响。The New Year's bell will soon toll² to usher³.

对话 A: The New Year's bell will soon toll to usher. 新年钟声即将鸣响。

B: I'm so excited. 我太兴奋了。

❺ 除旧布新。Out with the old, and in with the new.

同类表达 End the old things and welcome the new.

Every year, we are discarding the old for the new. 每年，我们都在辞旧迎新。

❻ 很多人在看烟火。There are a lot of people seeing the fireworks.

对话 A: There are a lot of people seeing the fireworks. 很多人在看烟火。

B: Oh, don't you think it isn't environmental-friendly at all? 哦，你不觉得这一点都不环保吗？

A: It's a tradition. 这是一种习俗。

❼ 你打算一直熬到午夜吗？Do you plan on staying up until midnight?

对话 A: Do you plan on staying up until midnight? 你打算一直熬到午夜吗？

B: Yes, every year I do so. 是啊，我每年都这样。

❽ 你有什么新年活动啊？What New Year's events do you have?

对话 A: What New Year's events do you have? 你有什么新年活动啊？

B: I will go travelling. 我要去旅行。

❾ 你想到新年计划了吗？Have you come up with your New Year's resolutions?

❿ 元旦街上人很多。The streets are too crowded on New Year's Day.

对话 A: Do you have any arrangement on New Year's Day? I want to hang out. 你元旦有什么安排吗？我想出去逛逛。

B: I advise you not to. The streets are too crowded. 我建议你别去，街上人太多子。

1 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。