新标准大学英语 - 视听说教程3原文及翻译(15)

This week ,on Cross-cultural Awarenes ,Holidays and Customs in Asia we meet some international students who are attending school in California. Many students here are Asian.Asian celebrate a lunar New Year ,so the exact date changes every year .New Year is the biggest holiday in Asia cultures. The holidays lasts for 15 days and ends with a lantern festival on the full moon. This woman used to live in Vietnam.Shenow lives in California.\calendar and so， urn， our New Year is usually in the springtime.Our ,the calendar here in American ,so we celebrate it in February -Marchish.That's probably one of my favorite Vietnamese holidays\the old year and to welcome the new year.They usually don't wash their hair on New Year's .Washing hair washes away good luck for the coming year.This woman used to live in Shanghai,China.She remembers a tradition that brings good luck and wealth to children.\special custom for Chinese New Year,is that parents give their children red envelops of money\Red is an important color because it means happiness.People use red paper to write special messages of happiness like this one \the Star of Happiness,the Star of Wealth,the Star of Longevity shine on you!\observe many special customs at the New Year's.They spend several days before the holiday cleaning the house completely and decorating the house with flowers and plants.Flower arrangements often including pine branches ,bamboo and

blossoms.Blooming flowers are placed around the home .Flowers are important because flowers will turn into friut.Friuts with special meanings are served during New Year's.Oranges and tangerines symbolize happiness,coconuts represent togetherness and lychee nuts represent strong family relationship.Other foods have special meanings too,A whole fish represents togetherness and bamboo shoots mean happiness to everyone.Noodles represent long life . Asians don't cut noodles ,this is considered unlucky.Tofu is one food that Asians never eat during this holidays.Tofu is unlucky because it is white.In Asian cultures,the color white signifies death,Meals during New Year's are very important in Asia,But,there are special rituals and customs during mealtimes all year long .The Chinese are gracious hosts.For the most part,Chinese people are very like,urn ,they're very generous like they always insist on hosting and they would never serve themselves food before other people,like ,if you are sitting at a table ,they'd divvy it out,urn,you'll always pourtea for other people before yourself.\south Korea ,there are a little different.\has a custom of eating together urn in,in a family setting with ,there's a base soup and all these side dishes and the family eats together.Um,I think in American you get your own plate and you kind of share the dishes but, urn, in Korea you kind of dig in together \We asked these Asian students if there are American customs that they don't like In general ,Asian students felt that Americans don't show enough respect for their elders.\bother me sometimes the way I see, urn, more American kids speak to their, um ,how they address their their parents in public And I ,I really respect the fact that in Vietnam wo hold it so high ,um, the elders and how the younger generation treats them。‖And then ,we asked Asian students what customs they like here in the United States ,\don't have that in Korea and Thankgiving is a good ,you know great holiday, to give thanks for your family and frrends and all you have. 翻译

本期的全球文化大观节目中，我们关注的是亚洲的传统节日及其风俗习惯。我们采访了一些就读于加利福亚洲的国际留学生，其中有很大一部分是亚洲留学生。亚洲人所庆祝的阴历新年如果按照阳历算的话每年的具体日期都是变化的，在亚洲文化中它是最为盛大的节日，他延续15天在满月高悬的正月十五以元宵节结束，这位现居加利福尼亚的女士曾经居住在越南。―我们是按照阴历来计算日期的因此如果按照阳历计算的话我们的新年通常都是在春季我们在二三月之间庆祝这个盛大的节日。它也许是我最喜欢的越南节日之一了。‖亚洲人通常在这个欢庆的日子里放炮竹来辞旧迎新。新年期间他们通常不洗头发因为他们认为那样会洗去来年的好运。这位曾经居住在中国上海的女士记得一些为儿童带来好运和富贵的传统做法，―对于中国式新年来说，一个最特殊的习俗就是长辈给晚辈红包。‖红色是一个重要的颜色因为它是幸福快乐的象征。人们在红纸上书写一些吉利话如―幸福永远，富贵吉祥，长命百岁‖等等。亚洲人在新年期间有各式习俗，在春节到来之前，他们会事先彻底打扫房间，用美丽的鲜花和盆栽来装饰屋子。配饰物通常有鲜艳怒放的鲜花和青翠欲滴的树枝以及苍竹。盛开的鲜花在每个人家都随处可见。花的一个重要意义就在于它会结果，新年期间，人们可以享用大量被赋予特殊意义的水果，柑橘代表的是快乐，椰子代表的是团圆，荔枝代表亲密友好的家庭关系。另有一些食物也有特殊的意义，一整条鱼代表着团聚，竹筒饭代表每个人都幸福而面条则代表着长寿。亚洲人不切断面条因为那是不吉利的做法。新年期间，豆腐是禁忌品。因为在亚洲的文化中，豆腐般的白色是代表死亡的。除新年之外，整年之中在宴席上都有一些非常正式和特殊的风俗。中国人们非常的热情好客，大部分中国人们非常慷慨，他们总是在宴请客人而且绝不在客人吃完之前用餐。他们热衷于分享，总是以客人为尊。在南韩，饮食习惯稍有不同，―韩国南部的人们有喜欢聚餐的传统，一家人围坐在桌子旁边，

桌子上面摆着一碗热气腾腾的底汤，两边放着各式美味的菜肴，一家人畅享美食，其乐融融。就我个认为，在美国各人享用各自盘子里的食物，但是在韩国是大家一起分享的。‖我们询问亚洲学生美国是否有他们不认同的习俗。总的来说，他们普遍认为，美国人对长辈没有给出应有的尊重。―美国小孩对父母说话的方式和在公共场合谈到父母的用词有时实在让我困扰。毫不夸张地说，在越南，我们非常敬重长辈，而且年轻人对长辈也很恭敬。‖―就我个人而言，敬重长辈是至关重要的！‖然后我们又询问他们美国是否有他们喜爱的节日，―我认为感恩节非常不错，因为韩国并没有这样的一个节日。它是一个很好的平台来向你的家人朋友以及你所拥有的一切表达你发自内心的感激!‖

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