求2篇英语短文（关于春节的）50个单词 要带翻译

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite.People were very scared.
传说有一个叫“年”的怪兽,有一个大嘴,能一口吞下很多人.人们都很怕它.
The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers is to scare away Nian.
贴红纸和方鞭炮的习俗就是为了吓跑年.
However,people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this,except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.
但是,现在人们大多忘记了为什么这么做的原因,只是觉得色彩和响声增加了过节的气氛罢
Off-year
people god (16 zhang) month,23 or 24 say again "off-year",it is the day of folk people.Ballads "twenty-three,TangGua stick" refers to the year is that month,23 or 24 of the people.There are so-called "official sanmin four IP five" view,namely the rulers in on the 23rd,general MinGu on 24th,water the somebody else is held on 25 people.Throughout the Spring Festival celebration off-year is the start and foreshadowing,its main activity has two:esau years and people.Besides,there are also eat the custom of focal sugar will eat,some local fire,candy cake,the cake,drink bean curd soup.
小年
祭灶神(16张)腊月二十三或二十四又称“小年”,是民间祭灶的日子.民谣中“二十三,糖瓜粘”指的即是每年腊月二十三或二十四日的祭灶.有所谓“官三民四船家五”的说法,也就是官府在腊月二十三日,一般民家在二十四日,水上人家则为二十五日举行祭灶.小年是整个春节庆祝活动的开始和伏笔,其主要活动有两项：扫年和祭灶.除此之外,还有吃灶糖的习俗,有的地方还要吃火烧、吃糖糕、油饼,喝豆腐汤.
the Spring Festival
Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year.To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West.The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar,so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.
To the ordinary Chinese,the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.But the 15th of the first month,which normally is called the * Festival,means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.
Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival ,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.During Spring Festival ,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have a big meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.
春节
很久以前,中国历史上最重要的节日是春节,而且据说是中国的新年.对于中国人来说,它的重要程度和西方的圣诞节一样.这一年一度的庆典日期被定在了阴历相当于格里高利历,所以假日改变的日期从一月末变为二月初.
对于黄皮肤的中国人来说,这个解释实际是始于春节的前夕结束于第一个月圆之日的15.而第一个月圆之夜一般情况下被称作元宵节,意味春节在全国大部分地区的官方节日时间上结束.
春节在中国是最重要最流行的节日.很久以前,过春节时,人们常常需要整理打扫房间.并且去花市买些鲜花.春节期间,成年人常常要给小子压岁钱.人们常要在一起聚餐,有些人午夜还会吃饺子.