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第四章 高职英语口语技能大赛题型概述

“Dust”（ 尘）is homophonic with “chen”（ 陈）in Chinese, which means
old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a
thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. Chinese People

believe that in order to receive the new luck, you have to swipe the bad luck. All the
cleaning has to be done before the end of New Year’s Eve, that’s what Chinese people
always called “Ci Jiu Ying Xin”: saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
“Dust” 与“尘”是谐音（尘在汉语中的意思是旧的和过去的）。这样，“在

春节前扫尘”是指彻底清洁房屋扫除过去闰年的厄运。勤劳勇敢的中国人民相信，
只有把旧的坏运气赶走了，才能迎接美好新生活。所有的大扫除必须要在除夕夜
之前完成，干干净净整整齐齐迎接新年，就是我们常说的辞旧迎新。
After the thoroughly clean up, people will paste paper-cut decorations on the

windows and doors. Paper-cuts, usually with auspicious patterns, give a happy and
prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people
looking forward to a good life. It is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu
（福）”, big and small, on walls, doors and doorposts around the houses. “Fu（福）”
shows people’s yearning toward a good life. Some people’s yearning toward a good

life. Some people even invert the character “Fu（福）” to signify that blessing has
arrived because “inverted” is a homonym for “arrive” in Chinese.
在大扫除之后，大家会在家中门窗上贴上窗花。通常带有吉祥图案的窗花，

传递节日喜庆和执闹的气氛和表达中国人期待幸福生活的美好愿望。除了贴窗花，
在墙上，门上和房子周围的门框上巾大小福字是中国人表达对美好生活渴望的普
遍习俗。一些人甚至倒贴福字来表示福到了，因为在汉语中“倒”是“到”的谐音。
“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical
phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of

two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an
inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. Whether the family is rich or
poor, educated or ignorant, everyone must put on the Spring Couplet to symbolize the

hopes for the coming new year.
“春联”或“对联”倒立在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。春联是由贴在门口
两侧两组对仗的句子组成，在门上面的横批通常是一个吉祥的短语。不论是大富

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