A: Are you celebrating tonight, Mark?
B: Yes, I will go out and get dumplings.
C: Uh, what are you celebrating?
A: Chinese New Year!
C: Oh, I see.
A: I think of my family at this time of year.
B: Me, too. My family gets together for Chinese New Year.
A: Mine, too. And my mom always cooks a big dinner!
C: Why?
B: Some foods are lucky for Chinese people. Fish is one of them.
C:
B: That's because "fish" sounds like "余" in Chinese. It means riches.
C: Oh!
A: That's right. And children do get riches.
C: They do?
A: Yes! The envelopes have money in them.
| A. We always have fish. B. Why is fish a lucky food? C. Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve. D. So people wish for riches in the new year. E. What does your mother cook on New Year's Eve? F. Children get red envelopes (红包) from their parents and other adults. G. We usually have a big dinner in a restaurant on Chinese New Year's Eve. |
