Intermediate - Chinese New Year Plans A:

` an? women ma, z enme guoni

(C0783)

Mom, what are the plans for Chinese New Year?

B:

sansh chuy nian nian qu eye jia, aigong jia. ` y ` w` qu On the day before Chinese New Year well go to your paternal grandpas house, and on New Years Day well go to your maternal grandpas house.

A:

tao. ` y` ou sh` laoy Same old thing again.

C:

` sh` ong. ` an dangr y` tuanyu zhe chuant guoni an ao y jia an, ef` y q ch niany` an. Its a tradition. Of course the whole family has to get together for the New Year, to have the New Years Eve dinner together.

A:

an dou ` e y` ch dongxi, mei meini naxi zhen si. We ate those same things every year. Its so boring.

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C:

` ` dian ba hanji a ` zuoy` ` e zuo ` w ` an renao ma. n kuai an , guoni jiu ey w an le. ` k Its festive. Hurry up and nish your winter vacation homework so that you can have fun on the New Year.

A:

an ` an, wo genb mei dou chuq en k esh` women meiti ` baini u w sh jian an. But every day we go make New Years visits. I dont have any time at all for fun.

B:

shuo x ` ma? de? n ao shei b` u sh` hen huan f` ang bianp Says who? Dont you love setting off recrackers?

A:

sh ` ai ` b` juede guoni ` an xiao hou x huan, xianz u x huan le. wo wuli zhen ao! I liked it when I was little, but now I dont. I think Chinese New Year is so boring!

B:

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 wuli na ` j hongb n jiu j` ran nnian ao u gei le. ao, ` b` Well, if its so boring, then this year we wont be giving you your red envelope.

A:

ai dou wo, dou u b` naq le. n men congl u gei j hua ` z` You never give it to me. You take it away and spend it yourselves.

C:

. women sh` bang n cunqi an We save it for you.

A:

heng! Hmph.

Key Vocabulary

` an guoni sansh nian

Chinese New Year the day before New Years Day New Years Day paternal grandfather

chuy nian y eye

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w` aigong tao ` laoy ong chuant tuanyu an ef` niany` an

maternal grandfather same old thing tradition reunion New Years Eve family dinner lively winter vacation to pay a New Years visit simply recrackers since red envelope containing money to save money to spend

` renao a ` hanji ` an baini

en genb ` ao bianp j` ran hongb ao

cunqi an hua

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Supplementary Vocabulary

` any` e dani an tuanyu anf` ` zhangb ei y asu` qian

New Years Eve reunion dinner older generation gift of money given to children at New Years wishing you happiness and prosperity wishing all your wishes come true wishing you happiness always wishing you an overabundance always

gongx f acai

w` ansh` ruy`

su` su` p ngan

any ouyu nianni

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