世界节假日博览 第1期:新年

 　　New Year’s Day is, of course, the first day of the year. It is a national holiday in most countries around the world. It is a time when families get together and celebrate with a meal. Many people make new plansfor the rest of the year. These plans are called New Year resolutions. People decide to lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, study English every day or save lots of money. I think most people are serious about these plans on January 1st, but then forget about them before the end of the week. Then one year later, it’sNew Year’s Day all over again and people make the same resolutions again. I guess people all around the world make the same kinds of plans. I guess they also break their resolutions at the same time.

　　新年当然是一年的第一天。在全世界的许多国家，新年都是全国性的假日。家人在这一天团聚，享用美味佳肴。许多人在这一天会制定全年计划。人们把这些计划称之为新年愿望。人们下决心要减肥、强壮体魄、戒烟、每天学习英语或是存钱。我认为许多人都在这一天制定了认真的计划，但是新年第一周还没有结束，大部分人就忘得差不多了。一年之后又是新年，人们又制定了与前年一样的计划。我猜想全世界的人都有着相同的计划。他们忘记计划的时间也应该是相同的吧。

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　　One thing I like about New Year’s Day are the TV programmes that look back at the previous year. They arelike highlights¹ shows of the news. These always remind me how lucky I am because a lot of the news is about wars, famines², natural disasters, plane crashes and other terrible things. The shows also look back at the lives of people who died that year. Hmmm… That all sounds a bit depressing³ really. But then there are happier things, like the top sports and music stories. Another thing that happens on New Year’s Day is lists. The top ten movies of the year, the ten best sporting achievements of the year, etc. There is even a list for the top ten new English words of the year. Previous winners of this are the words ‘blog’ and ‘podcast’.

　　我最喜欢新年的电视节目，因为这一天的电视节目会回顾上一年的事件。它们就像是重点新闻重现一样。看到这些节目时，我感到非常幸运，因为这些新闻都是关于战争、饥荒、自然灾害、飞机失事以及其他灾难性事件。节目还带我们回顾了这一年所牺牲的人们。恩，这些听起来非常难过。但是这一年也发生了许多振奋人心的好事，例如体育和音乐新闻。新年这一天还会产生前年的清单，即年度十佳电影清单、十佳体育成就清单等。还有十佳新英语单词清单。去年获此殊荣的是单词“博客”以及“ 播客”。

　　1.be serious about 对…是认真的

　　Isn't the number an important thing to know about someone you might be serious about?

　　难道了解一个你认真对待的人的性伴侣数量不是一件重要的事吗？

　　2.natural disaster 自然灾难

　　You can have one in a natural disaster or get one later if you're old or unemployed⁴ -- but you can't have both.

　　自然灾难中，你只能拥有一个，或者如果你老了或失业了，你只能得到一个——但是二者你不能兼得。

　　3.make resolution 作出决定

　　Make resolution on the transfer⁵ of shareholder⁶ contributed capital;

　　对股东转让出资作出决议；

　　4.plane crash 空难

　　She told me there had been a third plane crash, this one into the Pentagon.

　　她告诉我，第三架飞机坠毁了，这一次是撞向了五角大楼。

1 highlights   

n.头发挑染部分；全球知名儿童刊物及相关产品的发行和销售商的名称、商号及商标

参考例句：

• The report highlights the major problems facing society today. 报告特别强调了当今社会所面临的主要问题。
• The report highlights a number of instances of injustice. 这篇报道重点列举了一些不公正的实例。

2 famines   

n.饥荒( famine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many people die of starvation during famines every year. 每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation. 解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 depressing   

a.令人沮丧的；令人忧愁的

参考例句：

• Laundromat is really depressing. 自助洗衣店真闷。
• The retrospect was depressing. 回想起来令人沮丧。

4 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

5 transfer   

n. 迁移, 移动, 换车; v. 转移, 调转, 调任

参考例句：

• He has been kicking against this transfer for weeks. 几周以来他一直反对这次调动。
• I intend to transfer the property to my son. 我想把这笔财产转给我儿子。

6 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。