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Besides Chinese New Year, what are the other festivals according to the Lunar Calendar?

農歷新年以外還有什么節日？

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Well, there are Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn Festival, Chung Yeung Festival and so on.

嗯，還有端午節、中秋節、重陽節等等。

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Oh, this is amazing! How can you people handle so many festivals?

哇，不是吧！你們怎么可能應付這么多的節日？

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I mean, there seems to be something to celebrate all the year round.

我的意思是，好像一年到頭都要忙著慶祝似的。

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That's not an overstatement. As I said, these are only the main ones. There are many others.

你這樣說一點也不夸張，我只是說了幾個重要的節日，還有很多沒有提及呢。

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Scene: Tom and his wife have invited Carl and David for dinner.

場景：湯姆和他夫人邀請卡爾和大衛吃晚飯。

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Come in. Oh, Carl and David.

哦，是卡爾和大衛，請進。

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Merry Christmas, Mrs. Tom!

湯姆夫人，圣誕快樂！

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Thank you. The same to you.

謝謝。圣誕快樂！

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Merry Christmas, Carl and David!

卡爾，大衛，圣誕快樂！

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Thank you, Mr. Tom. The same to you.

謝謝，湯姆先生。也祝你圣誕快樂！

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(looking at his calendar) Oh, next Friday is May 4th.

（正在看著日歷）哦，下周五是五月四號了。

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(a foreigner) Is that a special day?

（一個外國人）是一個特殊的日子嗎？

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Yes. It's the anniversary of one of our important revolutionary movements.

是的。它是中國一個重大革命運動的紀念日。

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Oh yes, the May Fourth Movement. I've read about it.

哦，是的，五四運動，我聽說過。

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That took place right after the First World War, didn't it?

它就發生在第一次世界大戰之后，是嗎？

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Well, in 1919.

是的，在1919年。

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What do people usually do on that day?

在這一天，人們通常干什么？

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Different kinds of activities, such as commenmorative meetings, planting trees,

舉行各種各樣的活動，例如召開紀念大會，植樹造林，

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visiting places of revolutionary interest, outings, parties.

參觀革命圣地，出去郊游，或者舉辦晚會。

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It's mostly young people who take part.

參加活動的絕大多數是年青人。

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Why is that?

為什么？

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Because it's also known now as Youth Day. So you see-

因為這個節日還被稱為是青年節，所以你明白了-