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 plans for 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’s New 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.

自然，新年就是一年的第一天。在全世界的许多国家，新年都是一个全国性的假日。这一天家人团聚，享用美味佳肴，庆祝新年。在这一天许多人会制定全年计划。人们把这些计划称之为新年愿望。人们下决心要减肥、健身、戒烟、每天学习英语或是存一大笔钱。我认为许多人在1月1号这一天都是以认真的太对对待这些计划，但是还没到周末就忘得一干二净。一年之后又是新年，人们又制定了与前年一样的计划。我猜全世界的人们都会制定相同的计划。我想他们也会同时忘掉自己的愿望。

One thing I like about New Year’s Day are the TV programmes that look back at the previous year. They are like highlights shows of the news. These always remind me how lucky I am because a lot of the news is about wars, famines, 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 depressing 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’.

我对新年的喜爱原因之一，就是这一天的电视节目会回顾上一年的事件。比如重点新闻集锦。这些时时提醒着我，我有多幸运，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。节目还会回顾这一年所离世的人们的生活。恩……这些听起来确实令人感觉有些压抑。但是这一年也有好事发生，例如顶级体育赛事和音乐故事。上一年的一些清单也会在新年这天产生，像年度十佳电影、年度十佳体育成就等。甚至还会有“年度新词前十”。去年获此殊荣的单词是“博客”和“ 播客”。