我们口中所说的“跨年”

其实就是告别2020的最后一天

迎接2021的第一天

往往都会以参加一些活动的方式来度过

英语中通常会用

“celebrate New Year’s Eve”

千万别说成：Cross the year（×）

跨年晚会：Countdown Party / New Year's Eve Party

People from different parts of the world celebrate New Year’s Eve in different ways.

来自世界各地的人会用不同的方式跨年。

“eve”这个单词我们在圣诞夜（Christmas Eve）中也碰到过，它表示“day or evening before a religious festival or holiday”，也就是“前日，前夕”的意思。

例句：

①People from different parts of the world celebrate New Year’s Eve in different ways.

来自世界各地的人会用不同的方式跨年。

②Where are you going to celebrate New Year’s Eve?

你要去哪里跨年呢？

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元旦（New Year’s Day），即公历的1月1日，是世界多数国家通称的“新年”。元，谓“始”，凡数之始称为“元”；旦，谓“日”；“元旦”意即“初始之日”。

New Year's Day is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. As the first day of the year, yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.

元旦是农历的第一天。这是一天，当地球绕着太阳转一圈，正在开始另一个循环。当人们送走旧的日子，并欢迎新的朋友的时候，它代表了一个新的开始。作为一年的第一天，元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。

legend

In a legend [传说] about the prosperous era of Yao and Shun some 4000 years ago, when Yao was the king, he created many benefits for the people and was loved by them. However, since his son was not as capable [有能力] as he, Yao did not pass on his throne [皇位] to his son but to Shun, a wise [明智的] and saintly man.

关于元旦节的传说，相传是再4000多年前远古的尧舜之时，尧天子在位时勤政于民，为老百姓办了很多好事，很受广大老百姓爱戴，但因其子无才太不成器，尧没把“天子”之位传给自己的儿子，而是传给了品德才能兼备的舜。

Yao said to Shun: "You must pass the throne to the right person. Only then, will I feel at peace when I die." Shun passed his throne to Yu, who was a hero because he could control flooding [洪水]. Just like Shun, Yu also did a lot of good deeds for the people and was revered [尊敬] by them. After Yao died, Shun set the day he made sacrifices [祭祀] to the heavens and gods, as well as to the late Yao, as the first day of the year.

尧对舜说：“你今后一定要把帝位传给值得的人，待我死后也可安心瞑目了”。后来舜把帝位传给了治洪水有功的禹，禹亦像舜那样亲民爱民为百姓做了很多好事，都十分受人爱戴。后来人们把尧死后，舜帝祭祀天地和先帝尧的那一天，当作一年的开始之日。

Previous dynasties [朝代] would organize celebrations and sacrifices on this day, for example sacrificing to the immortals and their forefathers , writing Spring Festival scrolls [春联], writing character fortunes [写福字] and dragon dancing [舞龙].

历代皇朝都在元旦举行庆贺典仪祈祀等活动，如祭诸神祭先祖，写门对挂春联，书写福字、舞龙灯。

Origin

In ancient China, Yuan Dan was not on January 1st, as regulated in the Gregorian calendar. The date of Yuan Dan had been changed many times from the 1st of the 12th lunar month in Yin Dynasty to the 1st of the 1st lunar month in Han Dynasty.

When Sun Yat-sen took office as the temporary President in Nanjing at the beginning of January of 1912, he set the 1st of the 1st lunar month as the Spring Festival while the 1st of January was set as the New Year, which was also called Yuan Dan.

After liberation, the Central Government of China issued a National Festival and Memorial Day Holiday that set January 1st as Yuan Dan, which was a one-day holiday for the whole country.

在古代，按公历来说，元旦不仅仅是一月一号这一天。元旦的日期从殷朝腊月初一改到汉朝的正月初一。公元1911年，孙中山领导的辛亥革命 ，推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会，决定使用公历，把农历的正月初一叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日叫做“元旦”。新中国成立后，中国出台了关于全国假日和战争纪念日的放假规定时，定1月1号为元旦，全国放假一天。

In order to distinguish the two New Years of both the lunar calendar and solar calendar, and as the "spring beginning" of the Lunar Calendar was always around the lunar New Year, the 1st of the 1st lunar month was called the Spring Festival.

Yuan means the beginning, the first. The beginning of a number is Yuan. Dan, which is a pictographic character in the Chinese language, means the day rises from the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of a day. When Yuan and Dan are combined, it means the first day of a New Year.

Yuan Dan is also called Three Yuan, the beginning of a year, the beginning of a month and the beginning of an hour. The word Yuan Dan was first used during the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns era.

为了区别农历和阳历的两个新年有鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”。“元”意为开始，第一，数字的第一个称元。“旦”在中国文字里是象形文字，其意思为太阳从地平线上圣骑，意为一天的开始。当“元”和“旦”相结合，意思就成了一年开始得第一天。元旦又称“三元”，即岁之元、月之元、时之元。元旦最早可以追溯到“ 三皇五帝时期”（ “三皇”指、地皇、人皇。“五帝”指木帝、火帝、土帝、金帝和水帝。 ）

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31.

在公历中，新年前夜(在许多国家也被称为旧历年或圣西尔维斯特节)是一年中的最后一天，在12月31日。

In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.

在许多国家，人们会举行晚会来庆祝新年前夜，许多人在那里跳舞、吃饭、喝酒、看或放烟花。一些基督徒参加守夜仪式。The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, January 1.庆祝活动通常在午夜过后持续到新年的1月1日。

为了迎接新年大家一般做什么呢？

皮卡丘身边很多朋友会做以下事情：

attend New Year’s Eve celebrations ：参加跨年活动

hold a house party 举办家庭派对

attend street parties 参加街头派对

dance the night away 跳舞跳通宵

watch the fireworks 看烟火

go to a concert 去看演唱会

hit the bar 去酒吧

pray at a church 教堂祷告

have a buffet dinner 吃一顿自助餐晚餐

New Year's resolution 新年决心（相当于新年愿望/计划）

2021年最后一天即将结束的时候

大家会一起倒计时

BBC曾在一档电视节目中这么说：

Most other countries usually hold public new year countdown parties.

大多数其他国家通常会举行新年倒计时晚会。

所以countdown=倒数计时

new year countdown=新年倒数计时

（与“跨年”这个概念也是不谋而合）

“跨年演唱会”可以翻译为：

new year countdown concert

模仿例句中的new year countdown parties

1）Today is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

今天就是一本365页书的第一张空白页。好好写哦。

2）Thank U, Next - Me to 2021.

谢谢你，下一个。2021我来啦。

3）Less bitter, more glitter.

少一点点苦，多一点闪光。

4）Out with the old, in with the new.

把旧的丢走，让新的进来。

5）And finally here we go: 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…! Happy New Year! Wishing you 365 days of good luck!

终于到了这一刻：十、九、八、七、六、五、四、三、二、一！新年快乐！祝你365天天天好运!

6）Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

新的一年给了我们新的机会去做到更好，为新年干杯。

7）May your new year sparkle and shine.

愿你新的一年闪闪发光。

8）Tonight’s the night the world begins again.

今晚是世界重新开始的一晚。

9）Cheers to the people who love us, the losers who lost us, and the lucky bastards who get to meet us this year.

为爱我们的人，为失去我们的失败者，为今年能见到我们的幸运混蛋干杯。

10）New year. New feels. New breathe. New chances. Same dreams, fresh starts. I dare you to believe in yourself. You deserve all things magic.

新年，新感觉，新的呼吸，新机会。同样的梦想，全新的开始。你要相信自己，你值得拥有所有神奇的东西。

11）Don’t look back. You are not going that way.

别回头了，那不是你要走的路。

12）I can’t wait to control-alt-delete, and start a new.

我等不及要按住全选删除键并重新开始。

13）I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year.

谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。

“新年好呀，新年好呀，祝贺大家新年好！”这首歌曲我们都很熟悉。实际上，这首歌的曲调已经在美国唱了一百多年了。这是一首著名的美国民谣，歌名为《Oh My Darling, Clementine亲爱的，克莱门汀》在19世纪尾时時非常流行。Clementine是一位女孩的名字。

这首流传于19世纪美国的民谣，歌曲诉说着对矿井工人女儿克莱门汀的深深思念之情！

英文原版《新年好》歌手：Gabriella Lewis & Shay Tochner

英文原版《新年好》歌手：Connie Francis

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