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day 65old customs

unit 10 · arts & traditions

    old customs

    Talk about old customs and New Year traditions, and look at things from someone’s point of view with 從……的角度來看.

    today’s words

    • 毛筆 máobǐ · writing brush
    • 古代 gǔdài · ancient times
    • 角度 jiǎodù · angle, point of view
    • 命 mìng · life; fate
    • 風俗 fēngsú · custom, tradition
    • 古老 gǔlǎo · ancient, very old
    • 煙火 yānhuǒ · fireworks
    • 宗教 zōngjiào · religion
    • 規矩 guījǔ · rules, manners
    • 團圓 tuányuán · be together (as a family)
    • 國王 guówáng · king
    • 鬼 guǐ · ghost
    • 鞭炮 biānpào · firecrackers
    • 一連 yīlián · in a row, in succession
    • 真是 zhēnshì · really, truly
    • 大多數 dàduōshù · the great majority
    • 慢慢 mànmàn · slowly, take your time
    • 年年 niánnián · every year

    sentences

    • 從老人的角度來看,這個規矩很重要。 · From older people’s point of view, this rule matters.
    • 從孩子的角度來看,過年就是紅包! · From a child’s point of view, New Year means red envelopes!
    • 我們年年都去外婆家團圓。 · Every year we all get together at Grandma’s (Mum’s mum’s).
    • 古代的人用毛筆寫字。 · In ancient times, people wrote with brushes.
    • 很多古老的故事裡都有國王。 · Lots of old stories have a king in them.