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“元旦”英语怎么说
柯林斯COBUILD词典是这么说的：
New Year's Dayis the first day of the year. In Western countries this is the 1st of January.
元旦节是新年的第一天。在西方国家，元旦节是一月一日。
因此“元旦”叫New Year’s Day（注意大写）而不是New Year Day (×)
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元旦的传说
In a legend 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 as he, Yao did not pass on his throne to his son but to Shun, a wise and saintly man.
相传在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. Just like Shun, Yu also did a lot of good deeds for the people and was revered by them. After Yao died, Shun set the day he made sacrifices 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 would organize celebrations and sacrifices on this day, for example sacrificing to the immortals and their forefathers , writing Spring Festival scrolls, writing character fortunes and dragon dancing.
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。
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元旦的起源
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.
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”。
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.
“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升起，意为一天的开始。当“元”和“旦”相结合，意思就成了一年开始的第一天。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 1st.
庆祝活动通常在午夜过后持续到新年的1月1日。
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不同国家的元旦习俗
1、中国
The customs of Chinese New Year's Day include sacrificing to gods and Buddhas, ancestors, pasting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, eating reunion dinner and other activities. Many places will also hold large-scale entertainment and celebration activities, and everyone will get together to experience the happy atmosphere brought by New Year's Day.
中国元旦的风俗有祭神佛、拜祭祖先、贴春联、放鞭炮、吃团圆饭等活动。不少的地方还会举行大型的娱乐欢庆活动，大家会齐聚在一起，共同感受元旦带来的欢乐气氛。
2、美国
Up to 1 million partygoers will wait in the cold in the Time Square to “watch the ball drop”. In this hundred-year-old American tradition, a giant ball of colored lights begins sliding down a pole one minute before midnight. At the ten-second mark, the crowd start shouting “Ten! Nine! Eight!…” When the ball hits the ground, the New Year has begun. After yelling “Happy New Year!”, people hug and kiss.
每年的新年前夜，都会有上百万人聚集在时代广场观看落球仪式。在这项有着百年历史的传统里，人们会在午夜前的最后一分钟看着巨大的水晶球从桅杆高处落下，并一同倒数。当球落至地面，新年也随之到来，人们便会互祝新年快乐，并纷纷拥吻庆祝新年的来临。
3、西班牙
On the eve of New Year's Day, all family members in Spain get together and celebrate with music and games. When midnight came, the first ring of the twelve o'clock bell started, and everyone was fighting to eat grapes. If you can eat 12 by the bell, it means that everything is going well every month in the New Year.
西班牙人在元旦前夕，所有家庭成员都团聚在一起，以音乐和游戏相庆贺。午夜来临，十二点的钟声刚开始敲第一响，大家便争着吃葡萄。如果能按钟声吃下12颗，便象征着新年的每个月都一切如意。
4、英国
Traditionally in the UK, on the stroke of midnight, people open the back door (to let the old year out) and ask the first dark haired man to be seen to come through the front door carrying salt, coal and bread. This means that the following year everyone in the house will have enough to eat (bread), enough money (salt) and be warm enough (coal). There's also a custom called the first-foot, which is the first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day and is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.
在英国，当午夜钟声敲响时，人们会打开后门（送走旧年），让第一个见到的深色头发男人带着盐、煤和面包从前门进来。这意味着第二年家里的每个人都会拥有足够的食物（面包）、钱（盐）和温暖（煤）。还有一种习俗叫做“第一位访客”，指的是新年第一个踏入家门的人，被视为是来年好运的使者。
5、法国
France celebrates the New Year with wine. People begin to revel on the eve of the New Year's Day and do not stop until January 3. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day heralds the new year.
法国以酒来庆祝新年，人们从元旦前夜起开始狂欢痛饮，直到1月3日才终止。法国人认为元旦这一天的天气预示着新的一年的年景。
6、菲律宾
In the Philippines, celebrations feature round items, because it's believed that roundness symbolizes prosperity. Households pick 12 round fruits for each month of the year. People also wear polka dots for good luck.
菲律宾人会以圆形的事物来迎接新年，因为他们相信圆形象征着财富与繁荣。新年当天，人们会准备12种圆形的水果，每种象征一个月份。同时也会穿上有波点图案的衣服以获得好运。
7、丹麦
If you carne out of your front door to find a lot of smashed plates, you night be a hit confused. But that a exactly what people in Denmark hope to find after New Year's midnight, as it means good luck. So, if you were Danish, you might go and smash a plate at a friend a door-step to bring good luck to him or her over the next 12 months.
如果你走出前门，却发现很多被砸碎的盘子，相比你会很困惑。但这正是丹麦人希望在新年的午夜后找到的，因为这意味着好运。所以，如果你是丹麦人，你也许就会去朋友家门口的台阶上砸一个盘子，以期在接下来的12个月里给他或她带来好运。
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“跨年”用英语怎么说？
今天是“元旦”那么昨天就是“元旦前夜”它的英文说法是New Year's Eve元旦前夜也就是“跨年夜”你知道“跨年”用英语怎么说吗？一起来学学。
一、跨年的英文表达
1、spend the New Year's Eve
最为简单直白的表达，就是“spend the New Year's Eve”。
“Eve”的英文释义为“the period or day before an important event”，而跨年夜就是元旦（New Year's Day）前夕，故称之New Year's Eve。
注意：这里的新年不同于我国的农历新年，跨年夜也不同于除夕，因此若要表达除夕夜，最好用“Chinese New Year's Eve”。
2、do the countdown to the new year
这种表达与跨年夜的传统有关。由于跨年活动的最高潮就是在11:59进行的倒计时，因此也被称为“跨年倒数”，也就是“the countdown to the new year”。
如果想表达跨年这一动作，只要在前面加上“do”就好啦。
3、ring in the new year / usher in the new year
这种表达与跨年的意义有关。跨年顾名思义就是跨过旧年、迎接新年，因此凡是关于“迎接新年”的表达都可以用来表示跨年。
以下是两个比较地道的动词词组：
▌ring in: to celebrate the beginning of something
Let's ring out the old year and ring in the new.让我们伴着钟声辞旧迎新。
此处“ring out”是指“to accompany the departure of something with bells”，有“鸣钟送旧”之意。
▌usher in: to mark or observe the beginning of something
The New Year's bell will soon toll to usher in the year 2024.2024年的新年钟声即将敲响。
当然，还可以用最常见的表示“欢迎、迎接”的动词，比如“welcome”“greet”等。
二、跨年邀请相关问答
1.首先是“你要去哪里跨年？”
A: Hey, where are you going to celebrate New Year’s Eve?
嘿，你要去哪里跨年呢？
B: Well, I haven’t decided yet. I stayed home last year, but I want to do something different this year.
嗯，我还没有决定。我去年待在家里，但是今年我想做点不一样的事。
2.要不要一起跨年？
邀请朋友的时候可以用 why not 的句型
A:Since you haven’t decided, why not go out with me?
既然你还没有决定，要不要和我一起出去跨年呢？
B:That sounds great! I wasn’t sure who to hang out with on that day.
听起来很棒！我之前还没找到要一起出去的人！
邀请人的时候也可以这样说：
A:Hey, it’s New Year’s Eve. Do you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve together?
嘿，跨年夜到了，你想一起跨年么？
B:Sure, let’s not stay home like a couch potato this year.
当然，我们今年就别宅在家里当懒虫了吧！
提出建议的时候也可以用的句型
A:What do you want to do to celebrate New Year’s Eve?
你跨年夜想做什么呢？
B:How about having a gourmet dinner, and then watching the fireworks?
你觉得先吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，然后再去看烟火，这样如何？
3.但如果已经有了规划，需要婉拒时，除了 sorry 以外，还可以这样说：
A:Hey, it’s New Years Eve. Do you want to celebrate it together?
嘿，跨年夜到了，你想一起跨年嗎？
B:Too bad, I have been too tired lately. I would rather stay home and be a couch potato this year.
太可惜了，我最近有点太累了。我今年宁可在家里当懒虫就好了。
A:What a shame!
太可惜了！
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关于“岁末”的其他表达？
除了跨年活动，“年终总结”也称得上是一件大事。
总结过去一年完成的事、有哪些收获、存在什么不足，以及展望新的一年，确定方向和目标。
“年终总结”的表达有：
year-end summary / review
annual summary / review
在西方，人们把新年的计划和愿望称为“New Year's resolution”，就是改变过去一年中不健康或自己不喜欢的行为，采取一些全新的做法，如：社交媒体戒断、学习新知、减肥、戒酒、早睡早起等。
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“倒计时”英语怎么说？
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
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元旦相关短语
1、节日相关单词
New Year 新年
Chinese dragon 龙
Celebration 庆祝
Calendar 日历
Countdown 倒计时
Fireworks 烟花
Party 派对
Toast 干杯
Gathering 聚会
Wishs 祝愿
Joy 喜悦
2、庆祝相关短语
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）
3、祝福短语
恭喜发财：may prosperity be with you.年年有余：may you always get more than you wish for.新年新气象：as the New Year begins， let us also start a new.万事如意：hope everything goes your way.岁岁平安：may you start safe and sound all year round.龙年快乐：Happy the year of Dragon恭喜发财：Wish you wealth and prosperity心想事成：May all your wishes come ture
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元旦相关诗词
《元日》[宋] 王安石
爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。千门万户瞳瞳日，总把新桃换旧符。
The Lunar New Year's DayWang Anshi
With cracker's cracking noise the old year passed away,The vernal breeze brings us warm wine and warm spring day.The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household,New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.（许渊冲译）
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新年祝福语
Best of luck in the year to come.愿你在未来的一年里，吉星高照。
Wish all the best wishes for you.向你献上最美好的祝福。 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year.祝你新的一年快乐幸福。 May the beauty and joy of the New Year remain with you.愿新春美景与欢乐常伴随你。
Wishing you and your family a very happy new year.祝福你及全家新年快乐。 Rich blessings for health and longevity is my special wish for you in the coming year.祝你在新的一年里身体健康，多福多寿。 Hope all your New Year dreams come true!愿你所有的新年梦想都成真！
Good luck, good health, good cheer. I wish you a happy New Year.
祝好运、健康、欢乐伴你度过一个快乐新年。
I would like to wish you a joyous New Year and express my wishes for your happiness and good future.祝新年快乐，并愿你幸福吉祥，前程似锦。
May the New Year bring many good things and rich blessings to you and all those you love.愿新年带给你和你爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福。
I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year.谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
A sound of blessing for the new year, wealth and peace are spread all over the country.
一声声祝福贺新年，富贵平安都传遍。
Wish many good wishes for the holidays and the coming year.新的一年，向你献上最诚挚的祝福。
As the New Year begins, let us also start a new!新年新气象！
May the New Year be a time of laughter and real enjoyment for you. Best wishes.愿新年不仅是你欢笑的时刻，更是你欣喜的日子。祝福你。
May the glow of New Year candle fill your heart with peace and pleasure and make your New Year bright. Have a love filled New Year!愿新年的烛光带给你祥和与喜悦，祝你新年充满爱。
New Year should be a time of banked-up fires, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.新年是这样美好的时光：炉火熊熊，花儿芬芳，醇酒飘香，殷殷祝福，美好回忆，恩爱日新。即便没有一切，只要有爱便足矣。
New Year time is here. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. May every day hold happy hours for you.新年来临，祝新年快乐，愿你时时刻刻幸福欢乐！
May your New Year be filled with special moment, warmth, peace and happiness, the joy of covered ones near, and wishing you all the joys of New Year and a year of happiness.愿你的新年充满温馨，祥和，与亲人团聚的快乐，祝乐陶陶，新年乐无限。
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。
Less bitter, more glitter.少一点点苦，多一点闪光。
Out with the old, in with the new.把旧的丢走，让新的进来。
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!
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。
May your new year sparkle and shine.愿你新的一年闪闪发光。
Tonight’s the night the world begins again.今晚是世界重新开始的一晚。
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。
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。
Don’t look back. You are not going that way.别回头了，那不是你要走的路。
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。
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