牛津树 诗朗读 暨 词汇、句子与家庭语言教育（九）

元宵 来临之际 （ The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.春节的尾声 ），幼儿园也张灯结彩，舞龙舞狮，猜灯谜 solve riddles on the laterns ，热热闹闹。

昨天正好收到英国寄来的 Oxford Reading Tree - poetry系列，特选一篇 Chinese New Year 中国的春节 ，分享给大家，祝各位元宵快乐Happy latern festival  !

原版诗内容分享如图，动词很丰富，名词很常见。

in with the New Year, out with the old 辞旧迎新

dragon 龙

lion 狮

banner 横幅 标语

prance 腾跃 欢蹦乱跳 （walk or move around with exaggerated夸张 movement, because they want people to look at them and admire them为了引起人们的注意与赞赏）

sway 前后或来回摇摆（lean or swing slowly from one side to the other）

fireworks 烟花

firecracker 爆竹

crack 爆裂，噼里啪啦

latern 灯笼

swing 摇摆，像秋千那样有振幅的摇摆 所以名词秋千也是swing（it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point 在固定点处，从一处摇摆至另一处）