英语拓展词汇
节日篇
1.春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year
农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month
农历 lunar calendar
年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning
春联 Spring Festival couplets
年画 New Year pictures
剪纸 paper-cuts
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
饺子 jiaozi
春晚 Spring Festival Gala
守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve
除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year
辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new
拜年 pay a New Year visit
红包 red packets
压岁钱 lucky money
放爆竹 let off firecrackers
庙会 temple fair
禁忌 taboo
2.元宵节 Lantern Festival
农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month
元宵 rice dumplings
花灯 festival lantern
灯谜 lantern riddle
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
烟花 fireworks
3.端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month
粽子 zongzi
糯米 sticky rice
粽叶 bamboo leaves
舞龙 dragon dance
舞狮 lion dance
踩高跷 stilt walking
赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing
纪念 in memory of
屈原 Quyuan
诗人 poet
忠臣 loyal minister
4.清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day
寒食节 Cold Food Festival
祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones
踏青 go for a spring outing
5.中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival
农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month
月饼 moon cake
赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon
中国神话故事 Chinese mythology
嫦娥 Chang’e
后羿 Hou Yi
长生不老 be immortal
6.重阳节 Double Ninth Day
赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum
登高 climb a height
7.七夕节 Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day
银河 the Milky Way
鹊桥 bridge of magpies
牛郎 Cowherd
织女 the Weaving Maid
王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven
乞巧 praying-for-cleverness
女红 needlework
社会篇
改革开放 reform and opening up
小康社会 a well-to-do society
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life
生活水平 living standards
生活质量 quality of life
改善民生 improve people’s wellbeing
住房条件 housing conditions
生活条件 living conditions
共同富裕 shared prosperity
社会稳定 social stability
衣食住行 food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling
厉行节约 practice economy
缩小收入差距 narrow the income gap 人均收入 average income per capita
城镇居民 urban citizen
失业保障 unemployment security
人口问题 the issue of population 全面发展 all-round development
发达国家 developed country
发展中国家 developing country
人口老龄化 population aging
养老 provision for the aged
养老保险 old-age insurance
社会保险 social insurance
计划生育 family planning
独生子女政策 one-child policy
城市人口 urban population
农业人口 agriculture population
普查 census
社会事业 social programs
人才市场 talent market
人才交流 talent exchange
人才外流 brain drain
应届高校毕业生 new college graduate 农民工 rural migrant worker
公务员 civil servant
市民 citizen
名人 celebrity
残疾人 the disabled
就业率 employment rate
失业率 unemployment rate
出生率 birth rate
死亡率 mortality rate
寿命 life span
贫困地区 poverty-stricken region
欠发达地区 underdeveloped area
摆脱贫困 shake off poverty
生活困难 be badly-off
用电量 electricity consumption
森林覆盖率 forest coverage
产业结构 industrial structure
创历史新高 an all-time high
战略性新兴产业 strategic emerging industries
基础设施 infrastructure
南水北调 South-to-North Water Diversion Project
自然灾害natural disasters
本土化 localization
体力劳动 manual labor
可持续发展 sustainable development
沙尘暴 sandstorm
建筑灰尘 construction dust
市政府 the municipal government
违章建筑 unlicensed construction
严厉地处罚 impose tough punishments on
主要污染源 major sources of pollutants
建筑灰尘 construction dust
炫富 show off wealth
热词 hot word/ buzzword
品位 taste
大众传媒 mass media
中国文化篇
1.中国文化
四大发明 the four great inventions of ancient China
火药 gunpowder
印刷术 printing
造纸术 paper-making
指南针 the compass
文房四宝” Four Treasures of the Study
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