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春节为什么要回家
Why Go Home for the Spring Festival?
Every year hundreds of millions of people travel home for New Year. Why, and what's changing.
Key words in this reading
- guīmó · scale
- liúdòng · movement, flow
- chūnyùn · Spring Festival travel rush
- jiāxiāng · home town
- jìrán · since, given that
- tuányuán · to be reunited (as a family)
- chúxī · New Year's Eve
- niányèfàn · New Year's Eve dinner
- qīdài · to look forward to
- wéiyī · only, sole
- gāncuì · simply, just
- jǐnguǎn · even though
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每年春节前后,中国都会出现世界上规模最大的人口流动,这就是“春运”。几亿人从工作的城市回到自己的家乡。
既然回家的路这么辛苦,为什么大家还是要回去呢?原因之一是,春节在中国人心中是家人团圆的日子。除夕晚上一家人一起吃年夜饭,是很多人一年中最期待的时刻。
另外,不少在城市打工的年轻人,父母和孩子都留在老家。对他们来说,春节可能是一年里唯一能跟家人见面的机会。
当然,情况也在变化。现在有的家庭选择让父母到城市来过年,也有的一家人干脆一起出去旅游。尽管方式不同,团圆的意义却没有变。
Comprehension check
0/4 answered
1. What is 春运?
2. According to the text, what does the Spring Festival mean to many Chinese people?
3. Why is the festival especially important for some young city workers?
4. What does the last paragraph say has NOT changed?