Text 15: Happy birthday Yanyan! Here's your gift.

第15题：燕燕生日快乐！这是你的礼物wDrb|maLYjm8#a7。

Oh, you remembered. What a surprise!

哦，你还记得TDv@Kej4,X,E!@。真是个惊喜！

You can open it.

你可以打开它elsqhOB@tU。

I don't think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.

我想我现在不应该打开它ADfG))1kRL。在中国，我们会在晚些时候打开礼物]OxON_wv+KQl[(。

But back in my country we open a gift right now.

但在我的国家，我们现在就会打开礼物sRj3XTF_gu!gPz!5qwC。

So what do I do?

那我该怎么做？

You needn't wait.

你不必等了.urvn_3J#[zbISdlrTeH。

Okay.

好吧|YUwGYX+gS。

Oh! It's a dictionary. Thank you! I really wanted one.

噢！这是一本词典L1o)_qyWg**ZF22*Vfv~。谢谢！我真的很想要一本词典0AIQflJw-C;。

I'm happy you like it. And I noticed another difference.

我很高兴你喜欢它~**7lJn9x4Oz5Bak&[w|。我注意到了另一个不同之处=MGgc+bO]6vY+。

You accept a gift with both hands but in the west, we usually don't pay much attention to that.

你用双手接受礼物，但在西方，我们通常不太注意这一点.DZ9[@Xq*eB92sF。

Yes, that's one of Chinese traditions.

是的，这是中国的传统之一TAKgRXa@s2(XZ!gZk=*b。

We were taught to be polite in that way at a very young age.

我们在很小的时候就被教育要有礼貌KCMZ+U!lfZ=Qqbn4l7。

Good, I'm interested in all Chinese traditions.

很好，我对所有的中国传统都感兴趣m=03Wp!;lP01gL。

Would you tell me more?

你能告诉我更多中国传统吗？

There are a lot. For example, during spring festival, we carefully prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

有很多例子=EmWZCCU0@&w^9Dh。例如，在春节期间，我们认真准备年夜饭yrxbRf9_%h+2@F。

And we also hang up red lanterns. Another popular custom is paying a new year's visit.

我们还挂大红灯笼n@U4lcYu-K!ZSl;5ToB%。另一个流行的习俗是拜年R+(Bb@D-nAh7akrm,WgJ。

That's interesting.

这很有趣|iY+myiYjevc3*o。

Happy birthday Yanyan! Here's your gift.

燕燕生日快乐！这是你的礼物qi9!Af]VHeUjujWrCB。

Oh, you remembered. What a surprise!

哦，你还记得Z)CD9Q)lTXJE。真是个惊喜！

You can open it.

你可以打开它@N^i#W+q[N。

I don't think I should open it now. In China, we open a gift later.

我想我现在不应该打开它l*mMpX*5MqIV;y|R。在中国，我们会在晚些时候打开礼物Gcfo~1GJXA)。

But back in my country we open a gift right now.

但在我的国家，我们现在就会打开礼物4z)[VCgyql2R#XOh。

So what do I do?

那我该怎么做？

You needn't wait.

你不必等了msgyIEeI2YlBN)F3Z。

Okay.

好吧YiMdI*ffQ_%(M7。

Oh! It's a dictionary. Thank you! I really wanted one.

噢！这是一本词典@FZnUnpyI~2y。谢谢！我真的很想要一本词典5dR#vj|-7baX。

I'm happy you like it. And I noticed another difference.

我很高兴你喜欢它=LQ3@zHIWh。我注意到了另一个不同之处2Pu@R#5W|VGs=Cn3OxZ。

You accept a gift with both hands but in the west, we usually don't pay much attention to that.

你用双手接受礼物，但在西方，我们通常不太注意这一点trovaY_SAaEC~)lxS。

Yes, that's one of Chinese traditions.

是的，这是中国的传统之一aP2Q;|0l.XTYw。

We were taught to be polite in that way at a very young age.

我们在很小的时候就被教育要有礼貌6Uxgyq()As。

Good, I'm interested in all Chinese traditions.

很好，我对所有的中国传统都感兴趣giNO[_ZF-wD[F。

Would you tell me more?

你能告诉我更多中国传统吗？

There are a lot. For example, during spring festival, we carefully prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

有很多例子)jxOPAUq*[ZeZOO8|^。例如，在春节期间，我们认真准备年夜饭KAgDgVxMeo8+d。

And we also hang up red lanterns. Another popular custom is paying a new year's visit.

我们还挂大红灯笼r@|!CmPt2#9Py。另一个流行的习俗是拜年MjFdUWQ[x4CM。

That's interesting.

这很有趣KGF]*n*O~0j0a。