A present for parents whose child has recently been born might show a paper cut of children, for example.
例如，送给刚生完小孩的父母的礼物可能就是儿童剪纸。
Paper cuts which show the Chinese character for double happiness are often used to celebrate weddings.
红双喜字的剪纸通常用来庆祝结婚。
Paper cuts used for religious purposes are often found in temples.
用于宗教目的的剪纸通常在寺庙可以找到。
They are also used as offerings to the dead.
它们还被用来祭祀死者。
People to whom the dead person was related would make these offerings on special days and during festivals.
死者的亲友会在特殊的日子和节日制作这种祭品。
The third kind of paper cuts are those used to make patterns on clothing.
第三种剪纸是用来在衣服上作图案。
They are also sometimes used to decorate jewellery boxes.
它们同样有时候用来装饰珠宝盒。
Dragons are very popular patterns for these designs.
在这种设计中，龙是非常流行的图案。
The interview was very useful as I got a lot of interesting information for my article.
这次的采访非常有用，我为我的文章得到了许多有趣的信息。
I was also ready to try out paper-cutting for myself.
我还准备自己制作一张剪纸。
"See you next week," I said as I waved goodbye to Mr Chen.
“下周再见，”当我对陈先生挥手再见的时候，这么对他说。
I was going to meet him again so that he could help me make my first paper cut!
我打算再来见他，这样他就可以帮助我制作我的第一张剪纸了！