12.The Dragon Boat Festival Dialogue

12.端午节 对话

Steven doesn't know much about Dragon Boat Festival and Li Lei is telling him something about it.

史蒂文不太了解中国的端午节，李雷正在给他讲解。

Steven: I hear that there is a festival called Duanwu in China.

史蒂文：我听说中国有个节日叫端午。

Li Lei: Yes. It is also called Dragon Boat Festival.

李雷：是的。它也叫龙舟节。

Steven: Why are you celebrating this festival?

史蒂文：你们为什么要庆祝这个节日?

Li Lei: We celebrate it to commemorate a great patriotic poet of China—Qu Yuan.

李雷：是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原。

Steven: What do you do on that day?

史蒂文：那你们一般怎么庆祝？

Li Lei: We'll have rice dumplings. What's more, there are also dragon boat matches in some places of southern China.

李雷：我们会包棕子吃。还有，南方很多地方还会有赛龙舟。

Steven: I see.

史蒂文：我知道了。