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六十六大寿 The Sixty-sixth Birthday
生日是十分重要的日子，是属于自己的节日。无论国内外，过生日都很受重视。但是在中国，有些特殊的生日还有很多有趣的习俗。比如喜寿七十七岁，因"喜"字的草书近似竖写的"七十七"；米寿八十八岁，因"米"宇拆开来刚好是中文数字"八十八"；白寿九十九岁，因"白"字乃"百"字去"一"而得名；茶寿一百零八岁，因"茶"字的草字头即双"十"，相加即"二十"，中间的"入"分开即为"八"，底部的"木"即"十"和"八"，相加即"十八"，中底部连在一起构成"八十八"，再加上字头的"二十"，一共是"一百零八"。
A birthday is an important day, a holiday of one's own. People attach much importance to birthdays whether they are at home or abroad. But in China, there are many interesting customs for birthdays. For example, one's seventy-seventh birthday is called 喜寿, because the cursive script of "喜" is similar in appearance to the verticalwriting of "seventy-seven". One's eighty-eighth birthday is called米寿, because the character "米" when disassembled forms the number "eighty-eight" One's ninety-ninth birthday gets its name from白寿, because the character of "白" is "百" without the stroke "一".One's one hundred and eighth birthday is called 茶寿, because the upper part "double 十" of the character "茶" is twenty after being adding together, and "入"in the middle is separated becoming "eight". "木" at the bottom of the character is "ten" and "eight", which added together is "eighteen". With the middle and bottom part forming "eighty-eight" and upper part of "twenty" are combined, it becomes one hundred and eight in total.
上面提到的这些特殊的生日，不一定是每个人都能够经历的。但是在民间，六十六岁也算大寿，非比寻常。按照中国人的习俗，老人的六十六岁生日都要在正月初六这一天庆祝。春节是中国人最隆重的传统节日，充满迎接春天的喜庆气氛。亲朋为老人庆祝六十六岁生日，儿女会送老人蓝色的衣服，是谐音"拦"的意思，意思是把岁月阻拦在六十六岁之前，永保年轻。另外还要吃特色的食品，用六两肉、六两面包六十八个饺子，煮熟后，天一个，地一个，其余六十六个全由寿星一个人在一天之内吃完。
Although not everybody will experience all the special birthdays mentioned above, the sixty-sixth birthday is an important and uncommon birthday. According to Chinese tradition, the sixty-sixth birthday will be celebrated on the day of January 6th (based on lunar calendar). The Spring Festival is the most important traditionalholiday for Chinese people, full of festivalatmosphere welcoming the spring. Relatives and friends come together to celebrate sixty-sixth birthdays with seniors. Children will send clothes in blue color, because the Chinese word for blue is a homonym of the word for "stop", which suggests the meaning of preventing the passage of time and preserving eternal youth before reaching sixty-six. In addition, they will have special food. They make sixty-eight dumplings with six liang (a unit of weight) of meat and six liang of flour. After cooked, one is consecrated to the heaven, and the other to the earth. The rest will be eaten by the birthday person in one day.
正月初六这天酒店会非常热闹，楼上楼下都是人。有些家庭还会准备一个大蛋糕，在众人"福如东海，寿比南山"的祝福中，寿星许愿，吹蜡烛，举杯共饮，将寿宴推向高潮。
On January 6th restaurants will be bustling with the noise and excitement of the day with people all around. Some families also prepare big birthday cakes. Amidst blessings of health and longevity, the people who celebrate their birthdays make wishes, blow out candles and propose toasts raising the birthday party to a climax.
生日是十分重要的日子，是属于自己的节日。无论国内外，过生日都很受重视。但是在中国，有些特殊的生日还有很多有趣的习俗。比如喜寿七十七岁，因"喜"字的草书近似竖写的"七十七"；米寿八十八岁，因"米"宇拆开来刚好是中文数字"八十八"；白寿九十九岁，因"白"字乃"百"字去"一"而得名；茶寿一百零八岁，因"茶"字的草字头即双"十"，相加即"二十"，中间的"入"分开即为"八"，底部的"木"即"十"和"八"，相加即"十八"，中底部连在一起构成"八十八"，再加上字头的"二十"，一共是"一百零八"。
A birthday is an important day, a holiday of one's own. People attach much importance to birthdays whether they are at home or abroad. But in China, there are many interesting customs for birthdays. For example, one's seventy-seventh birthday is called 喜寿, because the cursive script of "喜" is similar in appearance to the verticalwriting of "seventy-seven". One's eighty-eighth birthday is called米寿, because the character "米" when disassembled forms the number "eighty-eight" One's ninety-ninth birthday gets its name from白寿, because the character of "白" is "百" without the stroke "一".One's one hundred and eighth birthday is called 茶寿, because the upper part "double 十" of the character "茶" is twenty after being adding together, and "入"in the middle is separated becoming "eight". "木" at the bottom of the character is "ten" and "eight", which added together is "eighteen". With the middle and bottom part forming "eighty-eight" and upper part of "twenty" are combined, it becomes one hundred and eight in total.
上面提到的这些特殊的生日，不一定是每个人都能够经历的。但是在民间，六十六岁也算大寿，非比寻常。按照中国人的习俗，老人的六十六岁生日都要在正月初六这一天庆祝。春节是中国人最隆重的传统节日，充满迎接春天的喜庆气氛。亲朋为老人庆祝六十六岁生日，儿女会送老人蓝色的衣服，是谐音"拦"的意思，意思是把岁月阻拦在六十六岁之前，永保年轻。另外还要吃特色的食品，用六两肉、六两面包六十八个饺子，煮熟后，天一个，地一个，其余六十六个全由寿星一个人在一天之内吃完。
Although not everybody will experience all the special birthdays mentioned above, the sixty-sixth birthday is an important and uncommon birthday. According to Chinese tradition, the sixty-sixth birthday will be celebrated on the day of January 6th (based on lunar calendar). The Spring Festival is the most important traditionalholiday for Chinese people, full of festivalatmosphere welcoming the spring. Relatives and friends come together to celebrate sixty-sixth birthdays with seniors. Children will send clothes in blue color, because the Chinese word for blue is a homonym of the word for "stop", which suggests the meaning of preventing the passage of time and preserving eternal youth before reaching sixty-six. In addition, they will have special food. They make sixty-eight dumplings with six liang (a unit of weight) of meat and six liang of flour. After cooked, one is consecrated to the heaven, and the other to the earth. The rest will be eaten by the birthday person in one day.
正月初六这天酒店会非常热闹，楼上楼下都是人。有些家庭还会准备一个大蛋糕，在众人"福如东海，寿比南山"的祝福中，寿星许愿，吹蜡烛，举杯共饮，将寿宴推向高潮。
On January 6th restaurants will be bustling with the noise and excitement of the day with people all around. Some families also prepare big birthday cakes. Amidst blessings of health and longevity, the people who celebrate their birthdays make wishes, blow out candles and propose toasts raising the birthday party to a climax.
- holiday [´hɔlidi]
n.假日，假期，节日 (初中英语单词) - attach [ə´tætʃ] v.附；使隶属；使依恋 (初中英语单词)
- abroad [ə´brɔ:d] ad.海外；到处；广泛 (初中英语单词)
- writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)
- character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)
- tradition [trə´diʃən] n.传统；惯例；传说 (初中英语单词)
- celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)
- atmosphere [´ætməsfiə] n.大气；空气；气氛 (初中英语单词)
- celebrate [´selibreit] vt.庆祝；表扬；赞美 (初中英语单词)
- eternal [i´tə:nəl] a.永远的；永恒的 (初中英语单词)
- addition [ə´diʃən] n.加；加法；附加物 (初中英语单词)
- excitement [ik´saitmənt] n.兴奋；骚动；煽动 (初中英语单词)
- festival [´festivəl] n.节日；庆祝；欢庆 (高中英语单词)
- climax [´klaimæks] n.顶点；高潮 (高中英语单词)
- vertical [´və:tikəl] a.垂直的 n.垂直线 (英语四级单词)
- uncommon [ʌn´kɔmən] a.非常的，非凡的，罕见的 (英语四级单词)
- traditional [trə´diʃənəl] a.传统的，习惯的 (英语四级单词)
- amidst [ə´midst] prep.=amid (英语四级单词)
- script [skript] n.笔迹；手稿；剧本 (英语六级单词)
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