美国文化脱口秀 第444期:你知道元宵节英语叫什么吗?

祝大家元宵佳节快乐!这集节目，Jenny, Diana告诉你关于元宵节的一切英语!

关键词：

“元宵节”英语叫：

The Lantern Festival: 元宵节

Lantern: 灯笼

The 15th day of the lunar calendar: 正月十五

Lunar calender: 阴历

Lunar New Year: 春节(Chinese New Year)的另一种英语说法

The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebration: 元宵节标志着春节庆祝的尾声

汤圆英语叫：

你大概已经猜到了，汤圆在英语里也是dumpling.

Dumplings: 饺子、包子、汤圆......

Anything wrapped in skin with filling inside can be called a dumpling: 总之，外面有皮包着，里面有馅儿的中式点心都能统称dumpling

Skin/wrapper: 皮

Filling: 内馅儿

你知道元宵节英语叫什么吗

"汤圆”怎么说最贴切?

Sticky rice dumplings/soup dumplings: 汤圆

Sticky rice/glutinous rice: 糯米

Black sticky rice: 血糯米

Black sesame: 黑芝麻

Red bean paste: 红豆沙

Purple potato: 紫薯

Taro: 香芋

Sweet: 甜的

Savory: 咸的 (salty的意思是盐太多，所以形容咸的口味，用savory更准确)

Minced pork: 猪肉糜

Ground beef: 牛肉末

通常熟的肉末用minced, 生的用ground.

Innovative flavors: 创新口味

猜灯谜

Lantern riddle: 灯谜

Guess the lantern riddle: 猜灯谜

Clue: 谜面

Answer: 谜底

美国的猜字游戏

Word-guessing games

#1.Charades

Charades-use body language to act out the answer: Charades是通过肢体语言演出来的猜字游戏

#2.Taboo

Taboo-describe the answer with words: Taboo这个游戏是用语言描述谜底

But you can't use the answer word, it's a taboo: 当然不能用到谜底这个词，它是个ta boo (禁忌词)

童年的记忆：兔子灯

Rabbit lantern/rabbit-shaped lantern: 兔子灯

Made of paper, wheels underneath, candle inside: 纸扎的，下面有轮子，里面放一根蜡烛

Pull it around with a thread: 用绳子拉着

Hand-made: 手工做的

Very retro: 好怀旧