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大掃除 d4s3och/ make a thorough chean-up 懷念 hu2ini4n nostalgia;

nostalgiac; to have sweet memory of 年夜飯 ni2ny8 f4n New Year's Eve dinner

年糕 ni2ng1o New Year's cake (made from glutinous rice); a pastry made of the

flour of glutinous rice and used primarily in the lunar New Year period
臘八粥 l4b1zh!u porridge of glutinous rice, mixed grains and cereals, and dried fruits

守歲 sh#usu= to see the old year out and the new year in by staying up through

the night of the lunar New Year's Eve

只 ...... ，沒/不 ......
說明：「只」表示除此以外沒有別的，限制與動作
有關的事物， 常和「 不 （沒）」對舉。

例句：1.我只買了年糕，其他什麼也沒準備。
2.我只洗了一件衣服，其他什麼也沒洗。
練習：1.他( )留下電話號碼，其他的資料都 ( )
辦法查到。

2.我這次月考( )考一科，其他的科目都
( )考。

王先生：How are we going to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve?
王太太：I only bought some New Year's cake. I haven't prepared anything else yet.
王先生：In America, nobody puts on Spring Festival couplets and lets off

fi recrackers.

王太太：I really miss the bustling scenes of New Years when I was young.
王先生：After the day (a holiday falls on December twelfth of luner calendar
celebrating buddha's enlightment) we ate the mixed porridge , every

household would begin to clean their houses for the New Year.

王太太：On New Years everyone wears new clothes and new shoes.
王先生：All the family members would get together to eat New Year’s Eve
dinner and everything was so lively. It really brings back memories.

王太太：After finishing dinner on New Year’s Eve, we could stay up all night to

bring in the new year and pray for good fortune for our parents. It was so
much fun.

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