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。