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Across town, a local family have invited us to spend New Year's Eve with them
城市的另一頭有戶本地家庭邀請我們共渡除夕夜
and they've already started their preparations.
他們已經開始準備了
Like most people in Beijingers, Zhang Yan leads a busy, modern life.
像大多數北京人，張巖過著忙碌的現代生活
But each spring, she and her family take a break to indulge in the traditions that make this time of year so special.
但每年春季，她和她的家人會稍作休息沉湎在傳統之中，令這段日子與別不同
Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture.
中國新年在中國文化中是個最重要的節日
It is a festival that requires the whole family to get together, so it gives us a concept of reunion.
這是個全家必須團聚的節日，是個重聚的日子
Me and my husband are going to celebrate together with my parents and my sister and her whole family.
我和丈夫準備一起慶祝，偕同我的父母和妹妹一家
In the first five days of the New Year, we are not supposed to do any cleaning,
在新年的頭5天，我們不會做清潔活
so before that, the whole house needs to be thoroughly cleaned and everyone in the family gets involved.
因此節前，家里需要徹底大掃除，家庭成員都應該參加
This year is special to our family because we have a few monkeys in the family,
今年對我們家很特殊，因為家里有幾個屬猴的
because this is the year of the monkey.
因為今年是猴年
My mom, my sister, my brother-law and uncle and auntie, they are all monkeys, so this is really their year.
我媽媽，我妹妹，我妹夫，舅舅和舅媽，他們都是屬猴的，因此這是他們的本命年
While Zhang and her sister pick up some last-minute decorations from the market,
當張家姐妹拾綴一些市面賣的年尾飾品時
the men of the family including 3-year-old Zhi Yuan have an important appointment.
家里包括3歲的致遠在內的男性，有個重要的約會
