可可電臺，每期節目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識，豐富知識的同時受益于生活。

Setting Firecrackers

燃放鞭炮

Lighting Firecrackers used to be one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration.

放鞭炮曾是春節慶祝活動中最重要的習俗之一。

However, concerning the danger and the negative noises that lighting firecrackers may bring, the government has banned this practice in many major cities.

然而，擔心燃放鞭炮可能會帶來危險和煩人的噪音，政府已在許多大城市下令禁止燃放鞭炮。

But people in small towns and rural areas still hold to this traditional celebration.

但在小城鎮和農村地區的人們仍然堅持這種傳統的慶祝活動。

Right as the clock strikes 12 o'clock midnight of New Year's Eve, cities and towns are lit up with the glitter from fireworks,and the sound can be deafening.

除夕夜一旦時鐘撞響午夜12點鐘，城市和鄉鎮都被煙花的閃閃光芒映亮，鞭炮聲震耳欲聾。

Families stay up for this joyful moment and kids with firecrackers in one hand and a lighter in another cheerfully light their happiness in this especial occasion, even though they plug their ears.

一家人熬夜就為這個歡樂的時刻，孩子們一手拿鞭炮，一手拿火機興高采烈地點放著他們在這個特殊節日的快樂，盡管他們嚇得捂著耳朵。

【知識點】

firecracker 鞭炮

set off 使爆炸

light 點燃(lit,light的過去式)

deafening震耳欲聾的

joyful令人高興的