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今年的春节从各种意义上来说，都是十分特殊的。从疫情的阴影中走出来，大家也片刻不敢松懈，早早地就进行了核酸检测和居家隔离，甚至前所未有地开始了全国范围内的“就地过年”。

很多朋友是不是第一次没有回家过年呢？少了家长的唠叨和家长里短、麻将声的不绝如耳，少了小孩的喧闹和亲戚间殷勤的问候，你的春节又会是什么样子的呢？今天我们就跟着 Summer 老师（私人微信：zaoanin2854）和 Norah 老师（私人微信：zao84an67in），一起来聊聊这个特殊的春节，并学习有关的英语表达吧⬇️

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01.

呆在原地

stay put

• The pandemic is likely to force many to stay put where they work this year as pre-holiday pandemic outbreaks took place in multiple Chinese cities. 

  疫情很有可能会让很多人就地过年，因为年前几个中国城市都爆发了疫情。

02.

核酸检测

nucleic acid test

positive 积极的；阳性的

negative 消极的；阴性的

• People returning to rural areas will need to produce a negative nucleic acid test issued up to seven days before their departure during the Spring Festival. 

  春节返乡过年的人需要提供返乡前七日内的阴性核酸检测报告。

• Those from low-risk areas are required to present negative nucleic acid tests when traveling. 

  低风险地区的人旅行需要提供阴性核酸检测报告。

03.

居家观察

home observation

home quarantine 居家隔离

• They'll also have to be under a 14-day 'home observation' period - which still allows them to leave their home, but requires them to monitor their temperature daily. 

  他们需要居家观察十四天，可以离开自己的住所，但是需要每天检查体温。

04.

多种多样的

miscellaneous

incentive 动机、刺激、鼓励

• Those who choose to stay put are rewarded with money, vouchers, and other miscellaneous benefits. 

  选择就地过年的人会有现金奖励、代金券和其他多样化的福利。

• Because the whole point of working in the big city is to make a living, and if you can't even see your family, there is no incentive to work. 

  在大城市里工作的意义就是为了生活，如果都不能见到自己的家人，那就没有工作的动力了。

05.

春运

spring festival travel rush

spring festival travel season

• The Spring Festival Travel Rush, known as chunyun in Chinese, refers to a period of travel with a high traffic load around the time of the Chinese Lunar New Year. 

  春节旅行高峰期，中文中叫作“春运”，指的是在农历春节前后一种高交通运输量的现象。

06.

牛年

Year of the Ox

robust 强壮的

• Like the wild oxen that run freely in the fields, people of the Ox year are healthy and robust.  

  像在田野里自由奔跑的公牛一样，属牛的人非常健康强壮。