Sara: Hi, Yangyang! Happy Chinese New Year!
薩拉：嗨，陽陽！春節快樂！
Yangyang: Hi, Sara! Happy Year of the Tiger!
陽陽：嗨，薩拉！虎年快樂！
Sara: Sorry. What do you mean?
薩拉：對不起。你是什么意思？
Yangyang: Well, we Chinese named the years after twelve animals. In the Chinese calendar, we just entered the year of the tiger.
陽陽：嗯，我們中國人用十二個動物給年命名。在農歷，我們剛剛進入了虎年。
Sara: How interesting! What are the twelve animals?
薩拉：多么有趣??！十二個動物是什么？
Yangyang: They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
陽陽：它們是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗和豬。
Sara: How often does each animal come around?
薩拉：每個動物多久循環一次？
Yangyang: Every twelve years. I was born in the year of the tiger, so my birth-year animal is the tiger.
陽陽：每十二年。我出生在虎年，所以我的生肖是虎。
Unit 7 Lesson 24 Listen and say英語課文翻譯
Sara: Who decided the order of the birth-year animals, Yangyang?
薩拉：誰決定生肖的順序，陽陽？
Yangyang: That’s a good question. There are many different stories about it.
陽陽：那是個好問題。有很多關于它的不同的故事。
Sara: Please tell me one of them.
薩拉：請給我講它們中的一個。
Yangyang: In one story, the Jade Emperor held a swimming race to choose animals for the names of the years. Those twelve animals were faster than others.
陽陽：在一個故事中，玉皇大帝為了年的名字舉辦了一場游泳比賽挑選動物。那十二個動物比其他動物快。
Sara: Which animal was the first of the twelve?
薩拉：哪一個動物是十二個中的第一個？
Yangyang: It was the rat.
陽陽：是老鼠。
Sara: Then the Jade Emperor decided to name a year after each of them. The rat starts the cycle.
薩拉：然后玉皇大帝決定用它們中的每一個給年命名。老鼠是循環的開始。
Yangyang: You are right.
陽陽：你是對的。
Unit 7 Lesson 25 Listen and say英語課文翻譯
Mike: Hi, Lingling! I have a New Year gift for you.
邁克：嗨，玲玲！我有一份新年禮物給你。
Lingling: What a surprise! Thank you. What is it?
玲玲：太驚喜了！謝謝你。它是什么？
Mike: Look! It’s a tiger--year stamp! I got it in Canada. I know you were born in the year of the tiger.
邁克：看！它是一枚虎年郵票！我在加拿大得到它的。我知道你出生在虎年。
Lingling: Yes, I was. My favourite animal is the tiger. I collect the birth--year animal stamps. I’ll show them to you.
玲玲：是的，我出生在虎年。我最喜歡的動物是老虎。我收集生肖郵票。我將向你展示它們。
Mike: Great! My grandma also collects the birth-year animal stamps. She likes the dog best. She is as caring as a dog.
邁克：太棒了！我（外）祖母也收集生肖郵票。她最喜歡狗。她像狗一樣樂于助人。
Lingling: What is your birth-year animal, Mike?
玲玲：你的生肖是什么，邁克？
Mike: I’m an ox. I work as hard as an ox.
邁克：我屬牛。我像牛一樣努力工作。
Lingling: I’m as brave as a tiger.
玲玲：我像老虎一樣勇敢。
