春节微博微信拜年渐成时尚
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今年春节,通过手机移动网络发微博评春晚和拜年的人数明显增加。据新浪微博方面的统计数据显示,除夕零点过后第一秒内,新浪微博用户共发出近2.9万条微博。

The Chinese lunar New Year usually witnesses two records: the world's most watched television gala show, and its busiest telecommunications network.

Rather than visiting families and friends and passing on good wishes in person on the first day of the lunar New Year, the Chinese have grown used to sending greetings from their mobile phones.

The Beijing branch of China Mobile, the country's biggest telecom operator, said that in the capital city alone, a total of 831 million text messages were sent on the eve before this year's Spring Festival, up 4.27 percent from a year ago. China Unicom Beijing also recorded a peak volume of 8,000 text messages per second around 7:45 p.m. that night, according to Sunday's edition of the Beijing Evening News.

However, while media once dubbed1 telecom operators the biggest money-maker on New Year's eve, industry insiders say the heyday2(全盛期,壮年) for the short message service (SMS) may have passed.

A January report from the Ministry3 of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said the Chinese sent 897 billion SMS messages in 2012, up only 2.1 percent year on year, whereas4 the number of mobile users gained about 11 percent to 1.1 billion.

At the same time, the country now has 564 million netizens(网民), about 75 percent of whom can access the Internet from their cell phones, according to the MIIT report.

For many netizens and mobile users, staying online tweeting about the Spring Festival Gala Show run by China's state television is a "ritual5" as important as watching the program itself.

"I brought my computer to the living room," netizen "robin_ taoran" said on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like service, on lunar New Year's eve. "Watching the show on TV while tweeting on Weibo is a must, just like Chinese steamed bread goes with pickles6(腌菜)."

According to Dong Wenjun, Sina Weibo's director of operations, Weibo users sent a total of 28,977 posts in the first second of February 10, the day of the Chinese New Year.

"Saying happy new year on Weibo has become a good custom," Dong was quoted as saying by China National Radio.

For the country's 233 million 3G users, Weixin, a popular smartphone application that allows voice messages and more creatively edited7 greetings, also became a trend this year for its convenience and low cost.

A survey run by Sootoo.com, a website monitoring the Chinese Internet industry, showed that about one fourth of 7,854 respondents said before the Spring Festival that they would use Weixin to send greetings this year.

However, paying a visit in person and SMS still ranked as the most popular options for New Year greetings, with both choices selected by 73 percent of respondents.

Although people have more ways to express their feelings thanks to development of technology, face-to-face communication is irreplaceable, said Zhong Xin, a professor of communications at Renmin University.

While some Chinese netizens are drafting "strategy guides" to cope with questions from difficult relatives, others are starting an online campaign pledging8 to leave cell phones behind during family reunion dinners.

"It is perhaps necessary for young people to cherish9 family ties, for they will have fewer and fewer relatives as time passes. Loneliness is harder to deal with than the bustle(喧闹,奔走)," Zhong said.

More young Chinese are nowadays working and settling down in cities far from home. Beijing had 7.7 million migrant residents as of the end of 2012, and many of them are the only children in their families.



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1 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
参考例句:
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 heyday CdTxI     
n.全盛时期,青春期
参考例句:
  • The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways.19世纪是蒸汽机车鼎盛的时代。
  • She was a great singer in her heyday.她在自己的黄金时代是个了不起的歌唱家。
3 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
4 whereas XgQwB     
conj.而,却,反之
参考例句:
  • They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子,而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
  • Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。
5 ritual 7Cgzq     
adj.例行的,老规矩的,惯常的
参考例句:
  • This was the monthly ritual.这是每月一次的例规。
  • I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.我意识到此时按照惯例我应该说些客套话。
6 pickles fd03204cfdc557b0f0d134773ae6fff5     
n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 );处于困境;遇到麻烦;菜酱
参考例句:
  • Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
7 edited 683dc5278b1fbbd98a996cecc3ffd06a     
编辑( edit的过去式和过去分词 ); 剪辑(电影、录音磁带、无线电或电视节目、书等); 主编(报纸、杂志等)
参考例句:
  • I know that this draft text will need to be edited. 我知道这篇草稿需要校订。
  • All references to the scandal were edited out of the tape. 所有涉及这件丑闻的内容都从录音带中删去了。
8 pledging a281fa97918f7fe943ba41e766bc7e71     
保证,许诺,发誓( pledge的现在分词 ); 典当; 保证给予(或做); 以誓言约束
参考例句:
  • Norway and Japan were the only industrialized countries to win applause for pledging further emission reductions. 挪威和日本是承诺进一步减少排放而博得称赞的唯一工业化国家。
  • P273 Paula's cards were her way of pledging her true love and unwavering support. 宝拉的卡片是她用来表达真爱和坚定支持誓言的方式。
9 cherish cherish     
vt.抱有,怀有(希望等),爱护,抚育,珍爱
参考例句:
  • I cherish for you the liveliest feeling of affection and gratitude.我对你怀有最强烈的爱和感激之情。
  • We must cherish experience acquired at the cost of blood.我们必须珍惜用鲜血换来的经验。
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