60% of Chinese find Spring Festival boring |
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| Chinanews, Beijing, Feb. 10 – The traditional ways of celebrating the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) like firing fireworks, putting up Spring Festival scrolls1 or couplets and visiting friends are no longer popular in many places around China. "New Year's Eve dinner is tasty no more, and the holiday is really boring," complain many Chinese. Social Survey Institute of China conducted an investigation2 recently, only to find that 63% of Chinese feel Spring Festival today unattractive.
According to the survey, 77% of the responders are prone3 to celebrate the Spring Festival with their spouses4 and children, rather than to have a big family-reunion feast in their hometowns. The traditional "big" family concept is no longer popular with the fast economic development and urbanization in China.
Besides, unlike their elders, 40% of the responders admit that they will do the cooking at home during the Spring Festival, but will buy food from restaurants and supermarkets instead. To them, the 7-day Spring Festival holiday is a rare chance to relax from the fatigue5 and pressures from their work.
Nearly all of the responders (some 90%) agree that New Year presents are very important, and 67% of the presents will be sent to their family members, especially their spouses, 20% to friends, and 13% to colleagues or bosses. About 70% of the responders will give gifts in cash.
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scrolls
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| n.（常用于录写正式文件的）纸卷( scroll的名词复数 )；卷轴；涡卷形（装饰）；卷形花纹v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕 |
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- Either turn it off or only pick up selected stuff like wands, rings and scrolls. 把他关掉然后只捡你需要的物品，像是魔杖(wand)，戒指(rings)和滚动条(scrolls)。 来自互联网
- Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea. 死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。 来自辞典例句
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investigation
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| n.调查，调查研究 |
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- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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prone
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| adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的 |
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- Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
- He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
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spouses
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| n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 ) |
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- Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
- An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句
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fatigue
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| n.疲劳，劳累 |
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- The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
- I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
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