Hanukkah
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ID: 1558
Upper Intermediate
In this lesson, two radio announcers discuss the Jewish "Festival of Lights" in Chinese. Get the abridged history of the holiday along with your essential candle vocabulary. You'll be ready for your first Chinese Hanukkah in no time.
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 收听 | shōutīng | to listen to a broadcast | |
| 犹太人 | Yóutàirén | Jewish people | |
| 光明节 | Guāngmíngjié | Hanukkah | |
| 持续 | chíxù | to continue, to persist |
欢迎大家收听我们的节目现在呢世界各地的犹太人正在庆祝光明节光明节是犹太人的传统节日一共持续8天每逢光明节每家都会点一种灯台上面插着9根蜡烛在第一个晚上先点燃中间的蜡烛然后用中间的蜡烛点燃第一支蜡烛之后的每一天再多点一支
huānyíng 欢迎dàjiā 大家shōutīng 收听wǒmen de 我们的jiémù 节目xiànzài 现在ne 呢shìjiègèdì 世界各地de 的Yóutàirén 犹太人zhèngzài 正在qìngzhù 庆祝Guāngmíngjié 光明节Guāngmíngjié 光明节shì 是Yóutàirén 犹太人de 的chuántǒng jiérì 传统节日yīgòng 一共chíxù 持续bā 8tiān 天měiféng 每逢Guāngmíngjié 光明节měi 每jiā 家dōu huì 都会diǎn 点yī zhǒng 一种dēngtái 灯台shàngmian 上面chā 插zhe 着jiǔ 9gēn 根làzhú 蜡烛zài 在dì yī ge 第一个wǎnshang 晚上xiān 先diǎnrán 点燃zhōngjiān 中间de 的làzhú 蜡烛ránhòu 然后yòng 用zhōngjiān 中间de 的làzhú 蜡烛diǎnrán 点燃dì yī zhī 第一支làzhú 蜡烛zhīhòu 之后de 的měi yī tiān 每一天zài 再duō 多diǎn 点yī 一zhī 支
Welcome to our program, everyone. Right now, Jewish people all over the world are in the process of celebrating 'the festival of lights', or Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a traditional Jewish holiday. Altogether, it continues for 8 days. Every Hanukkah, every family lights 9 candles inserted in a candle stand. On the first night, the central candle is lit. Afterwards, the central candle is used to light the first candle. Every day after that, another candle is lit on each day.
点那么多蜡烛真是光明啊那为什么光明节要持续8天呢
diǎn 点nàme 那么duō 多làzhú 蜡烛zhēn 真shì 是guāngmíng 光明a 啊nà 那wèishénme 为什么Guāngmíngjié 光明节yào 要chíxù 持续bā 8tiān 天ne 呢
Lighting so many candles - it really is the festival of lights! Why does Hanukkah go on for 8 days then?
这个啊是为了纪念犹太历史上的一个奇迹很久以前犹太人被叙利亚人统治后来他们打败了敌人就在他们想祭神的时候发现圣殿里点灯的油只够用一天了但灯台却持续亮了八天犹太人认为这是神在保佑他们
zhè ge 这个a 啊shì 是wèile 为了jìniàn 纪念Yóutài 犹太lìshǐ shàng 历史上de 的yī 一ge 个qíjì 奇迹hěnjiǔ 很久yǐqián 以前Yóutàirén 犹太人bèi 被Xùlìyàrén 叙利亚人tǒngzhì 统治hòulái 后来tāmen 他们dǎbài 打败le 了dírén 敌人jiù 就zài 在tāmen 他们xiǎng 想jìshén 祭神de shíhou 的时候fāxiàn 发现shèngdiàn 圣殿lǐ 里diǎn 点dēng 灯de 的yóu 油zhǐ 只gòu 够yòng 用yī tiān 一天le 了dàn 但dēngtái 灯台què 却chíxù 持续liàng 亮le 了bā 八tiān 天Yóutàirén 犹太人rènwéi 认为zhè 这shì 是shén 神zài 在bǎoyòu 保佑tāmen 他们
Well, it's done in order to commemorate a miracle that occurred in Jewish history. A long time ago, the Jews were ruled by the Syrians. In the end, they defeated their enemies. Just as they wanted to make an offering, they realized that there was only enough oil in the temple for one day, yet the candle stayed lit for 8 days. The Jews believe this was their God blessing them.
哦原来是这样据说在最困难的时候犹太人冒着生命危险也要点燃灯台这就是他们的信仰
ò 哦yuánlái 原来shì 是zhèyàng 这样jùshuō 据说zài 在zuì 最kùnnan 困难de shíhou 的时候Yóutàirén 犹太人mào zhe 冒着shēngmìng 生命wēixiǎn 危险yě 也yào 要diǎnrán 点燃dēngtái 灯台zhè 这jiùshì 就是tāmen de 他们的xìnyǎng 信仰
Oh, so that's what it's all about. I heard that even in the most difficult of times, even when they are at risk of losing their lives, they still have to light the candles. This is their belief.
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