Sara: Hi, Yangyang! Happy Chinese New Year!
萨拉：嗨，阳阳！春节快乐！
Yangyang: Hi, Sara! Happy Year of the Tiger!
阳阳：嗨，萨拉！虎年快乐！
Sara: Sorry. What do you mean?
萨拉：对不起。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.
阳阳：嗯，我们中国人用十二个动物给年命名。在农历，我们刚刚进入了虎年。
Sara: How interesting! What are the twelve animals?
萨拉：多么有趣啊！十二个动物是什么？
Yangyang: They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
阳阳：它们是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。
Sara: How often does each animal come around?
萨拉：每个动物多久循环一次？
Yangyang: Every twelve years. I was born in the year of the tiger, so my birth-year animal is the tiger.
阳阳：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英语课文翻译
Sara: Who decided the order of the birth-year animals, Yangyang?
萨拉：谁决定生肖的顺序，阳阳？
Yangyang: That’s a good question. There are many different stories about it.
阳阳：那是个好问题。有很多关于它的不同的故事。
Sara: Please tell me one of them.
萨拉：请给我讲它们中的一个。
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.
阳阳：在一个故事中，玉皇大帝为了年的名字举办了一场游泳比赛挑选动物。那十二个动物比其他动物快。
Sara: Which animal was the first of the twelve?
萨拉：哪一个动物是十二个中的第一个？
Yangyang: It was the rat.
阳阳：是老鼠。
Sara: Then the Jade Emperor decided to name a year after each of them. The rat starts the cycle.
萨拉：然后玉皇大帝决定用它们中的每一个给年命名。老鼠是循环的开始。
Yangyang: You are right.
阳阳：你是对的。
Unit 7 Lesson 25 Listen and say英语课文翻译
Mike: Hi, Lingling! I have a New Year gift for you.
迈克：嗨，玲玲！我有一份新年礼物给你。
Lingling: What a surprise! Thank you. What is it?
玲玲：太惊喜了！谢谢你。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.
迈克：看！它是一枚虎年邮票！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。我最喜欢的动物是老虎。我收集生肖邮票。我将向你展示它们。
Mike: Great! My grandma also collects the birth-year animal stamps. She likes the dog best. She is as caring as a dog.
迈克：太棒了！我（外）祖母也收集生肖邮票。她最喜欢狗。她像狗一样乐于助人。
Lingling: What is your birth-year animal, Mike?
玲玲：你的生肖是什么，迈克？
Mike: I’m an ox. I work as hard as an ox.
迈克：我属牛。我像牛一样努力工作。
Lingling: I’m as brave as a tiger.
玲玲：我像老虎一样勇敢。
