拜年New Year Greetings

New words

• 拜年bàinián — New Year's visit
• 祝zhù — to wish
• 健康jiànkāng — healthy
• 希望xīwàng — to hope
• 每年měinián — every year

The story

小雨：大卫，起床！新年好！David, get up! Happy New Year!

大卫：新年好……现在几点？Happy New Year... what time is it?

小雨：七点。快！今天我们去拜年！Seven. Hurry! Today we're doing New Year visits!

大卫：七点？前天包饺子，昨天吃年夜饭……我好累！Seven? Dumplings the day before yesterday, New Year's Eve dinner yesterday... I'm so tired!

大卫：拜年？拜年是什么？New Year visits? What's that?

小雨：过年的时候，我们去看家人，说“新年好”。At New Year we go and see our family and say "Happy New Year".

小雨：这是拜年。你还要说：“祝您身体健康！”That's a New Year visit. And you also say, "Wishing you good health!"

大卫：祝……您……身体……健康。好难！Wishing... you... good... health. That's so hard!

Opening the lesson…