1.Mid-autumn Festival 

Jewniton: What are those shop selling,Mr Li?
  Li Hua: You mean the mooncackes?
Jewniton: What is a mooncacke? 
  Li Hua: Ah,it is a kind of food with distinctive Chinese features.We have the 
          Mid-autumn Festival on the 15th of August in the Chinese lunar calendar.
          It is a tradition for Chinese people to eat moon cakes during this festival.
Jewniton: So I am lucky enough to have the chance to taste mooncakes!
  Li Hua: Yes,and you can enjoy the sight of the brightest moon while you eat 
          mooncakes on that night.

译文：1.中秋节

祝尼通：李先生，那些店正在卖什么东西？
李　华：你指的是月饼吗？
祝尼通：什么是月饼？
李　华：啊，它是中国的一种传统食品。农历8月15日是我们的中秋节。在这个节日中国人都吃月饼。
祝尼通：我真幸运能品尝到月饼。
李　华：是的。你可以在晚上一边品尝月饼一边赏月。


2.The Double-ninth Festival

  Li Hua: After we celebrate the Mid-autumn Festival,we have the 
          Double-ninth Festival.
Jewniton: What day is the “Double-ninth”? 
  Li Hua: It's on the 9th of September in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Jewniton: What's this festival set for? 
  Li Hua: It's the Elder People's Day of China.Respecting the old is
 a fine tradition of the Chinese people.
Jewniton: That's great.We shall observe it. 
  Li Hua: Yes.And have a famous poem describing this festival.It goes
 like this:

          Alone as a guest on foreign aoil,
          Twice homesick am I on every festival.
          After I imagine my brothers're mountains climbing.
          They,with dogwood spray in hand,find me missing.

译文：2.重阳节

李　华：中秋节之后，是重阳节。
祝尼通：“重阳节”是哪一天？
李　华：中国农历的九月初九。
祝尼通：重阳节是一个什么样的节日？
李　华：是中国的老人节。尊敬老人是中华民族的优良传统。
祝尼通：这很好，我们也应该学习。
李　华：是的。而且有一首著名的古诗就是描写重阳节的：

　　　　独在异乡为异客，
　　　　每逢佳节倍思亲。
　　　　遥知兄弟登高处，
　　　　遍插茱萸少一人。

3.The Spring Festival

Jewniton: Before I came to China,I know already that you have
          the most important festival like Christmas.That is 
          the Spring Festival,right?
  Li Hua: Yes.
Jewniton: How do you celebrate it?
  Li Hua: Like your Christmas.But the difference between them 
          is that we usually have the celebration with the whole 
          family on the New Year's Eve.We set fireworks and eat 
          jiaozi.It is really a great fun.
Jewniton: It sounds exciting.I hope I can celebrate it here in China.

译文：3. 春节

祝尼通：来中国之前，我就知道你们有一个很重要的节日，
        像我们的圣诞节一样。它是春节，对吗？
李　华：是的。
祝尼通：你们怎么庆祝？
李　华：像你们的圣诞节一样。不过中国春节与圣诞节不同
        的是：除夕之夜，全家人会聚在一起，吃饺子、放
        鞭炮，非常热闹。
祝尼通：听起来真令人兴奋。我真想在中国过一次春节。

4.The Lantern Festival 

  Li Hua: We still have another important festival.That is "Yuanxiaojie".
Jewniton: When is it celebrated?
  Li Hua: It is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Jewniton: Why is it called "Yuanxiaojie"?
  Li Hua: It is called "Yuanxiaojie",because it is the first round-moon night 
          in the year.On that day we eat sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice 
          flour.And each family hangs different kinds of lanterns on its gate.
Jewniton: That must be very beautiful.
  Li Hua: Yes.Indeed.

译文：4.元宵节

李　华：我们还有一个重要的节日，就是元宵节。
祝尼通：元宵节是哪一天？
李　华：它是中国农历的正月十五。
祝尼通：为什么叫元宵节？
李　华：因为它是一年中第一个月圆之夜，在那一天人们都要吃用糯米做的
        元宵，所以叫元宵节。而且家家户户都在门前挂灯笼。
祝尼通：那一定很漂亮。
李　华：是的，的确如此。

5.The Duanwu Festival  

Jewniton: What is the Duanwu Festival?
  Li Hua: The Duanwu Festival is also called the Dragon-boat Festival.It's on 
          the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Jewniton: What do you celebrate this festival for?
  Li Hua: It is the occasion to commemorate Qu Yuan,a great patriotic poet in 
          ancient China.
Jewniton: Why do you eat Zongzi?
  Li Hua: People mourned Qu Yuan's death and every year they throw bamboo tubes 
          filled with rice into the river as a sacrifice offered to him.This is 
          supposed to be the beginning of the custom of rowing dragon boats and
          eating Zongzi on the day of Duanwu.
Jewniton: Sounds great.

译文：5.端午节

祝尼通：什么是端午节？
李　华：端午节也叫龙舟节。是中国农历的五月初五。
祝尼通：这个节日是纪念什么的？
李　华：是纪念古代伟大爱国诗人屈原的。
祝尼通：你们为什么要吃粽子？
李　华：人们对屈原的死很悲伤，每年都把装着米的竹筒扔到江中作为祭品。
        这就是人们在端午这天赛龙舟和吃粽子习俗的来源。
祝尼通：听起来棒极了。