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The instant meaging craze began in America about five or six years ago when I was in my freshman year of college.美国兴起在线实时信息传递的狂热大约始于
五、六年前，那时我刚上大学。
At first I didn’t know what it was about.But it didn’t take long before I was hooked on instant meaging.I began talking on line whenever I could.开始我对什么是网上聊天还一无所知，但我很快就明白了，没多久就对网上聊天着了迷，只要有时间我就网上聊天。
AsI added more and more people to my \"buddy list\", others were doing the same.Instant meaging really picked up, and soon \"everyone was doing it.\"
那时我刚上大学当我把越来越多的人加到我的“网友名单”上时，其他人也在做同样的事。网上聊天真是越来越普遍，很快就“人人为之”了。
I credit my typing skills to many many hours of talking on line.Unfortunately, as my typing speed increased, my grammar went out the window. 我的打字技能应归功于长时间的网上聊天。然而令人遗憾的是，当我的打字速度提高后，一切语法规则也丢掉了。
You see, instant meengers have their own shorthand language.Grammar isn\'t important.
要知道，网上聊天有他们自己的速记语言，语法并不重要。 Gradually the instant meaging craze in America died down a bit, and so did my own enthusiasm for it. Then I came to China.
渐渐地，网上聊天的狂热在美国降了温，之后我就来到了中国。 Here I discovered not one but two instant meaging crazes.The first, which brought back memories of my previous addiction to the computer, was QQ. So now the cycle has started again.
在这里，我发现对在线实时信息的狂热不是一种而是两种，第一种就是QQ，它让我回想起当年的痴迷。因此，那个循环又重新开始了。 In addition to QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread, meaging trend.You gueed it: cellphone text meaging.
For the first few months of my stay in China, I didn\'t have a cellphone, so I wasn\'t affected.在QQ之外，还有一种恐怕是更为流行的快速传递信息的潮流，你一定猜到了—手机短信。
I recently bought one, however, and now understand how useful text meaging is and why it is so common.
我在中国的头几个月没有手机，也就与之没有关联。但最近我买了一个手机，才知道了手机短信是多么有用，以及其广为流行的原因。 I admit that I have been guilty of sending text meages while walking outside or sitting on the subway.Who hasn\'t? 我承认当我走在外面或坐在地铁里发送短信息时有点不好意思，但有谁不这样做？
No matter where I go, I see people on their cellphones, meaging.In fact, it\'s rare to see someone actually talking on their phone!
无论我走到哪儿，都能看到人们在手机上收发短信。实际上，倒是很少看到谁拿着手机在讲话。
So it looks as if there\'s no escaping the instant-meaging craze, no matter where I go in the world.
看来，无论我走到世界的什么地方，都无法逃避实时信息传递的狂热。 And that\'s plainly not going to change.显然，这个潮流不会改变。
In the end, though, I can\'t complain: instant meaging is quick, it\'s cheap, it\'s easy and it\'s pretty darn fun too.And abve all, everybody is doing it.然而，最终我并不对此抱怨。因为实时信息传递又快又便宜，又简单又非常有趣。再说了，每个人都在这么做啊。
对于全世界的华人来说，农历新年，又称春节，是全年最重要的喜庆节日。
To people of Chinese descent around the world, the Lunar New Year(also called Spring Festival) is undoubtedly the most important festival of the year.这个华人传统源自大约3，000年前，它代表着旧的一年平安过去了，人们准备大肆庆祝和迎接新的一年。
Dating back 3,000 years, it celebrates the paing of a peaceful year and welcome the new one.除夕夜的团圆饭是整个年头里最具有意义的一餐。所有大家庭的成员都会聚集一堂，远在他乡的也会尽量赶回来。
The reunion dinner, eaten on New Year’s Eve, is de rigueur, with members of the extended family gathering for the most significant meal of the year.Even the absent members will endeavor to return home in time for it.团圆饭显示了家庭在华人文化里的重要地位，它可以增强家庭凝聚力。
It undercores the superme importance of the family in Chinese culture, and aims at strengthening the sense of togetherne and cohesion.
人们庆祝新年的方式，体现了两个重要的核心价值观。 The way people celebrate the New Year embodies two important core values.首先，多代同堂的家庭成员，齐聚家中享受一顿丰盛的团圆饭，是每一个人都会遵守的习惯。
The first value is the sense of family togetherne; members of multi-generation families are all there to have a big reunion dinner.Everyone will follow this custom.准备一顿丰富晚餐的工作当然是落在家中女成员的身上，比较富裕的家庭则可能有佣人帮忙。
The female members are always held responsible for preparing the dinner, and some rich families may take on extra hands.其次，亲戚朋友间也会兴高采烈互访。这样的欢庆方式，有助于加强亲情和友情。
The second value lies in the happy visits mutually made between friends and relatives, a good way to strengthen kinship and friendship.然而，经济的发展带来了人们生活方式的改变。
However, economic development has resulted in some changes in lifestyles.忙碌了一年，人们不愿在过年的时候还要忙年夜饭，越来越多的人宁愿花钱在高级的餐馆吃，亲朋好友之间也不再登门拜访，代之以电话、短信拜年。
After a busy year people are tired of preparing for the reunion dinner, and would rather hold their reunion dinner in posh restaurants, despite the exorbitant costs.The festival door-to-door visits have give way to greetings via telephone or text meages.
有的举家出游，甚至干脆住进酒店“避年”，避免亲戚朋友造访，图个清净。
Some families even go to extremes as to travel and seek temporary refuge in a hotel as to avoid being visited.有的传统人士认为，没有了团圆饭和亲戚朋友互访的习俗和它们所代表的核心价值观，新年将失去意义。
Some tradition-minded people regard the reunion dinner and visits to relatives and close friends during the New Year as core values, without which the holiday would lose much of its significance.
有一些悲观的人士认为随着西方文化的不断入侵，中国的传统佳节都在逐渐失去本来的意义，变成一个个商业性的节日，就像圣诞节一样。
Some peimistics contend that, as the popularity of western culture grows, Chinese traditional festivals gradually lose their original meaning and degenerate into commerce festivals like Christmas.
春节是中华文化遗产的重要部分，新春活动将延续下去，庆祝的形式虽然会和以前不一样，但他们代表的核心价值观，即对亲情和友情的重视则应该保留。
The Spring Festival is an important part of the Chinese cultural heritage, and it would continue to be celebrated.The modes of celebration may change, but the core value should be sustained that of respect for kinship and friendship.
de rigueur: means required , standard custom.It makes better sense than to say “ it’s the most important meal in the year.” 显示：to show, to reflect, or to underscore.图个清静：to have the peace of mind, to escape from the crowd 传统人士：conservative or tradition-minded people 庆祝的形式/方式：modes of celebration, ways of celebration 4.3
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