hogmanay

hogmanay

1. first footing: a custom practiced on Hogmanay in Scotland.There is a superstitious belief that the first person to cross the threshold of a household in the New Year can bring luck and prosperity.

First-footers often bring a bottle of spirits (烈酒，火酒), alcohol, a lump of coal or a peat（泥炭块） as a gift and are given a “dram (一杯) of whisky” as their reward.

2. Traditionally in Spain gifts were brought by the Magi on Epiphany (January 6), and in Scotland, presents were traditionally given on Hogmanay, which is New Year's Eve.

传统上，在西班牙的礼物通常由东方三博士在主显节（一月六日）传颂。在苏格兰，礼物在传统上是在苏格兰的除夕夜送发的。

3. Traditionally in Spain gifts were brought by the Magi on Epiphany( January6), and in Scotland, presents were traditionally given on Hogmanay, which is New Year's Eve.

传统上，在西班牙的礼物通常由东方三博士在主显节（月六日）颂。在苏格兰，礼物在传统上是在苏格兰的除夕夜送发的。

4. 91. Can you believe It? It's going to take months to repair. And I was hoping to be home for Hogmanay.

你相信吗？这要花上个把月来进行修理。我本来还想在除夕夜的时候回家。

5. Cameron: Ah that's because I went home to Scotland for Hogmanay.

卡梅伦：我回故乡苏格兰过霍马内。

6. It is a tradition to make and eat dumplings in lunar hogmanay in north of China.

在农历大年夜做饺子,吃饺子是中国北方的传统.

7. This later holiday has its own parties, and in Scotland, Hogmanay which occurs at the New Year is celebrated more than Christmas.

在苏格兰，这种随后的假日有着它自己的聚会。出现在新年之前的苏格兰除夕的庆祝比圣诞节更加隆重。

8. Today, Hogmanay includes huge celebrations on the streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh on New Year's Eve.More than one-hundred-thousand people attend these street parties.Bells ring at midnight.

如今，对“除夕夜”的庆典活动又包含了在格拉斯哥和爱丁堡的街上举行盛大的聚会，差不多有超过10万的人加入了街上组织的各种派对活动。

9. hogmanay diner

年夜饭

10. " Some people think Hogmanay could be from an old French word meaning "gift." That is because it was common to give gifts at the new year.

当然还些人认为“除夕夜”一词来源于古老的法语“礼物”一词，因为他们觉得在新年送出礼物是很普遍的事情。

11. 1. Hans took a drop too much, but I'll forgive him, as it happened on Hogmanay .

汉斯喝醉了，但是我会原谅他的，因为事情发生在苏格兰大年夜。

12. 7.The Scots, who live in the northernmost part of the British Isles, however, take little notice of Christmas;they celebrate the New Year instead, with a festival called “Hogmanay.

然而，居住在不列颠群岛最北部的苏格兰人却不那么看重圣诞节，但是他们要在新年举行热烈的庆祝，他们把它称之为“新年除夕”。

13. The celebrations across Scotland are known as Hogmanay the largest street parties can be found in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

苏格兰的庆祝活动是以大年夜而著名，在爱丁堡和格拉斯哥可以看到最大型的街头派对。