Shanghai white-collars to have a 'childish' Christmas
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Chinanews, Shanghai, December 21 – Many young white-collar workers in Shanghai are planning to have a 'childish' Christmas this year, to revive the happiness of the Children's Day in the past.

 

In fact, many young people in China feel bored with Christmas parties. Thus hundreds of people applied1 for the “childish Christmas”activity, after the iniator putting the information on an online forum2. Some of them have even started to practice childhood games in anticipation3 of the activity.

 

“In fact, we all feel homesick for the happiness of our childhood, ”said Zhao, the initiatior. “Besides, I want a change this Christmas, not just parties.”

 

Thus Zhao choose to spend Christmas this year in the park on carrousels and see-saws. After he published his idea on the forum, he found that many people would like to join him, so he finally decided4 to organize the activity.

 

Experts think that it is good for Shanghainese to add something novel; into Christmas celebration, an imported festival in China, to give it a distinct Chinese feature.

 



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1 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
2 forum cilx0     
n.论坛,讨论会
参考例句:
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
3 anticipation iMTyh     
n.预期,预料,期望
参考例句:
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
4 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
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  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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