几乎所有地方都庆祝新年，但新年开始的日期取决于你使用的历法。世界上使用最多的历法叫做公历。在这个历法中，新年是在1月1日。来看看世界各地是如何庆祝新年的吧!
Almost every place celebrates the new year, but the date when the new year starts depends on the calendar you use. For example, in the Iranian (伊朗的) solar calendar, New Year (Nowruz) is celebrated around 21 March, and for Jewish people, New Year is Rosh Hashanah and is celebrated in September or October. The calendar which is used the most in the world is called the Gregorian calendar. In this calendar, New Year is on 1 January.
几乎每个地方都会庆祝新年，但新年开始的日期取决于你使用的日历。例如，在伊朗阳历中，新年在3月21日左右庆祝，而犹太人的新年是Rosh Hashanah，在9月或10月庆祝。世界上使用最多的日历被称为公历。在这个日历中，新年是在1月1日。
New Year’s Eve is the last day of the old year. In many places, people have a party or go out in the evening with their friends and family to watch amazing fireworks (烟花) or light shows. People often watch a big clock and count down the last ten seconds (10! 9! 8! … 3! 2! 1!) before midnight, the moment the new year starts, then say “Happy New Year!”
除夕是旧年的最后一天。在许多地方，人们会举办派对，或者晚上与朋友和家人一起外出观看令人惊叹的烟花或灯光表演。人们经常看一个大钟，在午夜前倒数最后十秒，也就是新年开始的那一刻，然后说“新年快乐！”
People do different things to celebrate New Year. In some countries, people sing a special New Year song. In the UK the song is called “Auld Lang Syne”, and people usually sing it just after midnight. In Greece, you can have a piece of a special cake or bread. Inside only one piece of the cake or bread is a coin. If you get that piece, you have good luck for the next year! In other countries, colours are important. In Brazil, for example, people often wear white clothes for good luck, yellow clothes for happiness and money or red clothes for love. In the Philippines, circles mean coins or money, so people wear clothes with circles and eat 12 round fruits, one for each month of the year.
人们做不同的事情来庆祝新年。在一些国家，人们唱一首特别的新年歌曲。在英国，这首歌被称为《友谊地久天长》，人们通常在午夜后唱这首歌。在希腊，你可以吃一块特殊的蛋糕或面包。只有一块蛋糕或面包里面有一枚硬币。如果你得到了那块，你明年就有好运了！在其他国家，颜色很重要。例如，在巴西，人们经常穿白色衣服表示好运，黄色衣服表示幸福和金钱，或者红色衣服表示爱情。在菲律宾，圆圈的意思是硬币或金钱，所以人们穿着带圆圈的衣服，吃12个圆形水果，一年中每个月吃一个。
New Year is celebrated in so many different ways, but everywhere people are happy and excited for the new year and enjoy this time with their friends and family.
新年有很多不同的庆祝方式，但无论在哪，人们都对新年感到高兴和兴奋，并与他们的朋友和家人一起享受这段时间。
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