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not,isadragon!DoIliveinazoo?No,ofcournot!IamtalkingaboutourChine

ingontheyearofyourbirth,eachpersonhasananimalfora

’swhyIamapigandmywifeisadragon.

Februarythe18thisChineNewYearand2007istheyearofthepig,solet’stakea

clorlookatthisinterestinganimal.

Pigswerefirstdomesticatedbymanabout9,000yearsago,andarestillavery

’tjustupigsfortheirmeat

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manufactureofincticides,floorwaxes,gly,pigsarea

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justdon’twanttoeatpigs,items!

hatsomethingisunlikelytohappen

youcansay“Pigsmightfly!”Amanthatthinksmenaresuperiortowomenis

“chauvinistpig”.Hungry?Wellthen,youcan“pigout”t

aboutifsomeonerescuesyou?Well,youcansaythatthey“savedyourbacon”.

Ifyou,likeme,werebornintheyearofthepig,thenyouarebrave,thoughtfuland

hineNewYear!

PartII-B

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eNewYearhasbeencelebratedintheUKwithanenormouscircusin

TrafalgarSquare.

remoreCantonespeakersinBritainthanMandarinspeakers.

stChineimmigrantstotheUKeresailors.

reahandfulofeventscelebratingtheChineNewYearinLondon.

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an200,000peoplecongregatedtowatchahugeparadeoflions,dragons,

drums,andribbonandfandancers.

eimmigrantsfirstcametoLondoninthemid-19thCentury,consisting

mainlyofameninvolvedintheteatradeviaCanton.

ecentwaveofimmigrationtookplaceinthe1960swhenmanyworkers

camefromHongKongtofindworkintheflourishingrestaurantbusiness.

orethan60,000peopleofChinedescentliveinLondon.

ar’scelebrationsincludemorethan100eventsfromlion-dancingto

elephantchess.

“KungHeiFatChoi!”That’saphrathathasbeenheardmanytimesinLondon’s

?Becauit’sChineNewYear,andthe

UK’sChinecommunityarecelebratingtheYearoftheDog.

Thisyearthecelebrationshavebeenmorespectacularthaneverwithmorethan

200,000peoplecongregatingtowatchahugeparadeoflions,dragons,drums,and

cessionmadeitswayfromChinatowntoTrafalgar

Square,theveryheartofLondon.

Londonhasaproudhistoryofmulticulturalism,andtheChinecommunityisoneof

eimmigrantsfirstcametoLondoninthemid-19th

Century,t

reasonCantoneisstillspokenmorewidelyintheUKthanMandarin.

Amorerecentwaveofimmigrationtookplaceinthe1960swhenmanyworkerscame

tofthe

centralLondonneighborhoodofSohobecamesynonymouswithChinerestaurants

andbegantobeknownasChinatown.

Todaymorethan60,000peopleofChinedescentliveinLondonwhichmeansthat

thereareplentyofpeopletoconducttheNewYearfestivities.

Thisyear’scelebrationsincludemorethan100eventsfromlion-dancingtoelephant

chess,whilstLondon’smuums,artgalleriesandtheatresarerunningspecial

Chine-themedasons.

MuchofthishasbeenorganizedthroughpartnershipsbetweenChinecommunity

groupsandtheMayorofLondon’,London’sMayor,KenLivingstone,

ha

hisChineNewYearspeechhesaid,“ToeveryoneinChina,thinkofLondonasyour

condhome.”

SowhetheryouareinLondon,BeijingorHongKong,haveahappyChineNew

Year.

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Inthisageofultra-hightechnology,manyplacesaroundtheworldwillmarkthestart

llrevivea19thcenturynaval

traditionbydroppingtimeballswhen2000arrives.

Twentysitesonsixcontinentswillobrveatraditionbestexemplifiedbythe

loweringofthelightedtimeballinNewYorkCity.

"AstheNewYearsweepsaroundtheworld,beginningattheInternationalDateLine,

wearegoingtohavethetimeballsdropping."StevenDickisahistorianattheU.S.

NavalObrvatory,clock.

"EveryoneisfamiliarwiththetimeballinNewYork'sTimesSquare,buttheyhada

19thcenturythewerevisualtimesignalswhichwere

udtogivethetime."

ystheBritishnavydroppedthefirsttimeballinPortsmouth,Englandin

llfellinWashingtonin1844.

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Hogmanaypartiesalcoholcelebrationpub

Resolutionhealthshoppingbargainsales

NewYearintheUKusuallystartswithacelebrationonNewYear'sEve(31st

December).Somepeoplespendtheeveningathomewiththeirfamily,orhaveaparty

forfriendsattheirhou.

Othersgotoapubtocelebrate,orspendtheeveninginalargepublicspace,for

exampleTrafalgarSquareinLondon.

ThebeginningoftheNewYearissignifiedbythechimingofBigBen,thefamous

Londonclock,atmidnight,whichisalsoshownonTVforthowhoarestayingin.

InScotland,NewYeariscalledHogmanay,andforsomepeople,it'sabigger

itieslikeEdinburgandGlasgowtherearestreet

partieswitharound100,000people,enjoyingmusic,entertainmentandfireworksat

midnight.

OneScottishtradition,whichisnowpopularthroughouttheUKaswellasintheUSA,

ngSyneremindsustothinkofold

friendsandrememberthegoodtimesofthepast,aswelooktothefuture.

AlthoughNewYear'sEveinvolvesdrinkingalcoholformanypeople,NewYear'sDay

signalsthestartofahealthierlife,assomepeoplemakeNewYear'sresolutions.

Oftentheareconnectedwithfitnessandhealth,forexamplegivingupsmokingor

drinking,eoplemakearesolutionto

improvetheirlifeinotherways,suchasspendingmoretimewithfamily,learning

somethingnew,orgettingoutofdebt.