Millions of Chinese Head Home for Chinese New Year
数百万中国人返乡过年
By Daniel Chen
【新闻关键字】
1. Lunar New Year ph. 农历新年
2. packed adj. 挤得满满的
3. brace for v. 严阵以待
4. express train ph. 快车
5. migrant workers ph. 农民工
6. Spring Festival ph. 春节
Millions of Chinese have started traveling home ahead of the lunar New Year holiday this month.
在本月，有数百万的中国人已经开始提前在农历假期前搭车返乡。
Trains in the nation will be packed, with railway stations bracing themselves for as many as 210 million passengers during the week-long holiday.
在长达一周的假期内，全国的火车都将挤得满满的，铁路车站严阵以待高达两亿一千万的载客人次。
Crowds of people are lining at counters at Beijing’s West Railway station hoping to get a ticket home.
众多民众都排队等在北京西客站柜台，希望可以赶快回家。
[Dong Fang, Student]:
“It’s not easy to buy tickets. I wanted to buy a ticket on the 7th, but the tickets had already been sold out. There are only tickets for slow trains, no tickets available for the express train. That means I have to sit 12 more hours because I’m taking the slow train."
[董芳，学生]：
“票很难买呀。我本来想买七号的票，但早就卖光了。只剩下慢车，没有快车的票了。因为我搭慢车，所以比快车要多坐个十二小时。”
For many of the millions of China’s migrant workers, the Spring Festival holidays are the only opportunity they get to see their families back home.
对于许多在中国数以百万计的农民工来说，春节假期是他们唯一可以回家见家人的机会。
[Hu, Passenger]:
“I am traveling back home to see my parents. They are expecting me home. This is probably the only time I can be with them each year and my family is great. Nowadays, travel is very convenient."
[胡先生，乘客]：
“我要回家看我父母。他们在等我回家。这大概是我每年能和他们相处的唯一的时间。家里也挺好的。现在交通也很方便。”
Crowded departures are just the beginning though, as the end of the holiday is expected to be just as busy, with millions returning to their jobs in the nation’s big cities.
拥挤的返乡潮仅仅是个开始，随着年底假期结束，交通预计将同样繁忙，因为到时也将是数百万人返回全国的大城市工作。
本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-02-01/562506317169.html
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1. with railway stations bracing themselves for as many as 210 million passengers
2. hoping to get a ticket home.
3. Crowds of people are lining at counters
4. no tickets available for the express train.
5. Crowded departures are just the beginning though
