英語聽力頻道為大家整理的英語聽力下載網(wǎng)：A Taste of Chinese New Year，供大家參考:)
Chinese New Year gatherings remind me of Thanksgiving in America. On these occasions, families meet around tables covered with delicious food. Many of the dishes served also have special meanings associated with Chinese New Year. To discover more, I went to a local restaurant for “a taste of Chinese New Year.”
New traditions
The nine-course banquet included many traditional Chinese New Year dishes and some tasty, non-traditional dishes. Popular, non-traditional dishes, like seafood, have become more common in recent years. My own Chinese New Year feast started out with three seafood dishes – King’s crab, Tai-style scallops and steamed shrimp. As I savored a bite of garlic-flavored crab, I didn’t mind one bit that it wasn’t traditional.
The nine-course banquet included many traditional Chinese New Year dishes and some tasty, non-traditional dishes. Popular, non-traditional dishes, like seafood, have become more common in recent years. My own Chinese New Year feast started out with three seafood dishes – King’s crab, Tai-style scallops and steamed shrimp. As I savored a bite of garlic-flavored crab, I didn’t mind one bit that it wasn’t traditional.