圣诞老人的故乡庆春节 'Santa's hometown' celebrates Chinese New Year

Among exotic destinations(海外目的地), Northern Europe has been attracting(吸引) more and more Chinese(中国的) tourists(游客). This year Rovnaniemi of Finland, also known as the hometown(故乡) of Santa Claus, has been transformed for the Chinese New Year.

Spring couplets(春联), Chinese knots(中国结), and fu characters(福字) on local households utter a Finnish welcome(欢迎). Every time Santa meets(遇到) a Chinese traveler in his office, he will say "Good luck in the Year of the Dog" in Chinese.

词汇 Words:

[mù dì dì] 目的地 destination
[yóu kè] 游客 tourist
[xī yǐn] 吸引 attract
[huān yíng] 欢迎 welcome
[yù dào] 遇到 meet

重点词汇 Key word:

节

• <名词 n.> joint
  E.g. Tā yī yùndòng guānjié jiù téng。
  她一运动关节就疼。
  Her joints ache if she exercises.

• <名词 n.> holiday; festival
  E.g. Guò le jié nǐ zàilái。
  过了节你再来。
  Come again after the festival.

• <名词 n.> section; length
  E.g. liǎng jié diànchí
  两节电池
  two batteries

• <动词 v.> restrict; limit
  E.g. Chúle jiézhì yǐnshí,tā hái shèjì le móguǐ jiànshēn jìhuà。
  除了节制饮食,他还设计了魔鬼健身计划。
  Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines. 

• <名词 n.> rhythm; beat
  E.g. Zhè bù xiǎoshuō de jiézòu tài màn。
  这部小说的节奏太慢。
  This novel lacks pace.