在美国独特的春节

在美国独特的春节

春节快到了。事实上我们并没有仔细计划该如何去过，在这里，我们没有任何亲人，并且电视上也不能收到中央台的转播。即使我们全家坐在一起庆祝，也将全无喜庆的气氛。但是若我们不作任何庆祝，节日似乎也丧失了些许意义。所以原本我们只是计划当天包些饺子——使它能多简单就多简单。然而就在除夕的前一天，邻居的一对中国夫妇告诉我们除夕夜的UI将有一场新年晚会，并问我们是否愿意观看。当然，我们迫不及待地点头。他们给了我们三张票。我对于这个别开生面的春节晚会很好奇，据说是这里的中国留学生自己举办的。

那天下午，我们很早就到了教堂——晚会举办地点。虽然晚会还未开始，但是气氛已经变得足够春节情味。糖果和饺子的味道，大家亲切欢笑的交谈和熟悉的中国脸孔一下子映入眼帘，一种温暖的感觉顿时在心间涌起。在这里我遇到了许多中国朋友，很高兴。

很快，节目就上演了。主持人走上舞台，两男两女，穿着很华丽。由于在场的不只是中国人，还有许多外国朋友，主持人用中英文流利地报着幕。舞台背景屏幕上闪烁着大大的五星红旗，四周的各种装饰无不散发着浓厚的中国气息。坐在其中感觉就像家一样，我们可以热情地毫不顾忌地表达自我。

The first program was singing.The Chinese song made us a bit homesick,and the English song was quite unique.The second one was interesting and funny.The children from Chinese schools in Iowa danced and sang on the stage.Most of them were born in America. Some of them were adopted by the Americans from the orphanages. English was the mother tongue to all of them.It was a fabulous performance.All the audiences laughed and applauded.Next,we watched piano playing and dancing.They were all fantastic.

In the mid of the show,we had ten minutes'break during which I walked around that church seeing a lot of things I'd never seen before. None of them were religious.It was my first time coming to the church, and it was different from my imagination.My mother told me that churches sometimes hold religious activities,but not always.Most of the places in church were occupied to have different activities on weekdays. For the first time,I found the church to be so unique.

The show continued.The funniest part was the movie show.Some people made up a new voice for the famous Chinese movie"Tian Xia Wu Zei"and transformed the movie into another style.We gave the most applause to those players.A young girl showed the flash made by her along with a beautiful song to us.Her flash was sparkling and infectious.I enjoyed that much,especially the music she adopted.Furthermore,the fashion show,the Tachi performance and the orchestra all broughta great deal of happiness to us.I enjoyed them very much.

开场的中文歌曲令人感到很思乡，随后的英文歌曲又别具特色。紧接着，来自中文学校的一帮孩子带来了一个美国和中国文化相结合的歌舞。孩子中的大多数出生或成长在美国，其中的一些是被人从孤儿院中收养至今。他们的第一语言都是英语，他们唱得很精彩，所有的观众都为这些孩子们鼓掌欢呼。接下来是钢琴独奏。一切都美妙极了。

演出中间的时候，我们有十分钟的休息时间。我绕着教堂走了几圈，发现了很多以前从未见过的东西。似乎并没有很多是关于宗教的。这是我第一次走进教堂，和之前的想象大相径庭。妈妈告诉我教堂只是经常举办宗教活动的地方，并不总是。大多数这里的教堂会被各种各样的活动占据。第一次，我感到教堂是个神奇的地方。

演出当然还继续着，最有趣的部分要属电影配音了。表演者为曾经一度火爆的中国电影“天下无贼”重新配音，将电影完全转变成了另一种风格。全场观众们顿时爆笑。与此同时还有一个女孩的电脑flash作品，很精心，尤其是背景音乐，也是思乡情怀的。除此之外，服装秀，太极拳和乐队表演都很棒，为大家带来了很愉悦的感受。我很享受这一切。

I went home at about ten.Iwas still excited.It would be one of the most unforgettable spring festivals forme-the one that I spent it in the U.S.A with people from all over China on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.I considered it a unique and fantastic experience during my stay in the U.S.A.

回家的时候已经十点多了，我依然很兴奋。或许，这将成为我最难忘的春节之一——在美国，和这么多不一样的人，经历了这么多不寻常的活动。总之，这个独特的春节将是我在美国最特别最有趣的记忆之一。