CNNnews:世界各地歡度圣誕節(jié)

[00:05.02]I am John Vause in Beijing. 我是位于北京的約翰·沃什。 [00:06.39]Christmas is still relatively new here in China only really celebrated within the last 10 years. 在過去10年中真正慶祝的圣誕節(jié)在中國仍然相對是新鮮事物。 [00:14.09]In fact, there was a time when you couldn't display a sign which read Merry Christmas because of the religious meanings, but now it seems Christmas is everywhere. 事實上,曾有一段時間, 因為宗教關(guān)系你不能掛出一塊上面寫著圣誕快樂的牌子,但現(xiàn)在看來圣誕無處不在。 [00:24.45]It's mostly a commercial holiday, a chance for retailers to cash in. 這主要是一個商業(yè)的假期,是零售商們斂財?shù)臋C會。 [00:29.21]And on Christmas eve, many go out to the restaurants, bars, and clubs to party into the wee hours. 而在圣誕夜,許多人去餐館、酒吧和俱樂部聚會到凌晨。 [00:36.17]And on Christmas day, well, that's a working day, like any other. 在圣誕節(jié)那天,嗯,這一天是工作日,像任何其他時間一樣。 [00:46.44]I am Morgan Neill in London, and one of the city's busiest shopping districts and what we are looking at is one of the oldest Christmas traditions, and that's last-minute shopping. 我是在倫敦的摩根·尼爾,在這個城市最繁忙的購物區(qū)，我們所看到的是一種古老的圣誕傳統(tǒng),而這是最后一分鐘的購物。 [00:55.11]Now why is so much of it going on. 現(xiàn)在為什么如此多的情形上演。 [00:57.09]Some people say they did not get paid in time. 有些人表示他們沒有得到及時支付。 [00:59.25]Some say they have not had time to do their shopping and others have just taken a little too long to get into the Christmas spirit. 有些人表示他們沒有時間來購物而其他人已經(jīng)早就進(jìn)入圣誕節(jié)的氛圍。

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