新闻（3）- Dragon Boat Festival

Question 1

还有几天就到端午节了

Hái yǒu jǐ tiān jiù dào duānwǔ jiéle

Answer 1

There are only a few days left until the Dragon Boat Festival

Question 2

必不可少

Answer 2

indispensable / essential

Question 3

他是这个公司必不可少的员工

Tā shì zhège gōngsī bì bùkě shǎo de yuángōng

Answer 3

He is an essential employee of this company

Question 4

售卖

shòumài

Answer 4

to sell

Question 5

这家商店售卖各种日常用品

Zhè jiā shāngdiàn shòumài gè zhǒng rìcháng yòngpǐn

Answer 5

This store sells all kinds of daily necessities

Question 6

作为包粽子必不可少的原料，一些售卖粽叶的摊位已经热闹了起来

Zuòwéi bāo zòngzi bì bùkě shǎo de yuánliào, yīxiē shòumài zòng yè de tānwèi yǐjīng rènàole qǐlái

Answer 6

As an indispensable raw material for making zongzi, some stalls selling zongzi leaves have become lively

Question 7

摊位

tānwèi

Answer 7

stalls

Question 8

热闹

rènào

Answer 8

lively

Question 9

来看看记者从云南昆明发回的报道

Lái kàn kàn jìzhě cóng yúnnán kūnmíng fā huí de bàodào

Answer 9

Let’s take a look at the report sent back by the reporter from Kunming, Yunnan

Question 10

发回

Fā huí

Answer 10

sent back

Question 11

在云南昆明的一家农贸市场，已经有七八家摊位开始售卖粽叶

Zài yúnnán kūnmíng de yījiā nóngmào shìchǎng, yǐjīng yǒu qībā jiā tānwèi kāishǐ shòumài zòng yè

Answer 11

In a farmer’s market in Kuming, Yunnan, seven or eight stalls have already started selling rice dumpling leaves

Question 12

报道

bàodào

Answer 12

report

Question 13

农贸市场

nóngmào shìchǎng

Answer 13

farmer’s market

Question 14

种类丰富

zhǒnglèi fēngfù

Answer 14

rich variety

Question 15

吸引

xīyǐn

Answer 15

to attract

Question 16

精彩

jīngcǎi

Answer 16

wonderful

Question 17

表演

Biǎoyǎn

Answer 17

performance

Question 18

精彩的表演吸引了很多观众

Jīngcǎi de biǎoyǎn xīyǐnle hěnduō guānzhòng

Answer 18

The wonderful performance attracted many audiences

Question 19

市民

Shìmín

Answer 19

citizens

Question 20

购买

Gòumǎi

Answer 20

buy

Question 21

种类丰富的粽叶吸引了不少市民前来购买

Zhǒnglèi fēngfù de zòng yè xī yǐn liǎo bù shǎo shìmín qián lái gòumǎi

Answer 21

The rich variety of zongzi leaves has attracted many citizens to come and buy

Question 22

一天能卖八九十公斤

Yītiān néng mài bājiǔshí gōngjīn

Answer 22

I can sell eighty or ninety kilograms a day

Question 23

发现

fāxiàn

Answer 23

discover

Question 24

在当地市场

Zài dāngdì shìchǎng

Answer 24

In the local market

Question 25

记者发现，在当地市场上的粽叶，多以西双版纳的大叶片为主 ## Footnote Jìzhě fāxiàn, zài dāngdì shìchǎng shàng de zòng yè, duō yǐ xīshuāngbǎnnà de dà yèpiàn wéi zhǔ

Answer 25

The reporter found that the zongzi leaves in the local market are mostly large leaves from Xishuangbanna

Question 26

以...为主 ## Footnote yǐ..wéizhǔ

Answer 26

be mainly with, primarily

Question 27

学生的任务是以学习为主 ## Footnote Xuéshēng de rènwù shì yǐ xuéxí wéi zhǔ

Answer 27

The primary task for students is studying

Question 28

任务 ## Footnote rènwù

Answer 28

task

Question 29

配有 ## Footnote pèiyǒu

Answer 29

equipped with, comes with

Question 30

本地 ## Footnote běndì

Answer 30

local

Question 31

也配有昆明本地的小粽叶，以及建水，昭通等地的花粽叶 ## Footnote Yě pèi yǒu kūnmíng běndì de xiǎo zòng yè, yǐjí jiàn shuǐ, zhāotōng děng dì de huā zòng yè

Answer 31

It also comes with local small rice dumpling leaves in Kunming, as well as flower rice dumpling leaves from Jianshui, Zhaotong and other places

Question 32

以及 ## Footnote yǐjí

Answer 32

还有，as well as

Question 33

等地 ## Footnote Děng dì

Answer 33

etc.

Question 34

价钱 ## Footnote jiàqian

Answer 34

price

Question 35

食物的价钱提高了 ## Footnote Shíwù de jiàqián tígāole

Answer 35

The food price has increased

Question 36

不等 ## Footnote bùděng

Answer 36

不一样, varies, ranges

Question 37

价钱在每公斤十元到十五元不等 ## Footnote Jiàqián zài měi gōngjīn shí yuán dào shíwǔ yuán bù děng

Answer 37

The price ranges from ten to fifteen yuan per kilogram

Question 38

各地 ## Footnote gèdì

Answer 38

in all parts of a country, various regions