over the past few years
这几年……

In addition, ...
另外，……

to adapt foreign cultures
接受外来文化

Catherine: Hey, Happy Halloween!

Jay: Huh? Taiwanese celebrate Halloween as well?

Catherine: Yeah, over the past few years, celebrating this

holiday has become popular among a lot of

people. In addition, news reports have made

most Taiwanese aware of this western holiday.

Jay: Really?! So how do you celebrate it?

Catherine: The most important thing is that school teachers

Catherine: have students dress up in costumes and bring As many as the stars...just kidding, but there are

them out trick or treating. A lot of bars also hold

very many throughout Taiwan.

costume parties.

Jay: So, is Taoism the most popular religion here?

Jay: Wow, you Taiwanese have really learned how to

Catherine: Well, that depends on how you look at it.

adapt foreign cultures to your own!

Nowadays, Taoism and Buddhism are so

Catherine: Yeah, but Christmas is more important to us

though.intertwined that they are dif? cult to separate.

Jay: Jay: Are there many Christians?You go home and spend Christmas with your

families like us?

Catherine: Yes, in fact, it is the third most popular religion.

Catherine: Oh, well no, we spend Christmas with friends or

Jay: Wow, that's an eye opener.

signi? cant others. Older generations don't usually

celebrate it.

Jay: So what do you do on Christmas?

Catherine: Well, actually nothing special really. Just send

Christmas cards, have a party with friends, or go

out for a romantic dinner. You know, that kind of

stuff.

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凯瑟琳： 嘿，万圣节快乐！

杰： 啊？你们台湾人也过万圣节吗？

凯瑟琳： 是啊，这几年突然有一些人开始流行过这个节日了，加上

媒体报导，很多台湾人都知道万圣节这个西方节日。

杰： 是喔？！那你们都怎么过万圣节？

凯瑟琳： 主要是学校的老师会让小朋友打扮成各式各样的人物，然

后带着他们到街上要糖果吃。还有许多酒吧会举行化装舞

会。

杰： 哇，你们台湾人对于外来文化的接受力还真强。

凯瑟琳： 不过对我们来说，圣诞节还是比较重要的。

杰： 你们过圣诞节也会回家跟家人团聚吗？

凯瑟琳： 喔，不是，我们的圣诞节是跟朋友或情人一起过的。通常

老一辈的人不会过圣诞节。

杰： 那圣诞节你们都做些什么？

凯瑟琳： 其实也没什么特别的，就是寄圣诞卡片、跟朋友一起开个

派对，或者吃一顿浪漫的圣诞大餐等之类的。

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近义用语 Celebrating western holidays is now widespread

among Chinese.

中国人现在很流行庆祝西方的节日。

Investing is becoming more and more popular.

投资愈来愈流行了。

Blond hair is very fashionable among teenagers.

青少年之间很流行染金发。

It is very chic to hang out in coffee shops these days.

最近上咖啡馆成为一种时髦。

studying business seems to be gaining popularity in 

all colleges.

在大学攻读商学似乎愈来愈流行了。

相关用法 A-Mei is very popular among young people.

张惠妹相当受年轻人欢迎。