native speaker 养成记: 你知道红包的来源吗?

想提高英语，快下载“英语流利说”app吧！ Hi, and welcome to today’s podcast！ 我是来自澳洲的Nikki老师 Today, we’re going to talk about the origins of red packets 今天我们来说说红包的来源 I’m going to tell you a little story, and there is a vocabulary list in this post, so you can have a look if there are any words you don’t know 我要给你讲一个小故事，在帖子里有一个新单词表，要是有不会的单词可以参考一下 In China, during the Qin Dynasty, the elderly would thread coins with a red string. The money was referred to as "money warding off evil spirits" (壓祟錢). People believed they would protect the younger generation from sickness and death. This gift was replaced by red envelopes filled with money when printing presses became more common. Now, this gift is called “yasuiqian”, using the homophone for suì that means "old age" (歲) instead of "evil spirits” (祟). ▼ Vocabulary list: the Qin Dynasty 秦朝 the elderly 老年人 thread coins with a red string 用红线来穿硬币 was referred to as 被称为 ward off 抵挡 evil spirits 祟，邪魔 younger generation 晚辈 was replaced by 被…代替 envelope 信封 printing press 印刷机 homophone 同音字 ▼ So that’s the origin of red packets! 这就是红包的来源 I hope you liked today’s podcast! If you did, don’t forget to share it with your friends! Thanks for listening everyone, and see you next time! ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 想学到更多更地道的英文? 别忘了关注我 (点击我的用户名) 我是来自澳洲的华裔老师，有五年的丰富教学经验，深度了解中国学生学英语的困难，常犯错误。可以用最标准的口音为你们讲解。 Thanks for listening everyone, have a great day! See you next time!