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Chinese New Year
Millions of people travel in China every year between January 21 and February 21. They go by bus, train, and airplane. They go home to be with their families for China's biggest and most important holiday, Chinese New Year. The Year of the Pig began this year on Sunday, February 18. Many people around the world celebrate the New Year. The Chinese celebrate with parties, fireworks, and festivals.
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Unfortuantely, I can only hear up to "important holiday, Chinese New Year" - then your recording cuts off.What I did manage to hear was EXCELLENT.
Keep up the good work!
Ciao
Iain
Good reading!
I also agree with rich on the words airplane and holiday. Also ozmund is correct on the numbers. For the numbers in the months we use ordinal numbers. I'll say 21 and 18 for you. Continue with your english your doing a great job!
Ordinal Numbers Versus Cardinal Numbers
There are two kinds of numbers you can use to talk about a specific day: an ordinal number and a cardinal number. Cardinal numbers represent amounts like one, two, and three. Ordinal numbers represent a place in a series like first, second, and third.
When you're writing out a date like January 1, 2008 (in the American style), the day is a cardinal number. So you should never write January 1st, 2008. The weird thing though is when you're speaking, even though it is written as January 1, you say, “January first” (1). So when you are reading a date that is written January 1, 2008, you say “January first, two thousand eight.” That's probably why a lot of people get confused about how to write it.
The instance where it is OK to use an ordinal number is when you are writing the 1st of January, because you are placing the day in a series: of all the days in January, this day is the first. For example, your invitations could say, “Please join us for a party on the first of January.” In that case, it's correct to use the ordinal number first.