If you could eliminate one old custom from your country, which would you choose and why?
如果你可以从你的国家消除一个古老的习俗，你会选择什么，为什么？
These include the centuries-old custom of "bul", where leaders would call a temporary stop to fishing for key species in order to give fish stocks an opportunity to replenish.
这些传统包括几个世纪以来被称之为“bul”的旧习俗，领导人会要求暂停捕捞一些重要种类的鱼，给鱼类总储备量繁衍补充的机会。
The old custom died out years ago.
这种旧风俗已绝迹多年。
Why do they cling to that old custom?
为什么他们固守那种旧风俗？
This is an old custom among the natives.
这是民间的一种旧风俗。
This old custom will live on for centuries.
这个旧习俗将延续几个世纪。
Lili: That is an old custom. Ours will be a convoy of cars.
丽丽：那是旧时的习俗。如今迎亲的车队也很长。
Our hosts in the sky will expect us to honor this age-old custom.
我们天上的主人也将期待着我们能遵守这个老风俗。
It's an old custom to set off firecrackers during Spring Festival.
春节的时候燃放炮竹，是个古老的民俗。
This old custom has recently been revived in some parts of the country.
最近，这种旧的习俗在这个国家的一些地方重新恢复了。
To clean houses on the New year Eve isa very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago.
春节打扫房屋这个非常古老的习俗甚至可以追溯到几千年前。
To clean houses on the New year Eve is a very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago.
春节打扫房屋这个非常古老的习俗甚至能够追溯到几千年前。
To clean houses on the New Year Even is a very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago.
春节打扫房屋这个非常古老的习俗甚至可以追溯到几千年前。
The funeral oration is an old custom and tradition in ancient Greece, it was very typical in Athens.
葬礼演说是古代希腊一个悠久的风俗与传统，在雅典表现尤其突出。
MC it refers to the age-old custom of enchanting a number of traditional Christmas songs during the Christmas season.
这是一个古老的习俗：圣诞期间总是回荡着一首又一首圣诞传统歌曲。
According to the age-old custom, the king and the queen plan to arrange the marriage for their beloved daughter, Merida.
国王和王后按照习俗准备给公主梅莉达安排和亲。
The Snipe describes an old custom—"The Story of the Snipe". The Son tells of a memory which belongs to an old academician.
《一个儿子》描述了一位院士和一位参议员的对话引起的院士对自己往事的回忆。
Child marriage is an age-old custom in India and is still practiced by a majority of people both in rural and urban Rajasthan.
童婚在印度是个古老的习俗，至今拉贾斯坦城市和农村的大部分人仍然沿袭这一习俗。
Sena could not recall the particular incident. However, he knew full well the age-old custom he had picked up from his parents.
瑟拉现在已经不记得有这回事了，但是他牢牢记着父母曾告诉他的一个古老的习俗。
But they are overshadowed by us its the old custom of promoting by seniority that has prevented the young people from coming up.
是因为被我们这些人盖住了，是论资排辈的习惯势力使得这些年轻人起不来。
According to an old custom in that country, it was announced that all the girls were to attend the wedding and sing in honor of the bridal pair.
按照当地的古老风俗，每个年轻的姑娘都要去参加婚礼，唱歌为新婚情侣祝贺。
It is an old custom in business circle that both sides should strike a plank to mean a deal was clinched. Now used figuratively to mean a final decision was made.
以前的生意场上，买卖双方拍一下木板表示成交，如今“拍板”比喻做出决断。
Required class attendance, like an old custom, is so common in in Chinese colleges and universities that many teachers and even students themselves simply assume it is a good thing.
上课点名制，如同一种古老习俗，在中国的大学里非常普遍，许多教师甚至学生自己都认为这种做法是对的。
Required class attendance, like an old custom, is so common in in Chinese colleges and universities that many teachers and even students themselves simply assume it is a good thing.
上课点名制，如同一种古老习俗，在中国的大学里非常普遍，许多教师甚至学生自己都认为这种做法是对的。
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