Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, even better than the Spring Festival, because food gives people a sense of safety and hope.

有些人认为这个节日是一年中最欢乐的时候，甚至比春节还要快乐，因为食物给人们带来了安全感和希望。

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As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.

因为春节标志着新一年的开始，所以人们吃饺子，希望在即将到来的新年里有个美好的未来。

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It will probably take the whole of next spring to scrape the remaining mud away from flooded land, but experts hope that the environment will eventually recover from the disaster.

看起来，来年整个春天都要用力清除剩下的污泥，而专家们希望环境最终能从灾难中恢复过来。

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