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　　考研英语第60课 抢红包

　　"Red envelope" fever has swept the country since Jan 26 when WeChat, China's popular mobile chat app, rolled out a program allowing users to send cash through electronic payments.

　　• money in red envelop “红包”

　　• snatch red envelops 抢红包

　　• lucky money 压岁钱

　　• Chat group 聊天群

　　• allocate the money randomly 随机发钱

　　allocate [ˈæləkeɪt] (v.)分配，指定，使...坐落于

　　• The Government has allocated funds for housing.

　　• 政府已为住房建筑拨给资金。

　　random [ˈrændəm] (adj.)随机的，任意的，胡乱的 (n.)随意

　　• We looked at a random sample of 120 families.

　　• 我们研究了随机抽样的120个家庭。

　　解释性翻译

　　At home,

　　if you are the younger generation of the family,

　　the first thing you will do in the morning

　　is to greet your parents or grandparents,

　　wishing them good health and longevity.

　　In return parents or grandparents

　　will give you some money

　　wrapped up in red paper as a gift.