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What do people clean before Lunar New Year?

Conversation A

(in the studio)

Greg:     Welcome, Tara! Happy Lunar New Year!

Tara:      Thank you!

Greg:     You know a lot about different cultures. What do people do to prepare for this holiday?

Tara:      They clean their whole house. And they put up many red decorations with snake designs on them.

Greg:     Why snakes?

Tara:      Because it’s the Year of the Snake.

Greg:     Oh, that’s right. What else do people do?

Tara:      They prepare red envelopes, of course. And they buy lots of snacks, fruit and other food.

Conversation B

Greg:    The holiday lasts for days, right? So they enjoy a lot of meals with friends and relatives?

Tara:      Yes. Wives spend New Year’s Eve and the first day of New Year with their husband’s family.

Greg:     When was that?

Tara:      That was yesterday and today.

Greg:     What about tomorrow?

Tara:      Tomorrow will be the second day of New Year. So families visit the wives’ parents and relatives.

Greg:     How nice! They get to see lots of relatives.

Tara:      And their children, too! It’s great.

Questions

1. What happens on the second day of New Year?

2. When do you visit your family and relatives?