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hi renee sarah oh good can you help me sure
thank you take this red paper
okay what are you doing
i'm putting up decorations for lunar new year i don't know anything about lunar
new year how do you celebrate it well on lunar new year's eve families get
together then they eat a big meal
what do you eat we eat
chicken fish noodles and dumplings
and parents give red envelopes to their
children red envelopes
the envelopes have money inside cool
oh we also wear new clothes look at my cheap house it is from my mom
it's really pretty how do you say that word again
pow is a traditional chinese dress
lunar new year sounds interesting i can write about it for the newspaper
great write about the diner too
why this month the diner has a lunar new
year menu we are serving delicious chinese food
all month okay
i can write about the diner but
i want a red envelope first you look great honey
what's the occasion very funny
why are you wearing running shorts tonight's lunar new year's eve
did you forget no
we're having dinner with my family i don't want to go
well we have to go change your clothes i put your new
clothes in your bag honey
why am i wearing this i feel silly
i like to wear traditional chinese clothes for lunar new year we'll be a
hit at dinner fine
i'm not too excited about seeing my brother
last lunar new year he kept talking about his money
i understand but he's family i know
let's go happy lunar new year
i have a lot of work to do what are you working on
i'm writing a column about lunar new year
the date of lunar new year changes every year did you know that yes it follows
the lunar calendar that's right
lunar new year isn't just a chinese holiday did you know that many other
asian countries also celebrate new year's on the same day
yes max how do you know all this when i cook
foods from different countries i like to learn about the culture too i love
reading about other cultures and foods cool
chinese called their new year chonjiye
and koreans call theirs and vietnamese call it pet but i don't
know much about their traditions do you i know some traditions
do all three holidays have the same traditions
they have similar traditions in all three countries people eat a big
meal with their families cool tradition so what are some of the differences
the food is different koreans enjoy rice cake soup vietnamese
eats sticky rice with meat it's wrapped in leaves i want to try to
make that let's stop talking about food
i'm getting hungry i'll cook some new year's food for us
betty picks up a stuffed rat she gives the rat to sarah because it's
the year of the rat sarah has a gift for betty too
betty is happy but a little confused when she sees the
gift she isn't sure what the gift is
thanks uh
what is it it's a chinese paper lantern
it's flat now pick up the top and it opens up
wow where did you get this lantern
in chicago's chinatown i went there with my brother last night
chicago that's far
you must have driven a long time it took us two hours it's okay
we had fun well that's good
we ate a lunar new year's eve dinner in chinatown
i've always wanted to go to chinatown you should go
there will be a lunar new year parade on saturday max and i are going
will there be firecrackers yes do you want to go okay
i'm sure we can find the best chinese food there
i don't think so i think max cooks the best chinese food
renee listens to them they are talking about max's daily
special simon doesn't like it
max isn't happy about that he loves his food
renee smiles she walks over to max and simon
what's wrong voice simon can't appreciate good food
i can appreciate good food i just don't want this food
what's wrong with it simon well
it's strange it is
yes what's so strange about it
simon it's slimy and
it smells a little strange too it smells okay to me simon simon just
try it it tastes really good but simon come on
one bite can't hurt you and you may really like it
oh all right hey
this is really good see my food is good
yes it is renee bring me another plate of this
i love it okay honey coming right up
hi sarah how was school great
we're doing presentations on world festivals
my presentation is next week which festival will you talk about
the winter carnival in quebec i can make snow cones for everyone
great idea i can help you
or you can present australia day and talk about the cockroach races i can
help you i found some cockroaches
ben you brought cockroaches into our house

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question question

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hi renee sarah oh good can you help me sure

thank you take this red paper

okay what are you doing

i'm putting up decorations for lunar new year i don't know anything about lunar

new year how do you celebrate it well on lunar new year's eve families get

together then they eat a big meal

what do you eat we eat

chicken fish noodles and dumplings

and parents give red envelopes to their

children red envelopes

the envelopes have money inside cool

oh we also wear new clothes look at my cheap house it is from my mom

it's really pretty how do you say that word again

pow is a traditional chinese dress

lunar new year sounds interesting i can write about it for the newspaper

great write about the diner too

why this month the diner has a lunar new

year menu we are serving delicious chinese food

all month okay

i can write about the diner but

i want a red envelope first you look great honey

what's the occasion very funny

why are you wearing running shorts tonight's lunar new year's eve

did you forget no

we're having dinner with my family i don't want to go

well we have to go change your clothes i put your new

clothes in your bag honey

why am i wearing this i feel silly

i like to wear traditional chinese clothes for lunar new year we'll be a

hit at dinner fine

i'm not too excited about seeing my brother

last lunar new year he kept talking about his money

i understand but he's family i know

let's go happy lunar new year

i have a lot of work to do what are you working on

i'm writing a column about lunar new year

the date of lunar new year changes every year did you know that yes it follows

the lunar calendar that's right

lunar new year isn't just a chinese holiday did you know that many other

asian countries also celebrate new year's on the same day

yes max how do you know all this when i cook

foods from different countries i like to learn about the culture too i love

reading about other cultures and foods cool

chinese called their new year chonjiye

and koreans call theirs and vietnamese call it pet but i don't

know much about their traditions do you i know some traditions

do all three holidays have the same traditions

they have similar traditions in all three countries people eat a big

meal with their families cool tradition so what are some of the differences

the food is different koreans enjoy rice cake soup vietnamese

eats sticky rice with meat it's wrapped in leaves i want to try to

make that let's stop talking about food

i'm getting hungry i'll cook some new year's food for us

betty picks up a stuffed rat she gives the rat to sarah because it's

the year of the rat sarah has a gift for betty too

betty is happy but a little confused when she sees the

gift she isn't sure what the gift is

thanks uh

what is it it's a chinese paper lantern

it's flat now pick up the top and it opens up

wow where did you get this lantern

in chicago's chinatown i went there with my brother last night

chicago that's far

you must have driven a long time it took us two hours it's okay

we had fun well that's good

we ate a lunar new year's eve dinner in chinatown

i've always wanted to go to chinatown you should go

there will be a lunar new year parade on saturday max and i are going

will there be firecrackers yes do you want to go okay

i'm sure we can find the best chinese food there

i don't think so i think max cooks the best chinese food

renee listens to them they are talking about max's daily

special simon doesn't like it

max isn't happy about that he loves his food

renee smiles she walks over to max and simon

what's wrong voice simon can't appreciate good food

i can appreciate good food i just don't want this food

what's wrong with it simon well

it's strange it is

yes what's so strange about it

simon it's slimy and

it smells a little strange too it smells okay to me simon simon just

try it it tastes really good but simon come on

one bite can't hurt you and you may really like it

oh all right hey

this is really good see my food is good

yes it is renee bring me another plate of this

i love it okay honey coming right up

hi sarah how was school great

we're doing presentations on world festivals

my presentation is next week which festival will you talk about

the winter carnival in quebec i can make snow cones for everyone

great idea i can help you

or you can present australia day and talk about the cockroach races i can

help you i found some cockroaches

ben you brought cockroaches into our house