大學英語四級考試新題型翻譯的練習及答案解析（18）

　　請將下面這段話翻譯成英文：

　　房屋打掃

　　春節打掃房屋這個非常古老的習俗甚至可以追溯到幾千年前。灰塵在傳統上與舊聯系在一起，所以打掃房屋和掃除灰塵意味著辭舊迎新。春節的前幾天，中國的各家各戶都打掃房屋，掃地，清洗日用品，清除蛛網和疏浚溝渠。人們興高采烈做所有這些事情，希望來年好運。

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　　House Cleaning

　　To clean houses on the New Year Even is a very old custom dating back to thousands of years ago. The dust is traditionally associated with old so cleaning their houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the old and usher in the new. Days before the New Year, Chinese families clean their houses, sweeping the floor, washing daily things, cleaning the spider webs and dredging the ditches. People do all these things happily in the hope of a good coming year.