Among a year, I most expectant red-letter day is dragon boat festival, because every time when this festival comes, I can eat sweet zhongzi. Then I long for ah long for, longed for this day eventually.
一年当中，我最期待的节日就是端午节，因为每当这个节日来临时，我就能吃到香香甜甜的粽子了。于是我就盼啊盼，终于盼到了这天。
The great poet that fabulous dragon boat festival is ancient time of commemorative our country bends original date, this day of each district still has a lot of consuetudinary, be like: Have dragon boat of zhongzi, contest, department multicoloured rope.
传说端午节是纪念我国古代的大诗人屈原的日子，这天各地还有许多习俗，如：吃粽子、赛龙舟、系五彩绳等。
Annual dragon boat festival, our home can get relative people the zhongzi that delivers, we love to eat very much, but never had been wrapped however. Hear packet of zhongzi is particularly difficult, but I want to try, say to mom: “ my it may not be a bad idea wants to wrap a zhongzi! ” mom suddenly uncannily called me the kitchen, I see work station go up to had been placed became good the white polished glutinous rice with bulrush leaf, good bubble, yellow polished glutinous rice, big jujube, sweet beans, white line. So I happen to have the same view with mom's idea. I am extremely excited, skip to jump again again, turn continuously round mom.
每年的端午节，我们家都会收到亲戚们送来的粽子，我们一家都很爱吃，可是却从没包过。听说包粽子特别难，但我想尝试一下，就对妈妈说：“我也好想包粽子呀！”妈妈忽然神秘地把我叫到了厨房，我一看操作台上已经摆好了芦苇叶、泡好的白糯米、黄糯米、大枣、蜜豆、白线等。原来我跟妈妈的想法不谋而合。我兴奋极了，又蹦又跳，围着妈妈直转。
Then, we prepare to work energetically. We iron bulrush leaf with hot water first, can make Zong Xie Rou soft so and disinfection, when wrapping won't burst. My eye looks at mom to lose the one part of Zong leaf lower part up, turn over a bag to become the case of shape of a similar round taper again. My blindly follow sb, for fear that fails in the course that changes a page, but I also want to had been wrapped at once, mom says however: “ wraps a zhongzi cannot anxious, the figure that otherwise the bag comes out is not nice, not full, want to come slowly so. ” falls in her encouragement, we continue to undertake downward, two kinds of good bubble polished glutinous rice are mixing big jujube and sweet beans to be put into Zong Xie Li, should notice to cannot be put too much, prevent fracture. If put too little, appearance is met not too flat, full. Passed failure a few times, I am wrapped eventually gave a few pretty zhongzis.
于是，我们就准备大干一场。我们先将芦苇叶用热水烫烫，这样可以使粽叶柔软并且消毒，包的时候不会破裂。我眼看着妈妈把粽叶下方的一角向上折一下，再翻过来包成一个类似圆锥形状的外壳。我亦步亦趋，生怕在折叶的过程中失败，但我也想赶快包好，妈妈却说：“包粽子不能着急，不然包出来的形状不好看，不饱满，所以要慢慢来。”在她的鼓励下，我们继续往下进行，把泡好的两种糯米混着大枣和蜜豆放进粽叶里，要注意不能放太多，防止破裂。如果放太少，形状就会太扁、不饱满。经过了几次失败，我终于包出了几个像样的粽子。
Look at these zhongzis, mom tells removed me in one's childhood story: Because mom goes to work, father is in army, so in one's childhood I am brought up in rural grandmother home. I am 3 that year years old, also be to cross dragon boat festival fitly, grandmother put a big polished glutinous rice on the ground among the kitchen, the edge is fooling zhongzi of the bag side me, I become aware the move is amused, pound rice to play all the time, whole it is everywhere, then grandmother does not let me start work, I can anxiously ground is being looked at. Passed a little while, ring, grandmother rises go picking up the telephone, I take the water ladle on the side rapidly forward the rice in the basin exerts all my strength one dip, run quickly to water jar quickly, of “ clang ” fell to go in, when I still want to come again, was interrupted by the sound of grandmother: “ alas my small ancestor! ” I hasten desertion water ladle with hands clasped behind back motionless. Grandmother looks to had floated white full a crock of big water sees me again, it is to find both funny and annoying really. Similar such thing still has a lot of, after-thought rises now, it is the fun of childhood to me, but to getting watch again at farm work for my grandmother certain very painstaking!
看着这些粽子，妈妈讲起了我小时候的故事：因为妈妈上班，爸爸在部队，所以小时候我是在农村姥姥家长大的。那年我三岁，恰好也是过端午节，姥姥在厨房中间的地上放了一大盆糯米，边哄着我边包粽子，我觉着好玩，就一直捣米玩，整的到处都是，于是姥姥不让我动手，我只能眼巴巴地瞅着。过了一会儿，电话铃响了，姥姥起身去接电话，我赶紧拿起旁边的水瓢朝着盆里的米使劲一舀，快速奔向水缸，“哗”的一声倒了进去，当我还想再来一次的时候，被姥姥的声音打断了：“哎呀我的小祖宗呀！”我赶忙丢掉水瓢背着手一动不动。姥姥看看已经泛白的满满一大缸水又看看我，真是哭笑不得。类似这样的事情还有很多，现在回想起来，对我来说都是童年的乐趣，但是对于忙于农活又得看管我的姥姥来说一定很辛苦吧！
In sound of be laughing and playing, the zhongzi has been wrapped, along with egg and goose egg evaporate full one caldron. I am awaiting anxiously. Mom carried reeky zhongzi eventually, ground of my too impatient to wait takes to taste, using a word to describe is: Soft glutinous is sweet! I take a tray rapidly, carried a few me to wrap, put in alone at the same time. After mom sees, ask questioningly: “ are you to fear to eat not quite? ” I forward mom laughs mysteriously, “ these a few zhongzis are myself bag, without giving thought to good look, I want to let grandmother taste. ”
在嬉笑声中，粽子已经包好了，连同鸡蛋和鹅蛋蒸了满满一大锅。我焦急地等待着。妈妈终于把热气腾腾的粽子端了上来，我迫不及待地拿起一个尝尝，用一个词来形容就是：软糯香甜！我赶紧拿过来一个盘子，挑了几个我包的，单独放在了一边。妈妈看到后诧异地问道：“你是害怕不够吃吗？”我朝着妈妈神秘一笑，“这几个粽子是我自己包的，不管好不好看，我都想让姥姥尝一尝。”(文/张译文)