南京博物馆举办狗年展 Year of the Dog exhibition opens at Nanjing Museum

An exhibition(展览) of dog-themed cultural relics(文物) is held at Nanjing Museum on Friday, January 5, 2018, to welcome(迎接) the Year of the Dog(狗年). The dog is the zodiac animal(生肖) for the Chinese traditional lunar New Year starting(开始) February 16. The exhibition kicked off on Friday. Nearly a hundred dog-themed cultural relics are on display.

词汇 Words:

[yíng jiē] 迎接 welcome
[kāi shǐ] 开始 start
[zhǎn lǎn] 展览 exhibition
[wén wù] 文物 cultural relics
[shēng xiāo] 生肖 zodiac animal

重点词汇 Key word:

迎 <动词 v.>

    Meet; greet; welcome; receive
    E.g. Tā kāimén bǎ kèrén yíng jìnlái。
    他开门把客人迎进来。
    He opened the door and ushered his guest inside.

    Confront; meet face to face
    E.g. Lěngfēng cháo wǒ yíngmiàn chuīlái。
    冷风朝我迎面吹来。
    The cold wind was blown dead against me.