随着年龄的增长，童年时由春节带来的兴奋喜悦不知不觉地消褪，结婚后曾随在伦敦求学的丈夫在英国生活数年，两人都是忙于课业的穷留学生，如果不是家人来电贺年，根本忘记今夕何夕。

• Compared to childhood days, Chinese New Year seems to have become less fun and exciting as one grows older. I had spent a few years in London with my husband after we got married. We were both busy with our studies and had little money then. If not for those telephone greetings from home, we might not even have remembered Chinese New Year.