Dear friends, Happy New Year! New Year is a time when we come together to celebrate, to reflect and to look towards the future.

I would like to share a list of useful New Year vocabulary words and phrases with you.

1. New Year’s Eve 元旦前夕
2. New Year’s Day 元旦
3. fireworks [ˈfaɪəwɜːks] 焰火
4. countdown [ˈkaʊntdaʊn] 倒计时
5. party hat 派对帽

party hat

1. firecracker [ˈfaɪəkrækə(r)] 爆竹
2. champagne [ʃæmˈpeɪn] 香槟
3. confetti [kənˈfeti] 五彩纸屑， 五彩碎纸
4. mask 英 [mɑːsk] 美 [mæsk]面具
5. hourglass [ˈaʊəɡlɑːs] 沙漏
6. balloon [bəˈluːn] 气球
7. party favour [ˈfeɪvə(r)] a small present given to guests at a party (聚会上通常送给客人的)小礼物 例子：He handed out the party favours as we were leaving. 他在我们离开时分发了聚会小礼物。

13. streamer [ˈstriːmə(r)] 彩色纸带, 装饰彩纸条, 条幅, 横幅

streamer

1. postcard [ˈpəʊstkɑːd] 明信片
2. calendar [ˈkælɪndə(r)] 日历
3. celebrate [ˈselɪbreɪt] v. 庆祝
4. celebration [ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn] n. 庆祝
5. cheers [tʃɪəz] (祝酒) 干杯
6. dancing 跳舞
7. gathering [ˈɡæðərɪŋ] n. 聚会，聚集
8. happy 幸福的
9. holiday 假日
10. memories [ˈmɛməriz] 回忆，记忆 (memory的复数)
11. merry-making [ˈmeri ˈmeɪkɪŋ] n. 狂欢，作乐
12. midnight [ˈmɪdnaɪt] n. 午夜
13. parade [pəˈreɪd] n. 游行
14. party 聚会
15. sparkler [ˈspɑːklə(r)] n. 烟花棒
16. toast [təʊst] v./n.干杯，祝酒，敬酒
17. party horn [hɔːn] 派对号角
18. beverage [ˈbevərɪdʒ] 饮料
19. gift [ɡɪft] 礼物
20. wrapping paper [ˈræpɪŋ peɪpə(r)] (包装礼品的)彩色包装纸
21. banquet [ˈbæŋkwɪt] 宴会, 盛宴, 筵席
22. buffet [ˈbʌfeɪ] 自助餐
23. decoration [ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən]装饰品
24. public holiday [ˌpʌblɪk ˈhɒlədeɪ] 公众假期, 公休日
25. tradition [trəˈdɪʃn] 传统

短语

1. Out with the old, in with the new 辞旧迎新
2. dance the night away 劲舞到天明
3. ring in the new year 迎新年 例子: Let's ring in the New Year by going on vacation. 咱们去度假来迎接新年的到来吧。
4. throw a party 举办聚会
5. turn over a new leaf 重新开始，改过自新，翻开新的一页
6. dress up 盛装打扮
7. a New Year's resolution (a promise that you make to yourself, a tradition most common in the Western culture) 新年下的决心