In Taiwan, the establishment of a new company is often celebrated with firecrackers .
在台湾，大家通常以鞭炮来庆祝新公司的成立。It was like the sound of loud crackers, not one but several, we just ran out of there.
不是一次而是好几次，就好象巨大的鞭炮声。我们马上从那里跑出来。Army units trying to block off the sprawling protest site came under attack by a mob tossing rocks, firecrackers and petrol bombs.
一群试图阻挡抗议阵营扩大的政府军遭到了一名投掷岩石、鞭炮与汽油弹的暴徒的袭击。The child clung to his mother while the firecrackers exploded.
这个小孩在鞭炮响起时紧紧抓着母亲。Mrs. Wang: It's really a great holiday for children. They dress up in their best clothes and play with firecrackers in the streets.
对孩子们来说这可是个盛大的节日，他们穿上最好的衣服在街上放鞭炮。A make-shift fireworks stall seems to have erupted into the street. . . an impromptu parking lot.
卖鞭炮的门脸好像影响了交通——马路就变成停车场。Although it is only a story, the custom of firing fireworks during the Spring Festival is still popular today.
虽然这是个传说，不过，过年放鞭炮的习俗确至今保持着。We had just sat down for dinner ordering food when it seemed fire crackers were blowing up all around us and people were screaming.
我们刚坐下来点菜，就听到好像放鞭炮的声音在身旁四下响起，人们都在惊声尖叫。Deafening firecrackers to break out, the fireworks crisscross rises, families throughout the city boiling, a New Year will have arrived.
震耳欲聋的鞭炮声此起彼伏，千家万户的烟花交错升起，整个城市沸腾了，新的一年来到了。