今天，我們一起來看看「青年節」用英文是怎麼說的。
首先，看一下中國日報的相關新聞報導：
BEIJING - Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday urged Chinese youths to work hard and be persistent in achieving their goals while he spent more than two hours chatting with young people on the eve of China's Youth Day.
在報導中，China's Youth Day就是「中國青年節」，而on the eve of Youth Day就是「在青年節前夕」的意思。 青年節為了紀念1919年以反對帝國主義(imperialism)，弘揚民主(democracy)與科學(science) 為目的的五四運動(May Fourth Movement)而設立的。中國共產黨領導下的先進青年組織是中國共產主義青年團(China Communist Youth League)，簡稱共青團。
youth有「青年人，年輕人」的意思。而嬰兒是infant，兒童是children，少年是early youth，中年是the middle-aged，而老年人則是the old。
青年節的由來
Chinese Youth Day, held on the 4th of May each year, commemorates the May 4th Movement of 1919, a patriotic and anti-imperialist movement.
In 1919, a peace conference was held in Paris; representatives of the Chinese government were there to demand that imperial countries should let go of their privileges in China, as well as cancelling Japan’s 21 Items, Germany should return sovereignty of Shandong to China, etc. These demands were not met and indeed Germany’s privileges in Shandong were passed not back to China but to Japan, making the population of China angry when they heard the news. On the 4th of May, there was a vast parade held in Tiananmen Square by around 3,000 students – this was China’s first ever student protest. They presented a petition to the state president, but the warlord government suppressed it which angered people even more. Businessmen, students and workers called a strike, the students』 parade eventually forming into a national patriotic movement.
The warlord government was forced to compromise on the 10th of June and, on the 28th of June, Chinese representatives refused to sign the Paris Peace Treaty. The news shocked the imperialist countries and so far, what was proposed has mostly been achieved.
The 4th of May was a landmark event that fuelled a new cultural movement which values democracy and science above feudalism. The modern Chinese language, science and democracy have been advocated since.
Everyone over the age of 14 on this day has a half-day holiday to mark the occasion.