春节综合症 Spring Festival Syndrome

Topic1: Spring Festival Syndrome The end of the year is always the busiest season for most of us. There are so many things to wrap up and so many new plans to make. And many people are not in a good mood at this time. The symptoms include being depressed, anxious, quick-tempered, unwilling to work or read, sleeping problems, headaches and stomach upsets. Some call it the year-end syndrome. Let's take a look at what bloggers have to say. Bloggers "Every year when it comes to the Spring Festival, I feel happy on the one hand, but on the other hand, it's also a headache. I need to spend at least 4,000 yuan on red envelope, buying gifts, gatherings and traveling home. But what bothers me the most is that my parents and relatives always ask me when I can find a boyfriend." "It's so stressful before the Spring Festival. There is too much work to do, such as catching up for deadlines, attending all kinds of meetings, writing work reports, doing work performance evaluations, handing in work plans for the coming year. I have worked late almost everyday over the past two weeks." "I'm looking forward to the Spring Festival, because I have one month's leave. But I am also afraid that my parents will blame me when my bad school reports are delivered home." Topic2: Chinese TV Shows Copy American Shows Boston-based magazine The Atlantic recently published an article accusing Chinese TV talk shows and commercials of copying American ones. To be specific, it says a Ningxia Satellite TV show called The Banquet copied an American show - The Colbert Report. The Banquet, broadcast on Ningxia Satellite TV, allegedly lifted the entire opening credits and other graphics from The Colbert Report. It's said, that everything from the host's entrance, flying down across the screen as English words buzz past, to the star-spangled set background is mimicked, and even the show's theme music, the guitar riff from "Baby Mumbles" by Cheap Trick, is reproduced note for note.