摘要
美国人过新年，人们聚集在教堂、街头或广场，唱诗、祈祷、祝福、忏悔，并一同迎候那除旧更新的一瞬。
It is December 31 in New York City. Hundreds of thousands of people are gathered in Times Square （时代广场）. They stand close together, waiting in the cold darkness for midnight. That is the time when the old year dies and the New Year is born.
