Then the whole family sits around the table, feasting and welcoming the first day of the new year.
然后全家围坐在桌旁吃团圆饭,迎接新年第一天的到来。
and slipping through we no longer take omens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitious villagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.
这些鸟对我们是有益的,虽然我们不再从它们的飞翔姿态来占卜吉凶,连最迷信的村民也不再对喜鹊脱帽行礼,祝它早安了。