每年春节前后，中国都会出现一场堪称世界上规模最大的人口迁移，这就是所谓的“春运”。
Every year around Spring Festival, China sees what can be called the largest-scale population migration in the world — this is the so-called "chunyun."
在这段时间里，数以亿计的人从工作的城市赶回老家，只为了和家人吃一顿团圆饭。
During this period, hundreds of millions of people rush back from the cities where they work to their hometowns, just to eat a reunion dinner with family.
由于车票紧张，许多人不得不半夜守在电脑前，一遍又一遍地刷新页面抢票。
Because train tickets are scarce, many people have no choice but to sit up at their computers in the middle of the night, refreshing the page over and over to grab a ticket.
我父亲年轻时曾经站了整整二十多个小时的火车，才从广州回到四川的老家。
When my father was young, he once stood for a full twenty-some hours on a train, before finally getting from Guangzhou back to his hometown in Sichuan.
随着高铁网络的不断扩大，回家的路虽然变得快了很多，但抢票的压力却丝毫没有减少。
As the high-speed rail network has kept expanding, the journey home has become much faster, but the pressure of grabbing tickets has not eased in the slightest.
与此同时，一些人选择不再返乡，而是把父母接到自己工作的城市一起过年。
At the same time, some people choose not to return to their hometown at all, but instead bring their parents to the city where they work to celebrate the New Year together.
在他们看来，团圆的地点并不重要，重要的是家人能不能聚在一起。
In their view, the location of the reunion isn't important — what matters is whether family can gather together.
春运不仅是一场交通考验，更折射出中国人对“家”这个字始终不变的情感。
Chunyun is not only a test of the transportation system — even more, it reflects Chinese people's unchanging feelings toward the word "home."
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Key words 生词
春运chūnyùnthe Spring Festival travel rush
迁移qiānyímigration
团圆tuányuánreunion
紧张jǐnzhāngtight; scarce
折射zhéshèto reflect
情感qínggǎnfeeling; sentiment
Grammar note 语法点
由于…，…不得不…
'Because of..., ... has no choice but to...' introduces a cause and its forced consequence.
由于车票紧张，许多人不得不半夜守在电脑前抢票。 — Because train tickets are scarce, many people have no choice but to sit up at their computers at night to grab tickets.
不仅…，更…
'Not only..., but even more...' — the second point outweighs the first.
春运不仅是一场交通考验，更折射出中国人对家的情感。 — Chunyun is not only a test of transportation, but even more reflects Chinese people's feelings about home.
Check yourself 小测验
1. What is "春运" (chunyun)?
2. What did the author's father do when he was young?
3. What have some people chosen to do instead of returning to their hometown?
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