At twelve o'clock midnight people blow horns, yell, and kiss each other to welcome in the New Year.
到了午夜十二点,大家都吹吹喇叭、高声喊叫、相互接吻来庆祝新年。
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到,特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家,这是多么有用处!