节日之前 meaning in Chinese

before the festival

Far away from family and home and with no time off work , how do foreigners in china spend christmas
然而，节日之前的几天却并不悠闲，因为人们都在为准备食品和礼物而疯狂忙碌着。
The unwanted extra weight is undesirable for both health and cosmetic reasons , but equally a regular pattern of weight gain followed by dieting to shed the pounds before the next holiday or celebration is best avoided : there is mounting scientific evidence that yo - yo dieting and weight gain has undesirable health effects and ultimately makes future weight gain more likely as regular dieting leads to loss of muscle and a lower metabolic rate
但是我们多数人担心的是节日过后多出的几磅体重。这些多出的体量，对于健康及体态是无益的，但相同的，最好避免在节日之前以节食来减重期望取得平衡的举动：科学事实证明，