你們國家怎樣慶祝國慶節(jié)?圣誕晚會準備了什么
來聽今天的講解:
Beginner
A: how do you celebrate national day in your country?
你們國家怎樣慶祝國慶節(jié)?
B: there are parades in many cities and people fly the national flags from almost every public building.
許多城市都有游行,人們幾乎在每一座公共建筑上都懸掛著國旗。
A: what kinds of parades are there?
有什么樣的游行?
B: the parades are usually military ones, but sometimes there are procession of people carrying flags and singing patriotic songs. What do you do on national day in your country?
游行通常是軍事游行,但有時也有舉著國旗唱著愛國歌曲的游行隊伍。你在貴國國慶節(jié)做什么?
A: we don’t have a national day.
我們沒有國慶節(jié)。
B: really? That’s unusual.
真的?這很不尋常。
A: I guess it is. Most countries have on, but we don’t.
我想是的。大多數(shù)國家都有,但我們沒有。
B: actually, even though we have parades, most people just use the national day holiday to visit family or go shopping. In the evening, many people watch special TV shows which celebrate national day.
事實上,盡管我們有游行,但大多數(shù)人只是利用國慶節(jié)假期探親或購物。晚上,許多人觀看慶祝國慶的特別電視節(jié)目。
Intermediate
A: is everything ready for the Christmas party?
圣誕晚會的一切準備好了嗎?
B: almost. I’ve put up the decorations , and we’ve decorated the Christmas tree with plenty of tinsel and baubles.
差不多了。我已經(jīng)裝飾好了,我們用很多金屬絲和小飾品裝飾了圣誕樹。
A: I like the big star on the top of the tree. I’ll put the presents under the tree later, how’s the food.
我喜歡樹頂上的大星星。我稍后會把禮物放在樹下,食物怎么樣。
B: I’ve prepared most of it already and we’ve got plenty of snack foods-you know, crisps, biscuits, and things. Are you going to make the punch?
我已經(jīng)準備好了大部分,我們有很多零食,你知道的,薯片、餅干等等。你會做嗎?
A: yes. I’ve bought all the things to go in it. It won’t take long to make. How many people are coming to the party?
是的。我已經(jīng)把所有的東西都買了。用不了多久。有多少人來參加聚會?
B: I think everyone will be coming. Dave don’t come because he has to go to his parent’s home and they live in Scotland.
我想每個人都會來的。Dave不來是因為他必須去他父母家,而他們住在蘇格蘭。
A: do we have Christmas pudding?
我們有圣誕布丁嗎?
B: yes, we do. I hope we have enough for everyone. Did you send out all your Christmas cards in time?
是的,我們有。我希望我們每個人都有足夠的。你把所有的圣誕卡都及時寄出去了嗎?
A: yes, I did. I send most of them a week ago. I’ve brought some with me to the party to give to people in person.
是的,我送了。大部分都是一周前送的。我?guī)Я艘恍﹣韰⒓泳蹠?,親自送給人們。
B: I did the same. I spent hours yesterday evening wrapping presents. I hope I didn’t forget to buy anyone something!
我也這么做了。昨天晚上我花了幾個小時包裝禮物。我希望我沒有忘記給任何人買東西!
A: I hope you didn’t forget mine!
我希望你沒有忘記我的!