英語趣味課堂：禮物日 the Boxing Day

Todd: So Mark, what happens on boxing day?

Mark: On boxing day in England it's usually football day. Everybody goes and watches the football. Usually all the family go, so maybe granddad and grandma will go. In England on Boxing day, it's usually the highest attendances of the year.

Todd: Oh, really.

Mark: Yeah, so we wake up on boxing day around about 11 o'clock, usually with a big hangover because we've been drinking of Christmas

day, and so to get rid of the hangover, what do we do, we actually drink more alcohol, so we usually go to the bar around 11, drink a lot of beer, and then go the football around about 2 and watch the game.

Todd: What's it like at the stadium?

Mark:Usually a really good atmosphere on boxing day, because, yeah and there are really big crowds and everybody is really happy cause it's Christmas so usually there's some guys dressed as Santa Clause or people are wearing like Christmas decorations and it's a really good atmosphere.

學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容：

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boxing day

Boxing Day in England is usually football day.

'Boxing Day' is a holiday celebrated in England. I was traditionally the first weekday after Christmas when companies gave their employees presents and the postal service delivered gifts that had been sent. Notice the following:

Does your company celebrate Boxing Day?

We all went to the game on Boxing Day.

highest attendance

That day usually has the highest attendance of the year.

When an event has a 'high attendance' it means there are a lot of people there. The 'highest attendance' means the most people who have come to an even during the year. Notice the following:

This year's graduation ceremony had the highest attendance in years.

The concert she gave in New York had the highest attendance.

hangover

We wake up usually with a big hangover from drinking the night before.

You get a hangover from drinking too much alcohol. You usually have a bad headache and sometimes feel sick in your stomach. Notice the following:

Many people have hangovers on January 1st.

I had such a bad hangover after my sister's wedding.

get rid of

To get rid of the hangover, we actually drink more alcohol.

When we make something go away, a thing, a person or a sickness, we are 'getting rid' of it. When we use it to talk about something it means the same as 'throw away' or that this thing becomes garbage.Notice the following:

We are working on getting rid of things we don't use anymore.

I am drinking lots of orange juice to get rid of this cold.

atmosphere

There's really a good atmosphere at the stadium, since it's Christmas.

In this case 'atmosphere' refers to the general emotional feeling of a place. Notice the following:

The whole atmosphere in the company changed after she left.

Being with friends is a good atmosphere to be in if you are feeling sad.

1 attendance

n.出席，出席人數(shù)，護(hù)理，照料

參考例句：

The attendance of this class never dropped off.這個班的出席人數(shù)從未下降。

The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.這個年輕人小心侍候他有錢的姑媽。

2 attendances

出席( attendance的名詞復(fù)數(shù) ); 參加; 出席次數(shù); 出席人數(shù)

參考例句：

He missed three attendances this year. 他今年缺席三次。

He also told me that your attendances at his tutorial and seminar have been poor . 他還告訴我說你的輔導(dǎo)課和討論課出勤率不高。

3 alcohol

n.酒精，乙醇;含酒精的飲料

參考例句：

The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的飲料。

The alcohol is industrial.這些酒精是供工業(yè)用的。

4 stadium

n.露天大型運動場

參考例句：

The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球場可以容納八萬人。

The stadium is being used for a match.那個露天運動場正在進(jìn)行一場比賽。

5 clause

n.(正式文件或法律文件的)條款，從句，分句

參考例句：

The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.這句中有一個主句和一個從句。

What clause do you require in the contract?你要求在合同中訂上什么條款?

6 celebrated

adj.有名的，聲譽卓著的

參考例句：

He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格蘭最負(fù)盛名的年輕畫家之一。

The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.觀眾團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住了這位著名的小提琴演奏家。

7 traditionally

adv.傳說地;傳統(tǒng)地

參考例句：

Traditionally,people clean the house before the Spring Festival.傳統(tǒng)上，人們在春節(jié)前打掃房子。

Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.根據(jù)傳統(tǒng)，醫(yī)學(xué)獎是諾貝爾獎每年頒發(fā)的第一個獎項。

8 employees

n.雇工，雇員( employee的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

She is always polite and considerate towards her employees. 她對待雇員總是客客氣氣，關(guān)心體諒。

The company has a strict dress code—all male employees are expected to wear suits. 公司有嚴(yán)格的著裝規(guī)定—所有男職員都要穿西服。

9 postal

adj.郵政的，郵局的

參考例句：

A postal network now covers the whole country.郵路遍及全國。

Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用郵政編碼。

10 means

n.方法，手段，折中點，物質(zhì)財富

參考例句：

That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機(jī)密。

We must get it done by some means or other.我們總得想辦法把它干完。

11 emotional

adj.令人動情的;易動感情的;感情(上)的

參考例句：

Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易沖動的人做事往往不加考慮。

This is an emotional scene in the play.這是劇中動人的一幕。