时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:留学生在中国


英语课

   You:There is a foreign holliday which has something to do with pumpkins 2. I think you're supposed to carry a pumpkin 1 around on that day. I can't remember which holliday is it.


  有一个外国节日跟南瓜有关,我想那天你也会带一个南瓜的吧。只是我不记得哪个节日了。
  David:Are you talking about Halloween?
  你是说万圣节吗?
  You:Yes, we have a party and give a lot of performances
  是的,我们在派对上玩,许多人表演
  David: Performance?
  表演?
  You:Yes, lots of people give performanes on that day?
  是的,在节日那天许多人一起表演节目。
  David:Wait, were they evry scary performances?
  等下,是很恐怖的表演节目吗?
  You:Not scary, but very intense. I can't really remember it exactly. We all danced. There were two circles, one for the girls and one for the boys.
  不是啊,但是很紧张。我不记得确切的场景了,我们都在跳舞,围着两个圈,一个都是女孩,另一个全是男孩。
  David:For Halloween? Really? In America, we don't have such performances on Halloween. Instead, we usually dressed up in costums and go trick or treat.Trick or treat is a game with children go to people's homes and ask for candy.
  这是万圣节?你确定吗?在美国我们并没有这些表演的。相反,我们会穿上万圣节的恐怖服装,然后去玩“不给糖就捣蛋”的游戏,也就是小孩子挨家挨户讨要糖果的活动。
  You:Yeah, it was a game. Then the ofreign teachers ask us to cut up the pumpkin, so we did, and then we lighted it up.
  是的,这是一个游戏。然后外教让我们切开南瓜,我们照着做了,然后就点起了南瓜灯。
  David: You carved pumpkin, the Jack-o'-lantern?
  你们雕刻了南瓜灯?
  You:Yes, it was very interesting.
  是的,非常有趣。

1 pumpkin
n.南瓜
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
2 pumpkins
n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 );南瓜的果肉,南瓜囊
  • I like white gourds, but not pumpkins. 我喜欢吃冬瓜,但不喜欢吃南瓜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. 然后在南瓜上刻出一张脸,并把瓜挖空。 来自英语晨读30分(高三)
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