时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

There are many ways to celebrate Christmas, and some British people like to go on holiday, go out for lunch to a restaurant, or spend the day with friends. But most people’s idea of a traditional Christmas involves spending a few days with their family - sometimes their extended family.


The day is the most exciting for the children. They may have spent weeks or even months dreaming of the presents they want most. Since the beginning of December, they may have opened their advent 1 calendars, finding a new festive 2 picture, chocolate, or small gift, to count down each day until 25th December.


On Christmas Eve, they hang up stockings, ready to be filled with presents by Santa Claus. Often a thank you gift of a mince 3 pie and a glass of sherry will be left, as well as a carrot for those hungry reindeer 4.


Christmas Day itself will be spent eating lots of goodies, opening presents from loved ones, which have been waiting under the Christmas tree, and for most adults, drinking plenty of booze.


A Christmas lunch of roast turkey with all the trimmings is the main event, complete with crackers 5, and paper party hats. The meal will finish off with Christmas pudding, a steamed fruit pudding.


For some, a church service, or the Queen’s speech on television will be part of the family custom. For most, the afternoon and evening will be spent playing board games, or perhaps watching a family film on TV.


After the excitement of the big day, most families are happy to spend Boxing Day quietly enjoying their presents, and eating the Christmas leftovers 6, for example a turkey curry 7.


Then we can all forget about Christmas until next year… well until next September.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


extended family 亲戚


festive 节日气氛浓厚的


stockings (用来装圣诞礼物的)长筒袜


Christmas Eve 圣诞前夜


sherry 雪利酒


a mince pie (圣诞节吃的)百果馅饼


goodies 好吃的东西,糖果,点心等


reindeer 驯鹿


Boxing Day 节礼日(圣诞节后的第一天)


loved ones 爱人 (通常指家人,亲近的人)


the main event (圣诞节当天)最主要的事情


all the trimmings (与火鸡一起吃的)配菜


advent calendar 日历(从圣诞节前24起一个倒数的日历,每天打开上面的一个小门,门里有时候有巧克力,有时候只有一张图片)


crackers 彩包爆竹(圣诞节时的娱乐用品,是一个硬的纸筒,内装小礼品,纸帽等,用纸包裹好,两端一拉即噼里啪啦作响)


church service 教堂礼拜


the Queen's speech 女王的演讲


custom 习俗


board games 期盼游戏 


booze 含酒精的饮料(习语)



1 advent
n.(重要事件等的)到来,来临
  • Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
  • The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。
2 festive
adj.欢宴的,节日的
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节,每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
3 mince
n.切碎物;v.切碎,矫揉做作地说
  • Would you like me to mince the meat for you?你要我替你把肉切碎吗?
  • Don't mince matters,but speak plainly.不要含糊其词,有话就直说吧。
4 reindeer
n.驯鹿
  • The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
  • The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。
5 crackers
adj.精神错乱的,癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 );薄脆饼干;(认为)十分愉快的事;迷人的姑娘
  • That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
  • We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 leftovers
n.剩余物,残留物,剩菜
  • He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
  • She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
7 curry
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
  • Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
  • Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
学英语单词
abustles
afibrinogenaemic
albomycetin
arranged marriage
BFUP
cappa
chain home beamed
chalutzim
chronicle of school
citrus leaf-miner
cowboy economy
data longevity
decentralized stochastic control
Dewi, Saint
differencing
directional radio
dominant tone
drafts
Duncan I.
earthed concentric wiring system
eusintomycin
externally heating
faciobrachialis
fancy oneself as
fifty-somethings
fore pressure
gamma-aminobutyric acid
gateway-to-gateway protocol
gelatin tube
get stuck in the mire
hay-seed
hoerr
holthe
hyperergic
import cargoes
inadequate diet
indirect initiation
knock someone's eyes out
knowledge-oriented
Kuibyshev
laugh sth to scorn
Laves' phases
lecointre
left inverse element
Leg-Over
length of boss
Lermontov, MikhailYurievich
Linda Vista
Linneryd
liquid nitrogen freezing system
liquor tyrothricini
load-deflection relation
looked after
magnifiable
manstration
Mary Cassatt
medrysone
milltailings
mixed ores
monensin
negroponte
nongoal
Ossietzky
Panxworth
paramukta
Parkhurst
part-drawing
Periptychus
pestle mill
phenagle
pipeline inventories
point probe-dynamic characteristic method
police judge
potyvirus konjak mosaic virus
quarter-bell
quenching and high temperature tempering
ramus ilicus
real-time application
resection through cervical approach
right-to-left rule
rotto
safe in life and limb
sample frequency
scientise
see ... off
semiconductor particle detector
settlingss
Shubat Enlil
soapy water
soft HRM
sputum
supplementary appropriation
Telotremata
texting codes
the bitter truth
the dogs of war
trichosurus vulpeculas
tubb
unholding
view(in computer graphics)
walking orders
X-ray fluorescences