时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:商务礼节美语


英语课

  来自中国的雇员Dana跟同事Charlie聊天儿,说自己要去美国朋友家过圣诞节。

Dana: Hey Charlie, you're from Boston right?

C: Yeah, I'm from Newton. It's a suburb 1 of Boston.

D: I'm going to be visiting your hometown for Christmas.

C: Really? Boston is beautiful at Christmas time. Maybe you'll get to experience a real white Christmas! Are you going there for business?

D: Actually, I was invited by an old friend of mine. He was an exchange student in Beijing in the 1980s. We've known 2 each other for over 20 years now.

Dana要到Charlie的hometown家乡,Boston去过圣诞节。波士顿是美国东北部的大城市,冬天经常下大雪,所以Charlie 说,Maybe you'll get to experience a real white Christmas. 没准你能体验一下真正的白色圣诞节呢! Dana说,自己不是去波士顿出差,not for business, 而是去看一个认识很久的老朋友。

C: I see. So you're going to hang out with your friend for the holidays?

D: Yes, but I'm a little nervous.

C: Why would you be nervous?

D: Because I'm going to be staying with his family. I've never experienced 3 an American Christmas. What if I say or do the wrong thing?

C: Oh...there's nothing to worry about. Christmas is a time of goodwill 4. People are supposed to forget about any differences and be nice to each other. Usually every one is in a really good mood.

跟老朋友hang out一块儿过节,为什么还会紧张呢?原来,Dana担心自己不了解过圣诞节的风俗,会说错话,或是做错事。

Charlie安慰她说,没什么可担心的,因为Christmas is a time of goodwill. 圣诞节是展现友好的时候。大家一般心情都很愉快、平和。Everyone is usually in a really good mood.

D: So give me a basic rundown. What are the Christmas traditions?

C: Each family is different, but basically 5 you just go with the flow. If your friend's family is religious 6 they might go to church on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning.

D: I've never attended a church service before...that sounds interesting.

C: The singing and music can be quite beautiful, but many American families just hang around at home on Christmas - talking, watching TV, eating food and opening presents.

Dana让Charlie给她简单讲讲美国人过圣诞节都有哪些传统,a basic rundown of the Christmas traditions. Rundown 每个家庭都不一样,教徒一般圣诞前夜或是圣诞节早上会去教堂,但是很多美国家庭就待在家里,聊天、看电视、吃东西、拆礼物。他建议Dana, Basically you just go with the flow. 客随主便就对了。美国人过圣诞,还有哪些传统呢?我们下星期继续听。



n.郊区,郊外,近郊
  • Toward the suburb the houses begin to thin out.靠近市郊的地方房屋渐渐稀少。
  • Disneyland is in Los Angeles suburb.迪斯尼游乐场在洛杉矶的近郊。
adj.大家知道的;知名的,已知的
  • He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
  • He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。
adj.有经验的;经验丰富的,熟练的
  • Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
  • Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好,你比我更有经验。
n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉
  • His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
  • We paid £10,000 for the shop,and £2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店,两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
adv.基本上,从根本上说
  • His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
  • Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。
adj.宗教性的,虔诚的,宗教上的;n.修道士,出家人
  • She is very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.她十分虔诚,每个星期天都上教堂。
  • It is hard for me to reject religious beliefs.要我抛弃自己的宗教信仰是困难的。
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Aconitum birobidshanicum
adrenaline-like
age-specific marriage rate
anatrofin
asmat
asst., Asst.
Auersberg
Avenhorn
battery-less
bullet puller
Camper's line
canum
Casmerodius albus
castriota
cedron
chalybeous
Chang and Eng
Corinaldo
dends
directly responsible personnel
DLTS
endogenous auto-intoxication
enthalpy-pressure chart
fahd ibn abdel aziz al-sauds
fan out
film transparency meter
final budget
furnos treatment
genethon
Geoffrey Chaucer
Great Wigborough
green ashes
hastler
Hemi-Resection
high value scrap
hoylands
hydrogen swelled can
in mixed company
infinitesimal motion
injection heating
inline style
interometer
irradiatometer
jetpacks
keilhauite (y-titamate)
kick turn
Kumphawapi
launching stage
leiomyoblastomas
lexical disambiguation
line-width gauge
livestock and poultry carrier
log-it
low velocity
mammuth
managerial roles approach
mass-to-charge ration
Megacodon
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method of coating
microemulsion
moiling
monophyletic origin
MSCI China Free Index
mutation spectrum
native oak
nondetached
Oil Circuit Breakers
ondine
oscillating dipole
P-Cable
peridectomy
philosophy of experiment
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power-steerings
prescribed volume
Proben-C
quasi linearization method
reparted
romavni
rubefacient
series triggering
shaff
shivaji
short-term forest fire danger forecast
silicotungstic acid reagent
smelt dissolver
species area curve
SPEEDE
states school
steady-state process
stomatodea
submarginally
time frequency modula tion
toughness tester
trapezoidal bent
trisomy 13 syndrome
under deck shipment
under soil
valleculas
Verrières
well-fruited