英语听力精选进阶版 6148
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Christmas Every Day 天天是圣诞
'Christmas comes but once a year' is a familiar phrase, and indeed for many people the 25th of December is the highlight of the calendar.
But for one British man once a year is not enough. Andy Park, who is better known by his nickname Mr Christmas, has celebrated 1 Christmas every single day for the last 14 years.
The 44-year-old electrician claims to have eaten a full roast dinner every day for the last decade and a half, munching 2 his way through over 5,000 turkeys, 117,000 Brussels sprouts 3, and around 30,000 roast potatoes in the process.
He also sends himself a Christmas card every day and looks forward to unwrapping a present he has bought himself each evening, while watching the Queen's Speech.
Mr Park estimates his festive 4 fetish costs him ￡150 (1,570 yuan) a week. This year, however, the divorcee says he is feeling the pinch due to the global financial crisis, and is scaling back his celebrations.
His Christmas habit is putting a strain on more than just his wallet. Mr Park was previously 5 warned by his doctor that his Christmas addiction 6 could kill him. His daily over-indulgence has caused his weight to skyrocket to 19 stone (121 kg).
So how did Andy Park's obsession 7 with Christmas begin?
"I'll never forget the day it started," said Mr Park, "the sun was shining, but I was just feeling fed up and bored, so I went home and put the decorations up. Suddenly I was happy. I thought, this is fun. So I did it again the next day, and the day after that."
And Mr Park has not been content to keep his Christmas cheer to himself. In 2005 he released a song, aptly titled It's Christmas Every Day, but has yet to find chart success.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
highlight 亮点
electrician 电工
full roast dinner 烤肉大餐
munching 用力咀嚼
Brussels sprouts 抱子甘蓝（俗称小洋白菜）
unwrapping 拆
festive fetish 节日癖好
divorcee 离了婚的人
feeling the pinch 手头拮据
scaling back 缩减
habit 习惯
putting a strain 拉紧钱包带
addiction 沉溺，上瘾
over-indulgence 过于放纵
skyrocket 飞涨
fed up 厌倦
decorations 装饰物
Christmas cheer 圣诞节的激动心情
aptly 恰当的
chart success 榜上有名
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
- He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句
- The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨，麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。