时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   Merry Christmas! 今天我们聊聊最正宗的美国圣诞传统。很多可能会surprise你噢。比如,有些美国人圣诞节会去中餐馆。


  关键词:
  Christmas traditions and practices: 圣诞传统、庆祝方式
  The season of being thankful: 感恩的时节
  Electronic cards: 电子贺卡
  Christmas greetings: 圣诞祝福
  Loved ones: 你爱的人
  The Christmas Spirit: 圣诞气息
  Christmas Eve: 圣诞夜 (12月24日)
  Christmas Day:圣诞节 (12月25日)
  圣诞节不是24号庆祝哦
  Most people celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day: 大多数人在圣诞节25日庆祝圣诞
  In China, the craziness happens on Christmas Eve: 在中国,圣诞夜的庆祝活动更多
  You can go out partying on Christmas Eve in China: 在中国,圣诞可以出去派对狂欢
  That's very different from America: 跟美国很不一样
  In America, people mostly spend Christmas with their family: 美国人大多数和家人一起过圣诞
  In America, the only places open during Christmas are churches and Chinese restaurants: 在美国,只有中餐馆和教堂圣诞节还开门
  Religious beliefs: 宗教信仰
  Commercialized: 商业化的
  In America, Christmas is more about food, family and presents: 在美国,圣诞节最重要的组成部分就是美食、家人和礼物
  你不知道的圣诞传统
  圣诞老人真存在
  Santa Clause/Santa: 圣诞老人
  Kris Kringle: 圣诞老人的昵称
  Presents from Santa: 来自圣诞老人的礼物
  Most kids believe Santa really exists: 大多数北美小朋友相信圣诞老人真的存在
  Parents will prepare presents marked as "from Santa": 爸妈会买礼物,但是上面写“圣诞老人送给你的”
  Chimney:烟囱
  Kids will prepare milk and cookies on Christmas Eve for Santa:小朋友会在圣诞夜为圣诞老人准备牛奶、曲奇
  Fireplace 1: 壁炉
  Don't tell a kid that Santa isn't real: 不要告诉小朋友圣诞老人不存在
  You will damage their heart: 你会伤他们的心
  Have you been naughty or nice? 父母给礼物之前,会问下孩子,“你是皮还是乖?”
  Santa is making a list and checking it twice: 圣诞老公公会写一张乖孩子、调皮孩子的清单,他会检查 (有名的圣诞儿歌)
  Sled: 雪橇
  Reindeer 2:麋鹿
  Rudolph, the red nose reindeer: 鲁道夫,红鼻子的麋鹿 (最特别的拉雪橇麋鹿, 有首很有名的圣诞歌曲就叫"Rudolph, the red nose reindeer")
  圣诞合唱团义务上门服务
  Christmas carol: 圣诞歌曲
  Carol singers: 圣诞歌曲演唱者
  They knock on your doors and sing Christmas carols for you: 他们来你家敲门,然后唱圣诞歌给你听
  Spread the Christmas spirit: 传递圣诞气息
  Go door to door: 挨家挨户
  圣诞要吃中国菜?
  Christmas dinner: 圣诞大餐
  A big feast 3: 一顿丰盛的大餐
  Coordinate 4: 调配、安排
  Turkey/the big bird/Tom: 火鸡
  Christmas ham: 圣诞火腿
  Some people feel turkey'ed out. So they eat ham: 有些人(感恩节)吃了太多火鸡,所以圣诞吃火腿。
  Honey-glazed ham: 蜜汁火腿
  Bone in the middle: 中间有一根骨头
  Coat it with honey on the outside and bake it in the oven: 表面刷蜂蜜,然后放进烤箱烤
  Many Jews go to Chinese restaurants on Christmas because they're the only place open: 很多美国犹太人圣诞节会去中餐馆,因为他们不庆祝基督教节日。而中餐馆在很多地方是唯一营业的餐馆。
  圣诞要吞生鸡蛋
  Egg nog: 蛋酒 (含生鸡蛋的酒)
  Cider: 苹果酒
  Mulled wine:加热、加香料的红酒
  Raw egg: 生鸡蛋
  Booze:酒、酒精 (俚语)
  Recipes: 配方
  Spirit: 烈酒
  Cinnamon:肉桂
  Christmas spices: 有圣诞气息的香料
  最后,来个浪漫的圣诞传统
  A romantic Christmas tradition: 浪漫的圣诞传统
  Mistletoe: 槲寄生 (一种植物)
  You hang a mistletoe over the doorway: 传统是把一支槲寄生挂在天花板上
  Whoever walks under the mistletoe need to kiss each other: 走到槲寄生下的两个人要接吻

n.壁炉,炉灶
  • The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
  • I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。
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。
n.盛宴,筵席,节日
  • After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后,她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
  • You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜,这样太麻烦你了!
adj.同等的,协调的;n.同等者;vt.协作,协调
  • You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
  • Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
学英语单词
alpha-proton reaction
alpinia officinarum
alterna-
answer-back signal
archimimes
Arequipite
as like as chalk to cheese
autonomous amplitude limiter
autoregressive deconvolution
avantgardistic
benzhydryl amine
Bermudian rig
bertalanffies
biennial bearing
bitser
blue tulips
Booth, Edwin (Thomas)
brass instrument
bus-fare
casting surface
cherogrils
Chinese lexicology
CORDAT
craplets
critical melting point
descended upon
DIS/SEC
ephedine
epidermolysis acquisita
ethenylene
Ferospace
fibre optic memory
film disk
floating sludge
flobber
fluorocomplex
free-response
gamed
gastrostyle
good wishes
Gr. S.
gradient projection method
graduates
hemochromatosis
hunting-cat
hydroxy-malonic acid
hyperboloidal mirror
industrially advanced country
Kirovskaya
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-,lst Baron Lytton
manograph
Mansonia annulatus
mid ordinate
miediling
modulation formats
native vermilion
onerari non debet
orizio
part-time bowler
peltate tentacle
pigeonhole principle
point-contact
polychromism
postboat
preemulsion
primary tentacle
promote the sale of products
Pueblan
rail loading machine
renal fibroid sarcoma
rescue cutter
rich chromium ball bearing steel wire
rio bravoes
rogueish
Sarcosperma arboreum
scientific notation
search frequency generator
second reserve
signal instructions
smart structure technology
sodium dodecylsulfate
spelye
square normal closed double head wrench
steam-powers
steering engine valve
subnuclear particle
subsizar
Syringa julianae
tarsal pulvilli
text-understanding
twin-cams
unnarratable
uova
vacuum diffusion pump
valley girls
varitypers
Villiers
vinylcarbenoids
vizament
walruslike
Web Pad
withametelins