听播客学英语 193 圣诞屋
时间：2019-03-01 作者：英语课 分类：听播客学英语
英语课
Bling? What’s bling?
Bling is a modern slang word for jewellery. But not any sort of jewellery. Jewellery is bling if:
it is big
it is brightly coloured
it is loud and tasteless
there is lots of it
it is really in your face
Jewellery is not bling if it is small, discreet 1 or tasteful!
And what is “house bling”? For a long time people have decorated the insides of their houses at Christmas, for example with Christmas trees, holly 2 and mistletoe. But in the past few years, some people have started decorating the outsides of their houses as well, with lots of coloured lights, illuminated 3 models of Santa Claus, reindeer 4 and snowmen, and sometimes even with an audio system which plays Christmas carols. This is house bling. There is a picture of house bling on the podcast website, and (I hope) on your iPod too. If you type “house bling” into the search box at flickr.com, you will find lots more examples.
Some people even compete with their neighbours to have the most house bling, the brightest house bling, the most tasteless house bling. House bling increases electricity consumption, and probably adds significantly to global warming and rising sea levels.
I am taking a short break over Christmas. I will be back in January, when Kevin and Joanne will be making some New Year resolutions. To keep you company until these podcasts return, here is Hilda Lamas. This lady sings the American National Anthem 5 at basketball games in Texas, so – respect! But for us she sings that Christmas won’t be Christmas unless you get right back here with me. Yeah!
adj.(言行)谨慎的；慎重的；有判断力的
- He is very discreet in giving his opinions.发表意见他十分慎重。
- It wasn't discreet of you to ring me up at the office.你打电话到我办公室真是太鲁莽了。
n.[植]冬青属灌木
- I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
- People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。
adj.被照明的；受启迪的
- Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
- the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市
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。