1月21日：美国国家拥抱日
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--文化教育动态
January 21: National Hugging Day in US1月21日：
1月21日：美国国家拥抱日
Tomorrow is National Hugging Day in the United States. It's one of those special occasions that Americans dream up, like National Eggplant Day and Stay Out of the Sun Day.
Often a business enterprise lurks 3 behind these celebrations, just as candy-makers and florists 5 dreamed up Sweetest Day in October as another excuse to buy flowers and chocolates.
But a hug doesn't cost a penny. It's said to be therapeutic 6, stress-reducing, mutually satisfying. It isn't taxable. It doesn't pollute. And it's not the least bit fattening 7. One hugging authority insists hugs help the immune system, presumably by happily spreading germs. Another fellow on the Internet offers VIRTUAL hugs to anyone who writes him.
You also get hug poems, like Jill Wolf's:
"Hugs don't need new equipment.
Special batteries or parts.
Just open up your arms
And open up your hearts."
Naturally, there's a book called The Art of Hugging. It addresses hugging's "how to's" -- how long should you hug… how close?
Besides the familiar bear hug, there's the group hug, the cheek-to-cheek hug, and something called the A-frame hug. That's the ginger 8 embrace from a polite distance -- you know, the one where you lean way forward to minimize contact. It's perfect for distant relatives.
Now it's true, a few people, like loggers and hunters, don't like a good hug. They're always complaining about "tree huggers." But we know what these grouches 10 need, don't we?
And the 21st is the day for it: a big, warm hug...and a hearty 11 "Happy National Hugging Day."
注释：
dream up 构思，创造
therapeutic [WerE5pju:tik] adj. 治病的
taxable [5tAksEbl] adj. 应征税的
immune system 免疫系统
ginger [5dVindVE] n. 活力，活泼
embrace [im5breis] n. 拥抱
grouch 9 [^rautF] n. 不高兴的人，心怀不满的人
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
- He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.他觉得自己看见有人在演讲时潜藏在会议厅顶上。
- Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person. 在冷酷的外表背后，他是一个鲁莽又不得志的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Good fortune lies within Bad, Bad fortune lurks within good. 福兮祸所倚，祸兮福所伏。 来自互联网
- The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
- Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？
- The little dressmaker bought an envelope of nasturtium seeds at the florists. 那个个子矮小的女裁缝在花铺里买了一包金莲花种子。 来自辞典例句
- I have more important things to do than petulant florists. 我有比教训坏脾气的花匠更重要的事情要做。 来自互联网
- Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
- When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。
- The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
- Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
- He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
- One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。