时间:2018-12-14 作者:英语课 分类:纯正地道美语


英语课

  A: What are you doing, awake?

你在做什么呢,醒着吗?

B: I can't sleep...

我睡不着……

A: But it's almost midnight!

但是现在已经是午夜了!

B: Exactly. I'm too excited for Christmas morning. Also, I thought I heard Santa.

确实是。我想到就快要到圣诞的早晨了,我就很兴奋。还有,我以为我听到了圣诞老人来了。

A: Really? How do you know it was Santa?

真的吗?你怎么知道是圣诞老人的?

B: Well, I heard that naughty boys and girls get coal in their stockings 1, so I thought I'd be nice and make Santa cookies. I even left out some milk. I heard someone in the kitchen eating the cookies, so I came downstairs!

嗯,我听说那些调皮的孩子们在他们的袜子里有很多煤炭。所以我想如果给圣诞老人准备一些曲奇会比较好。我甚至还留了一些牛奶。我听到有人在厨房吃饼干,所以我刚刚下楼看了看!

A: Hmm... well I know that Santa won't come down the chimney 2 with you hiding behind the tree, spying 3 on him!

嗯……我知道圣诞老师不会在你躲在树后面想要偷看的时候从烟囱里下来。

B: Really?

真的吗?

A: Really! Let's go back upstairs and get back to bed. That way, we can let Santa do his job. Then when you wake up, it will be Christmas already!

真的!我们上楼去回到床上睡觉吧。这样的话,圣诞老人才能做他的事。然后等你醒来的时候,就已经是圣诞节了。

B: O-K...

好吧……

A: Hey, honey! Is that you? Don't eat all the cookies—I want some, too!

嘿,宝贝!是你吗?不要把曲奇都吃了,我也想吃点!



1 stockings
n.长袜( stocking的名词复数 );靺;袜子
  • a pair of silk stockings 一双长筒丝袜
  • She wears a pair of sheer stockings. 她穿着一双透明的丝袜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 chimney
n.烟囱,烟筒;玻璃罩
  • The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.烟囱里喷出一团黑烟。
  • His father is a chimney sweeper.他的父亲是一位扫烟囱的工人。
3 spying
v.看见,发现( spy的现在分词 );当间谍;从事间谍活动;搜集情报
  • He used his job as a screen for his spying activities. 他利用他的工作作掩护进行间谍活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was accused of spying and was declared non grata. 他被指控从事间谍活动而被宣布为不受欢迎。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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here comes the bride
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hopping job
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