时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:流利美国口语


英语课

W: You look so excited. What’s on your mind?


M: I am thinking about my Chrisman present.


W: What are you going to have?


M: A huge toy plane. My mother promised to give it to me if I behave myself before Christmas.


Dialogue 2.


M: Anna, what’s troubling you?


W: I felt sick at heart.


M: Why?


W: Tom didn’t send me flowers on Valentine’s day.


M: Did you send him chocolates?


W: Me? Why should I?


Dialogue 3.


W: How can I afford my summer vacation to Tibet? I am broke.


M: Why don’t you tighten 1 your belt a little? You’ve been scattering 2 money.


W: You can say that again. I resolve to squeeze my dollar and pinch my pennies for the next vacation.


M: You set it.


Exercise.


1. I wish Halloween fell on Friday, so that we would play the whole night.


2. You made my day.


3. Tom didn’t send me flowers on Valentine’s day.


4. What do you and your family and friends do on that occasion?


5. Dishes of various types came in quick succession.


6. People toasted each other over the new year dinner.


7. People were overjoyed and got drunk.


8. In the middle of the excitement we couldn’t help singing and dancing.


9. The Chinese Yizu people gather around the big torches in their villages, singing and dancing and playing musical instruments. And this could last a whole night.


10. The torch parade looks like a long fired dragon.


11. The smell of the roast turkey and pumpkin 3 pie set my mouth watering.


12. Out of gratitude 4 for the first harvest, the settlers decided 5 to celebrate a special day to give thanks to God and the Indians.


13. My memories about the Spring Festival in my childhood is still very fresh.


14. The big family dinner is always the most important event of the celebration.


15. Although many years have passed since the first celebration, the pattern of the celebration has not changed much.



1 tighten
v.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
  • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
  • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
2 scattering
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散
  • The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒,把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 pumpkin
n.南瓜
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
4 gratitude
adj.感激,感谢
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
5 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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