时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:原版英语对话1000个


英语课

Anja: So, Fred, tell me, how is it on Christmas? Who do you give gifts to in Canada?


Fred: Well, Anja, personally 1 I prefer to receive gifts. That's always funner. Yeah, well, of course, we give gifts and we receive gifts.


Anja: Oh, yeah. So the gifts, how are they? Are they really expensive or...?


Fred: Good question. Well, I don't know. It depends on who you're giving the gift to, and it also depends on, you know, how many gifts you have to buy.


Anja: Oh, so, who exactly are you buying gifts for? Only the really.... people that are really close to you?


Fred: Well, yes, I would say that in my case I have a large family.


Anja: How many are you?


Fred: We are six siblings 2: six brothers and sisters and plus my parents and both my grandparents are still alive, and aunts and cousins and so a very big family, and so what we do is we exchange gifts. So we buy a small gift, 45 dollars, and then we play a small game where we exchange that gift amongst 3 each other, so we don't have to buy gifts to everybody.


Anja: Oh, that's quite nice, so it won't get too expensive, right?


Fred: It won't but, personally, I like to buy gifts for my mother or my father and especially my grandmother and grandfather. It's very important, and so I enjoy doing the shopping for it.


Anja: Oh, you do like shopping?


Fred: For Christmas it's something different.


Anja: It's really difficult on Christmas, right? Usually, the shops are really packed and there's so many people. It's really stressful 5, isn't it?


Fred: Yeah, but I like that stress 4.


Anja: Oh, you do?


Fred: Yeah, I love it.


Anja: Oh, wow. I think you are the only one.

 



1 personally
adv.亲自,直接,个人,就我个人来说
  • I handed the book to him personally.书是我亲自交给他的。
  • Personally,I prefer fall weather.我个人比较喜欢秋天的天气。
2 siblings
n.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
3 amongst
prep.在…之中,在...之间(=among)
  • He was sitting amongst a group of children,telling them a story.他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。
  • You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.你们必须彼此商量,自行解决这些问题。
4 stress
n.压力,紧迫,强调,重音,重点,应力&vt.加压力于,着重,重读
  • The roof couldn't bear the stress of the snow.屋顶受不了积雪的压力。
  • My parents lay great stress on honesty.我的父母十分注重诚实。
5 stressful
adj.紧张的,压力重的
  • My job isn't stressful,and I enjoy the work.我的工作没有压力,我很喜欢这份工作。
  • It usually just makes situations more stressful.它通常会使情况更加紧迫。
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Alep
alluvial epoch
andrei vishinsky
anterosuperior
antimongolism
Asparagus plumosus Baker
automatic iris
backing wind
barly yellow dwarf virus
bearded motes
belt transport detector
benzoresorcinol
betalight
Bibl.
boarding of ship
boundary collocation method
bufonaria nobilis
cabbage-bark tree
Capixaba
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coagulation point
coalition forces
commissive moods
conscienced
core-hinterland model
critical earthquake loading
custodian fund
Czechian
dark-brown
decomposition decay
double belt
environment temperature
erectable
failers
female sibling
flaring
floating stock
framed partition
fryable
Gaddafi
genital sedative
greedy algorithm
grid printing
head hunter
heuristic procedure
holy city
Hungtington's chorea
jacking up price
jailward
jitter effect
Judaeophil
juica
leariest
lispounds
login
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median unbiased confidence interval
methyl iodoform
mint money
morality plays
movable action
neoichnology
object code compatibility
objectivize
Ohanet
orang-outang
otatea
oupire
pack journalism
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pitch garnet
pooh
propaquizafop
purging cock
put sth before sb
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reconciliation method
reincurring
revenues from self-governing
risk reward ratio
roughing down mill
round arc point mesh gear
Rožupe
Samarovo
securities investment trust
shell account
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slantings
spot lens
supervisory mode
telemeters
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the delivery unit
three-way switch
to advise sb to do
unless general
vagetarians
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