时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:情景英语口语100主题


英语课

045 festivals





Words

National day

Christmas(day/eve)

Halloween

Thanksgiving

May day

Spring festival

New year

Easter

Valentine’s day

Tomb sweeping 1 day



Phrases

Put up the decoration

Patriotic 2 songs

Do Christmas shopping

Give something to somebody in person

Celebrate a festival

Wrap presents



Beginner

A: how do you celebrate national day in your country?

B: there are parades in many cities and people fly the national flags from almost every public building.

A: what kinds of parades are there?

B: the parades are usually military ones, but sometimes there are procession of people carrying flags and singing patriotic songs. What do you do on national day in your country?

A: we don’t have a national day.

B: really? That’s unusual.

A: I guess it is. Most countries have on, but we don’t.

B: actually, even though we have parades, most people just use the national day holiday to visit family or go shopping. In the evening, many people watch special TV shows which celebrate national day.



Intermediate 3

A: is everything ready for the Christmas party?

B: almost. I’ve put up the decorations , and we’ve decorated the Christmas tree with plenty of tinsel and baubles 4.

A: I like the big star on the top of the tree. I’ll put the presents under the tree later, how’s the food.

B: I’ve prepared most of it already and we’ve got plenty of snack foods-you know, crisps, biscuits, and things. Are you going to make the punch?

A: yes. I’ve bought all the things to go in it. It won’t take long to make. How many people are coming to the party?

B: I think everyone will be coming. Dave don’t come because he has to go to his parent’s home and they live in Scotland.

A: do we have Christmas pudding?

B: yes, we do. I hope we have enough for everyone. Did you send out all your Christmas cards in time?

A: yes, I did. I send most of them a week ago. I’ve brought some with me to the party to give to people in person.

B: I did the same. I spent hours yesterday evening wrapping presents. I hope I didn’t forget to buy anyone something!

A: I hope you didn’t forget mine!



1 sweeping
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
2 patriotic
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
3 intermediate
adj.中间的,居间的,中级的;n.中间体,媒介物
  • This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
  • Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。
4 baubles
n.小玩意( bauble的名词复数 );华而不实的小件装饰品;无价值的东西;丑角的手杖
  • The clothing category also includes jewelry and similar baubles. 服饰大类也包括珠宝与类似的小玩意。 来自互联网
  • The shop sells baubles as well. 这家商店也销售廉价珠宝。 来自互联网
学英语单词
adipositas cardia
Afrophile
alan seegers
antimechanists
apophysis of Ingrassia
arciprete
baiyuns
bearded reedlings
boiler drum
Bonne's projection
broadleaf tobacco
capillary tube refrigerant control
creep grazing
curl of lip
cybercultures
developt
dimetient
distributed message switching system
dry bob
Edward Vincent Sullivan
electrochromic
emitting material
empty-headed
englacial drift
f.garcia
faulting recurrence
flow pattern
Foci del Po
forearms discoid eczema
frequency matching
granular pesticide
hearing
high copper
hopper discharger
hydrogen generator station
in labor
interpretive simulation
ion thrustor
Ipoly (Ipel')
jet axis
justifiable complaint
Kaban
kinanaesthesia
Kirondrin
lavchenko
load force
logistics hub
Lopeno
mackerel scad
magnetic local anomaly
magnetic vibration
Mainstockheim
make herself scarce
malai
Markaz, Ra's
maximal symmetric operator
mtd (mean temperature differentiation)
murpanidin
noospheric
on a lee shore
opiniate
penup
periodic real function
personal diary
photometric bench
Phuoc Son
plantule
potroast
pressed steel
proprietary program
pseudocodeine
Pythagorean proposition
Rhizoma Polygoni Paleacei
scrunchi
self-excited grounded grid oscillator
short-circuit transition
shum
sit down with
small alveolar cells
smooth pea
space-probe
Sparland
spillable
sports-climbings
sprunt up
standards and methods department
sternopleural bristle
strober
SWAfr
syllable articulation
syncretizes
talkies
terminal status byte
troy units
underlooks
unit electrostatic flux
updating time
variable manufacturing overhead expenses
WAP (work analysis program)
weather-protection
whpa
xi jinping