Day564-圣诞节前的准备

The preparation for Christmas圣诞的准备What was the first thing that popped into your mind?（当说到圣诞时，）浮现在你脑海里的第一件事是什么？The first thing is you need the Christmas tree. 第一件事就是：你需要一棵圣诞树。Language Focus语言焦点：Pop into one’s mind…突然想起来…; 突然出现在头脑里eg. An idea suddenly popped into his head.他突然想到了一个主意。What kind of tree would be prepared for?应该准备那种类型的树呢？It is the green tree, the pine tree. It also has pine cones in it.必须是绿色的树，松树，有松果的那种。Language Focus语言焦点：Pine /paɪn/ tree 松树Pine cone /kəʊn/ 松果；松球There are mainly two ways to get the Christmas tree: Either you cut down your own tree, or buy one or even buy a fake one in the shopping center.通常有两种主要的方法获取圣诞树：要么自己砍生长在我们房子周围深林里边的树，要么去购物中心买也可以，如果没有真的买假的也可以。Do you need a license for cutting the tree?你需要有砍树的许可证吗？It’s a permit. Basically, we are allowed to cut two or three Christmas trees. And we gotta pay for the permit.需要，我们需要买许可证，通常我们只能砍两到三棵。Language Focus语言焦点：License /'laɪs(ə)ns/ 许可证eg. driving license. 驾驶证Permit /pər'mɪt/ 许可证；批准eg. a fishing permit 钓鱼许可证Roughly, how much does a real Christmas tree cost in a shopping mall?一般来讲，在购物中心一棵真的圣诞树卖多少钱？It’s about between 40$ and 120$. It depends on the size and what kind it is, like pines or evergreens.大约在40美元到120美元之间，主要由树的大小，种类（比如是松树还是常青树）来决定。Language Focus语言焦点：Evergreen /'evər.ɡrin/ 常青树After we take the Christmas tree back home, we start to have a very important activity. What would that be?我们把圣诞树搬回家候，会开始进行一个非常重要的事情，是什么呢？This is decorating, not only the Christmas tree, but your home- the inside of your home and the outside of your home.装饰！不仅仅是装饰圣诞树，还要装饰你的家，房子的里里外外都要进行装扮Decorate /'dekə.reɪt/ 装饰；点缀eg. They decorated the room with flowers and balloons.他们用花和气球装饰了房间。The decorations for Christmas tree.What are the decorations that people usually use?人们通常用的装饰品是什么？First, you are going to put lights on it. They can either be white lights or colorful lights. And then you put up some ornaments.首先，你要挂一些灯，可以是白光的灯，也可以是五颜六色的灯，然后再挂些其他的装饰品。Language Focus语言焦点：Decoration /.dekə'reɪʃ(ə)n/ 装饰品eg. Christmas decorations 圣诞节装饰品Ornament /'ɔrnəmənt/ 装饰；装饰品eg. a glass ornament 玻璃装饰品Besides those decorations, we also have garlands hanging on the tree. After that, you would put some either your personal ornaments, or traditional ones, or combinations of both.除了上面提到的那些装饰品，我们也会在树上挂一些花环。然后在树上挂些个性化的装饰品或者是传统的装饰品，或者结合两者的。Language Focus语言焦点：Garland /'ɡɑrlənd/ 花环；花冠；环状花饰The personal ornaments are like some hand-made decorations by kids at school, items out of clays, reindeer and Santa.个性化的装饰品有小孩子在学校里边手工做的物件，有粘土制成的物件，小麋鹿，和圣诞老人。Language Focus语言焦点：Clay /kleɪ/ 黏土；陶土Reindeer /ˈreɪnˌdɪr/ 驯鹿Santa /ˈsæntə/ 圣诞老人Apart from those, there are also something you put on the door, which is a wreath. 除了那些，我们还会在门上挂些时频，比如花环。Language Focus语言焦点：l Wreath /riθ/花环（传统上圣诞节时挂在门上）It usually smells good, because it is usually made of the left-over leaves and the branches form the Christmas trees. You cut some from the tree, and bend it to make it into a circle. Then you put on a red ribbon, jingle bells. So that is wreath. You can also add some pine cones on it. It just smells good in fresh.花环会散发出清香的气味，因为它通常是由剩下的树枝树叶制成的：你从树上砍下一些枝，再将其弯成一个圆环，然后再邦一个红色丝带，系上很多铃铛。这就是花环，你还可以加上一些松果，会感到阵阵清香扑鼻。Language Focus语言焦点：Left-over剩余的；未用完Ribbon /'rɪbən/ (用于捆绑或装饰的）带子eg. She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair.她的头发上系着两根蓝色丝带。Inside the home: Gingerbread House and Snowman outside the yard.在房子内部有姜饼屋；院子里堆雪人。Out side the room: you will put some white or colorful lights, which outline the shape of your home.在屋外四周你可以挂各种颜色的灯，那样可以凸显房子的外形。Language Focus语言焦点：Gingerbread /'dʒɪndʒər.bred/ House 姜饼屋Snowman /'snoʊ.mæn/ （用雪堆成的）雪人