Christmas Markets Make You Merry

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ At Christmastime, big street markets open in many countries. They're Christmas markets! 聖誕節的時候，有很多國家都會辦聖誕市集。 Every Christmas market has a big, beautiful Christmas tree with twinkling lights. Bright lights are everywhere you look! The lights can give you a happy holiday feeling! 每一個聖誕市集都有一顆很大、很漂亮、閃閃發光的聖誕樹。 You can buy lots of things at Christmas markets! There are delicious Christmas drinks, cookies, and breads. 你可以在市集買很多東西! 像是美味的聖誕餅乾、麵包跟飲料。 There are colorful puzzles, spinning tops, cute dolls, or other toys! There are Christmas stockings, Christmas tree decorations, and …! Whoa, that's a lot of shopping! 還有拼圖、陀螺、娃娃等玩具。也有聖誕襪、聖誕樹裝飾，有好多東西可以逛! Christmas markets have other fun things to do! At some markets, you can go up high in a Ferris wheel. Or you can go around and around in a merry-go-round! 聖誕市集也有好玩的設施，你可以坐摩天輪或是旋轉木馬。 At one market in Hungary, you can go ice-skating around a twinkling Christmas tree. At another market in Singapore, you can visit a very big gingerbread house! At a market in Taiwan and at many other Christmas markets, you can visit Santa Claus! 匈牙利的市集還可以繞著聖誕樹溜冰。新加坡的則是有一個巨大的薑餅屋。台灣跟很多國家的市集還可以遇到聖誕老人。 Christmas markets are happy places. You can eat, shop, and have a Merry Christmas! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 耶誕市集世界各地都有，花樣很多。 1. fun 有趣的、好玩的 Don't you just love Christmas markets? 你很喜歡耶誕市集吧? Yeah, so many fun things to do. 對啊，可以做好多有趣的事。 And so much food to eat! 好多食物可以吃。 2. bread 麵包 I love apple cinnamon bread.我喜歡蘋果肉桂麵包。 It smells so wonderful! 它好香! 3. colorful 色彩繽紛的 And look at those colorful lights! 妳看那些五顏六色的小燈! I could stay on the merry-go-round all night.我可以在旋轉木馬上待整晚。 4. decoration 裝飾 Wow, that's a huge Christmas tree! 哇，好大一棵耶誕樹! The decorations are just beautiful! 上面的裝飾真漂亮! I wish everyday was Christmas Day.我希望每天都是耶誕節。 你有去過任何一種市集嗎? fun有趣的、好玩的 bread麵包 colorful色彩繽紛的 decoration裝飾 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What can you see at Christmas markets? a. Bright lights b. Movies c. A happy feeling 2. What can you buy at Christmas markets? a. Toys b. Ferris wheels c. Merry-go-rounds 3. Who can you visit at many Christmas markets? a. Cute dolls b. Santa Claus c. Gingerbread men Answers: 1. a 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn