Christmas 圣诞
发布时间:Dec 26, 2016 10:34:21 AM
Christmas-Home-In the United States 对诞节-家里-在美国 Christmas is considered a major holiday in the UnitedStates.Shopping malls have big sales,every-bodygets happier,and everywhere shows red andgreen.As early as one month before December25th,houses in the residential areas would bedressed up with flashing lights,ornaments,andsculptures.Normally lifeless downtown streets would be illuminated by trees featuring dazzlinglights,and skyscrapers would join in with decorations hanging down from top to bottom. 在美国,圣诞节(被认为)是个主要的节日。到那时候,购物中心会进行促销活动,每个人都变得比平常高兴,到处都是红红绿绿的。早在12月25号之前的一个月,在住宅区的那些房子就会被(人们以)闪烁的灯,装饰物和雕刻品装扮起来。平常没什么生气的市中心街道也都被树上令人眩目的灯饰照亮了起来。还有摩天大楼也用装饰品从楼顶垂下到地来加入此一(庆祝的)行列。 Stores aim at this"shopping season"for large sales as everyone is pruchasing gifts for everyoneelse.Santa Claus and reindeers come out to attract customers and perform at special events asentertainers. 商店都看准了这个“购物季节”来进行大型的促销活动,因为每个人都在买礼物给别人。圣诞老从和驯鹿们出来招揽顾客,并在特别的节目中充当演艺人员。 The Christmas spirit permeates throughout the country.Starting three or four days beforeChristmas,employees go home on their vacation,and students begin their winter break.All themajor transportation systems like trains,buses,and airplanes are all full of people returing totheir families.After two weeks,people return to work feeling refreshed to go about their regularactivities. 这种圣诞节气氛遍布全国。从圣诞节之前的三四天开始,员工就回家过节了,学生们开始他们的寒假,所有的主要交通系统像火车,公共汽车和飞机都载满了回家团聚的人们。两星期之后,人们恢复了精神回到工作中,继续过他们平日过的生活。 n. 运输,运输系统,运输工具 adj. 令人眼花缭乱的,耀眼的 动词dazzle的现在 n. 获得,所获之物 v. 执行,运转,举行,表演 1.be considered as 被认为是 Brooks may be considered as a trustworthy man. 布鲁克斯可以被认为是一个可靠的人。 2.be dressed up with 打扮,穿着 He tried to organise things so that the trip would bedressed up as a UN mission. 他竭力筹备好各项事宜以便这次出行看上去像联合国代表团出访一样。 3.go about 处理 How did you go about making this marvellous acquisition then? 那么你是怎么买到这一绝品的?
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