【大家说英语】第83期:圣诞夜

Lesson 11 Holiday

 

第十一课 节日

December 24

 

12月24日

The Night Before Christmas

圣诞夜

Read it!

读读看！

LTE TV has a couple of days off for Christmas!

LTE电视台因圣诞节放了几天的假！

Susie's church is having a special Christmas Eve program.

苏希的教会举办了一场圣诞夜特别节目，

Everyone is welcome to join her.

她欢迎大家跟她一起去参加。

The pastor¹ will talk about the meaning of Christmas and pray² for everyone.

牧师会谈圣诞节的意义，并为每个人祷告。

There will be a play about the Christmas story.

也会有一出关于圣诞节起源的戏剧，

And everyone will sing Christmas songs together.

然后大家会一起唱圣诞诗歌。

Conversation A

 

会话A

Hey, guys!

嘿，各位！

Are you looking forward to the Christmas holiday?

你们很期待圣诞假期吗？

I am.

我很期待。

Carol³ gave us an extra⁴ day off on Friday after Christmas Day, too!

卡萝在圣诞节隔天的星期五也让我们多放一天假，

That was really nice.

那真的很棒。

I know! I can't wait for our long weekend.

就是啊！ 我等不及要过这个长周末了。

Do you all have plans on Christmas Eve?

你们圣诞夜都有安排了吗？

You're welcome to come to the special program at my church.

我欢迎你们都来参加我教会的特别节目。

大家说英语 圣诞夜

 

Conversation B

 

会话B

A Christmas Eve program? I want to go!

圣诞夜节目？ 我想去！

My church isn't doing anything on Christmas Eve.

我的教会圣诞夜没有任何节目。

Great! Are you busy that night, Mark?

太好了！马克，你那天晚上有事吗？

Well, no. But I don't really go to church.

嗯，没有。 不过我不太去教会耶。

That's OK.

没关系啊，

We have a lot of guests at Christmas.

我们在圣诞节的时候都有很多客人。

Well, what happens at a Christmas Eve program?

那么，圣诞夜特别节目有什么？

Will I have to pray or something?

我要祷告或做什么吗？

Conversation C

 

会话C

No, no.

不用。

Our pastor will talk about the meaning of Christmas.

我们的牧师会讲述圣诞节的意义，

Then he will pray for everyone.

然后他会为大家祷告。

But you might have to sing, Mark.

不过，马克，你有可能要唱歌喔。

Sing? !

唱歌？！

Not alone! We'll sing Christmas songs together.

不是自己一个人唱啦！ 我们会一起唱圣诞诗歌。

Will there be a play about the Christmas story?

会有一出有关圣诞节故事的戏剧吗？

Oh, yes. So what do you think, Mark?

喔，会有啊。 所以马克，你觉得如何？

Um, sure. It sound like fun.

嗯，好啊， 听起来蛮好玩的。

1 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

2 pray   

v.祈祷，祈求；请求，恳求

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• We pray you to set the child free.我们恳求你放了这个孩子。

3 Carol   

n.赞美诗，圣诞颂歌

参考例句：

• Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
• The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。

4 extra   

adj.额外的，外加的；特大的

参考例句：

• We do not ask for extra pay.我们不要求额外报酬。
• You have to pay extra for breakfast.早餐你要另外付费。