英语口语大赢家Topic227:祈福 Blessing

庙会的旁边刚好有一座寺庙，里面围了好多人，于是雪莉带着罗拉也走了进去。究竟会有什么特别的呢？一起来看看吧。

 

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Laura: So, this is the temple fair, right?

Shirley : Yeah. Would you like to appreciate the Buddhist¹ statues?

Laura: Sure. But let's go there first. People are gathering² there. I'm getting curious about it.

Shirley: Oh, it's the “Blessing³ Wall”. That's a good place to go.

Laura: Why do people put these cards on the wall after they write some stuff on them?

Shirley: The “Blessing Wall” is said to be magical. The thing you write on the cards will come true one day.

Laura: Interesting. I have many blessings⁴ to give. So, can you wait for me for a while?

Shirley: Take your time.

(After putting her card on the “Blessing Wall”, Laura comes back to Shirley.)

Laura: Aunt Shirley, what are you doing there?

Shirley: I'm trying to drop a coin into the mouth of the fish statue in the well.

Laura: Why do you do this? Are there any interesting stories behind it?

Shirley: Yeah. People say that, if you drop coins in the mouth of the fish statue, you will be lucky. But it seems that I'm not that lucky.

Laura: Let me have a try.

Shirley: Good luck to you.

(Laura successfully drops a coin into the mouth of the fish statue.)

Laura: Oh, look, I did it. By the way, what do they do with the money collected in this way?

Shirley：For charity. I think it's really a good thing.

 

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罗拉：那么，这就是庙会了，对吧？

雪莉：是啊。你想去拜拜佛像吗？

罗拉：当然。不过，我们先去那边吧。那里围了好多人。我很好奇那是什么。

雪莉：哦，那是“许愿墙”，是个很好玩的地方。

罗拉：为什么大家在卡片上写了东西之后，还把它们挂在墙上呢？

雪莉：据说“许愿墙”是很神奇的。在卡片上写的东西有一天会成真呢。

罗拉：有趣。我有很多祝福要送出呢。那么，你可以等我一下吗？

雪莉：你慢慢来。

（罗拉把卡片挂到“许愿墙”上之后，过去找雪莉。）

罗拉：雪莉阿姨，你在这儿做什么呢？

雪莉：我在试着把硬币投进井里这个鱼雕像的嘴巴里。

罗拉：你为什么这么做呢？这里面有什么有趣的故事吗？

雪莉：对啊，人们说，如果你把硬币投进鱼雕像的嘴巴里，你就会走运。但是看来我不是很幸运哦。

罗拉：让我试试看。

雪莉：祝你好运。

（罗拉成功地把一枚硬币投进了鱼雕像的嘴巴里。）

罗拉：哦，快看，我投进了。对了，他们会拿这些搜集的钱做什么呢？

雪莉：做慈善活动啊。我觉得这是一件很好的事情啊。

经典背诵 Recitation
Laura: I went to the temple fair today. It was fun. There was a “Blessing Wall” which was said to be magical. So I put a card on the wall after writing some stuff on it. I hoped the thing I wrote on the card would come true some day. There was also a fish statue in a well, whose mouth was widely opened. People said that if you managed to drop a coin into its mouth, you would be lucky.

生词小结
temple n. 寺院

Buddhist adj. 佛教的

blessing n. 祝福

successfully adv. 成功地

Functional⁵ structure 功能性句型扩展
表示祝愿的句型

请朗读一下句型，家长和孩子交替进行。

…wish sb. sth. ……祝某人……

…wish sb. to do sth. ……祝某人……

…hope (that)… ……祝愿……

Have a wonderful time on…(时间) ……时玩得痛快。

May sb. do sth. 祝某人……

…(名词) to sb. 祝某人……

With…wish/ wishes for… ……祝愿……

 

1 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

4 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。