美国文化脱口秀 第126期:圣诞快乐 Merry Christmas!

 　　圣诞快乐！我们今天来看看John的家里是怎么过圣诞节的吧！如果你家也过圣诞节，那就留言告诉我们你是什么庆祝的吧！

　　听力提示：

　　1. warm and fuzzy 温暖的毛茸茸的

　　2. It's cold outside, but your heart is warm. 外面天气很冷，但是你的心是温暖的。

　　3. family reunion 家庭团聚

　　4. Christmas is really a family time. You might see on TV, things about Christmas. but really, Americans we don't really, on Christmas day, the 25th, or on Christmas Eve, the 24th, we don't really go out, we stay home with our family.

　　圣诞节是关于家庭的。你可能从电视上看到有关圣诞节的事。但实际上美国人在25号圣诞节，或是24号圣诞夜，我们其实不出门的，我们在家陪家人。

　　5. religious 宗教的

　　6. commercialize 商业化的

　　7. family tradition 家庭传统

　　8. For my family on the 24th and 25th, we go to church. But the rest of the time we stay home with our family.

　　像我家在24号25号的时候，我们会去教堂，剩下的时间就在家陪家人。

　　9. I remember when I was little, I was so excited, I would wake up at 4AM. And my parents made a rule: You can go see your presents until, I think they said 7AM? Maybe 6AM?

　　我记得我晓得时候特别兴奋，我早上4点就会爬起来。所以我爸妈规定：礼物只能等到我记得他们说是早上7点或是6点再看。

　　10. white lie 善意的谎言

　　11. Santa Clause 圣诞老人

　　12. chimney 烟囱

　　13. milk and cookies 牛奶和饼干

　　14. stocking 圣诞长袜

　　15. gift wrapping 包礼物

　　16. anticipation¹ 期待

　　17. Remember the religious side of Christmas is waiting for baby Jesus to be born. It's also religious anticipation.

　　记住圣诞节的宗教方面的等待是等待基督耶稣的诞生，这是宗教方面的期待。

　　18. But for children and some adults, it's anticipation about "what presents am I going to get?" 但是对孩子和很多大人来说，期待是关于“我要收到什么礼物？”

　　19. The Christmas business is very important. 圣诞节的生意是很重要的。

　　20. There's a return policy on almost everything. 几乎所有东西都有退货条款的。

　　21. receipt 收据

　　22. take off the price tag 标价牌拿掉

　　23. gift receipt 礼品收据

　　24. honey glazed² ham 蜜汁火腿

　　25. If you're Jewish, then on Christmas you go to have Chinese food. 如果你是犹太人，圣诞节你就去吃中餐。

1 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

2 glazed   

adj.光滑的，像玻璃的；上过釉的；呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式)；上釉于，上光；（目光）变得呆滞无神

参考例句：

• eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
• His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时，他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》