英语访谈对话 280 Boxing Day

 　　Todd: So Mark, what happens on boxing day?

　　Mark: On boxing day in England it's usually football day. Everybody goes and watches the football. Usually all the family go, so maybe granddad and grandma will go. In England on Boxing day, it's usually the highest attendances¹ of the year.

　　Todd: Oh, really.

　　Mark: Yeah, so we wake up on boxing day around about 11 o'clock, usually with a big hangover because we've been drinking of Christmasday, and so to get rid of the hangover, what do we do, we actually drink more alcohol², so we usually go to the bar around 11, drink a lot of beer, and then go the football around about 2 and watch the game.

　　Todd: What's it like at the stadium?

　　Mark:Usually a really good atmosphere on boxing day, because, yeah and there are really big crowds and everybody is really happy cause it's Christmas so usually there's some guys dressed as Santa Clause³ or people are wearing like Christmas decorations and it's a really good atmosphere.

1 attendances   

出席( attendance的名词复数 )； 参加； 出席次数； 出席人数

参考例句：

• He missed three attendances this year. 他今年缺席三次。
• He also told me that your attendances at his tutorial and seminar have been poor . 他还告诉我说你的辅导课和讨论课出勤率不高。

2 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

3 clause   

n.（正式文件或法律文件的）条款，从句，分句

参考例句：

• The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.这句中有一个主句和一个从句。
• What clause do you require in the contract?你要求在合同中订上什么条款？