惯用表达

What do you prepare for Christmas this year? 今年圣诞节你打算做什么？

We wake up early and go to church. 我们很早就起床上教堂。

Who can't make it in your family? 你们家有谁不能到？

标准口语

A: Could you tell me something about Christmas day?

B: Well, it's celebrated every year by the Christians for the birth of Christ on 25 December.

这是基督教徒每年庆祝耶稣基督12月25日诞辰的日子。

A: How do you celebrate it?

B: We have fun, and forget everything else.

活用对话

( Lucy and Lily are talking about how to spend their Christmas day.)

Lucy: What are you doing for Christmas this year?

Lily: All my relatives are getting together in my house.

Lucy: That's great. Most of my family are coming home, too.

Lily: Who can't make it in your family?

Lucy: My sister. She is going to her mother-in-law's this year.

Lily: That's too bad. So, what did you ask for Christmas this year?

今年你想要什么圣诞礼物？

Lucy: I asked Santa to bring me a sweater.

Lily: I want some computer games.

Lucy: So what does your family do on Christmas?

你们家圣诞节那天做什么？

Lily: We wake up early and go to church. Then we come back home and open our gifts together.

Lucy: Our family is a little different. We go to church on Christmas eve instead.

我们家有点不同，我们在平安夜去教堂。

词汇档案

christmas 圣诞节

christ 基督教

christian （名）基督教徒 （形）基督教的

church 教堂，教会，礼拜堂

sweater 毛衣

eve （名）前夕，黄昏

instead （副）反而，代替