【看新聞學英語】聖誕老公公起動耶誕季節

2009年11月26日科技


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Santa Kicks off the Christmas Season
聖誕老公公起動耶誕季節

Watan Chen, David Lee


【新聞關鍵字】
1. kick off (v phr)開始
2. festivity (n)慶祝活動
3. hang out (v phr)消磨時間
4. bits and pieces (n phr)零碎東西
5. elf (n)(神話中的)小精靈
6. reindeer (n)馴鹿


The Christmas season is here, and festivities started with a show in the middle of one of Melbourne City’s busiest malls.
耶誕季節到了,各種慶祝活動在墨爾本市一家最熱鬧的商場的表演中,揭開序幕。

Santa made a grand arrival.
聖誕老人以歡樂的方式出現。

And it seems there’s a lot to love about the Christmas season.
看來似乎有許多的理由讓人喜愛耶誕季節。

[Grace Larkan, Melbourne]:
“The best thing about Christmas is because I like seeing Santa.”
[Grace Larkan, 墨爾本]:
“耶誕節最棒的事,是因為我喜歡看聖誕老公公。”

[Grace Gordon, Melbourne]:
“The thing I love about Christmas is Christmas dinner, I’m looking forward to that, and all the presents and gifts.”
[Grace Gordon, 墨爾本]:
“我喜歡耶誕節的耶誕大餐,我一直很期待,還有各種的禮物和禮品”

[Kamil Hamra, Melbourne]:
“Just being together, you know that the Christmas breaks on, you’ll be going down the beach, just hanging out, doing shopping, all those kinds of bits and pieces.”
[Kamil Hamra, 墨爾本]:
就是聚在一起,你也知道耶誕節期間放假,將會到海灘、到處走走、購物和做各種日常生活的瑣事。

Santa, his elves, and his reindeer are certainly going to be busy until Christmas comes to a close.
無疑地,聖誕老人、他的小精靈和馴鹿將會一直忙碌到耶誕季結束。

Kathryn Shakespear, NTD, Melbourne.
Kathryn Shakespear, 新唐人,墨爾本報導。

本新聞影音出處:新唐人電視台英語
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2009-11-10/014260508395.html