雙語(yǔ)——圣誕節(jié)
12月25日圣誕節(jié)是西方國(guó)家最重要的節(jié)日，如今圣誕節(jié)成了中國(guó)人了解西方文化的一個(gè)窗口。西方人是怎樣度過(guò)圣誕節(jié)的，有關(guān)圣誕節(jié)的趣事有哪些？本期就帶領(lǐng)你們進(jìn)入五彩繽紛的“圣誕節(jié)”。
【Show time 作品秀】
Shall Christmas Be Celebrated In China?
With more and more western cultures coming into our life gradually, many western festivals are popular among Chinese, such as Christmas.
On December 25, many people around me like to celebrate Christmas. They buy hats, and cards which are used to send to their friends and families. Besides, they hold a big party that night. I won’t object to these, but I have never done these. It’s not because I hate Christmas, but I think we are Chinese, we should celebrate our own festivals, rather than spend time doing something meaningless for us. China has a 5000-year-long history, we have a lot of traditional festivals to celebrate, most of which are ignored by Chinese young people.
Most businesses in China catch the chance to sell things for Christmas which only appear to customers. Too many products, too many advertisements, all these may let us forget the true meanings of the festival, and one will mislead by the wrong understanding of the festival.
As far as I am concerned, as a Chinese, we should enjoy our own festivals, and celebrate western festivals with a calm mind. Don’t you think so?
（寶應(yīng)中學(xué)08級(jí)18班 凌雅靜）
A Special Class Meeting
On the afternoon of December 18th, the students of Class 10, Grade 7, Xiangyu Experimental Secondary School held a special class meeting to celebrate Christmas. The Christmas party was hosted By Pan Mengzhe and Liang Shuang. The party began with a story about Father Christmas, then, they decorated Christmas Tree together and wrote Christmas cards. Next, They sang Christmas songs called Silent Night and Jingle bells. Afterwards, they talked about their new dreams. Finally, the party ended with an English song named‘Tomorrow Will Be Better’, all the students stood up and said loudly, “Merry Christmas!”
All the students had a good time in class. They all thought it was a really meaningful party. They not only learned a lot of the knowledge of Christmas but also got many chances to use English.
(寶應(yīng)實(shí)驗(yàn)初中09級(jí)10班 胡曉航)
Santa Claus Is A Child
There is a secret that maybe even Jesus doesn’t know that Santa Claus who comes from the north on a snowmobile every Christmas Day is a child, disguised in red clothes, a red hat and the long white mustache.
I wonder why each child is so unique while they follow the same pattern when they become adults. Santa Claus is so unique that he can’t be that kind of adults who is buried in endless work, annoyed by little things and rushing about between the family and the company. But if he used to be, when he walked along the road of life, with his mustache growing longer, it occurred to him that it’s God’s arrangement. Everyone is on a circle, from childhood to adulthood and than return to childhood when he understands the truth life. If he isn’t a child, how can he know that children never dream of big houses or luxury cars, but a colorful dream, full of candies, dolls and the dirty balls that they play with pals, as well as the glass balls which are much shinier than the diamonds.
Are you ready? All the fairy tales that grandmother always tell, all the warm you can feel when the whole family surrounded the stove fire, and all values of childhood are on the way, loaded on the festival snowmobile, in Silent Night, when snow drops lightly, they will be put on you socks quietly. Open your eyes, and receive the purest and the most splendid dream. Naughty and happy, Santa Claus is singing ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS...’on the air.
(監(jiān)利總校高中部07級(jí)2班 周澳)
Happy Merry Christmas
There are many festivals in other countries, for example, Thanksgiving Day, Halloween and so on. Of all the festivals, Christmas is the most important one.Now, I will tell you about Christmas.
It is on the twenty-fifth of December. Chinese usually buy Christmas Trees and put some beautiful lights on the tree. What about other countries’ people?
People usually have a big supper in a big restaurant. They often have pork, fish and drink nice beer. The children like eating pudding best , because it is colorful and delicious .The adult’s favorite food that day is turkeys, because it not only smells nice , but also tastes good .
People in other countries always have a party that day .They dance and sing at the party and all of them have a good time .The children often play a game called put snacks in the packet .They usually sing a song called ‘ling er xiang ding dang .’
In the evening, children always put their socks on the bed .Their parents dress up a Father Christmas and put the presents in the sock .Children are often very happy to receive the presents from Father Christmas. All the people have a good time at that time.
They say: we really love Christmas!
(淮安曙光雙語(yǔ)學(xué)校初中部 09級(jí)12班 于成億)
A Dream Of Christmas
As is know to all, San-ta Claus gives presents and brings happiness to children. But this time I had a chance to play a role of San-ta Claus.
In my childhood, I first saw the San-ta Claus who gave the gifts to children at Christmas’s night on TV. I thought it were so excited that I had received a gift from the San-ta Claus. Ever since then, I always dreamed of the San-ta Claus flying from the west to China and gave me a gift on Christmas day. With the growing of age, I had known that there was no San-ta Claus in the world, but my dream of Christmas didn’t stop.
The older, the wiser. When I was a middle school student, I decided to realize my dream of Christmas. In the 2006’s Christmas, I didn’t go to sleep early. Then I took out the gifts that I bought last Sunday and hung them out to my classmates. I also left one for me because I didn’t want them to know the gift they received from me. I wanted to keep it a secret.
The next day, I saw the surprised looks on their faces and I still pretended to be very surprised. No one knew how happy I felt at that time.
After I knew that there wasn’t any San-ta Claus in the world. I thought that if I could receive a gift from Santa Claus. Everyone can make others happy. Don’t you think so? Let’s do it quickly.
�。ūO(jiān)利總校高中部08級(jí)36班 王偉）
Colorful Christmas
Christmas Day is coming.
December 25th is Christmas Day. I like Christmas. It is just like our Spring Festival. For the most Chinese people, Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas. But I like Christmas Day better. Because we can play with our friends and classmates that day. If it snows, Christmas will become much lovelier, just like in fairy tales. I can imagine I am in a fairy tale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, and the ugly duck become more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place!So we can also call Christmas “Snowy lovely day”.
On Christmas day, shops are decorated with red and green things. There are many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colorful things. So the shops look very beautiful.
We can give cards or dolls to our friends and say “Merry Christmas”. Meanwhile, I think studying can also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome the New Year!
�。ūO(jiān)利新教育實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校09級(jí)4班 張倩）
Christmas
Christmas is the biggest festival in western countries, which is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus, but now Christmas is a festival for most people in the world. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. Christmas has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.
（寶應(yīng)實(shí)驗(yàn)小學(xué) 曹華）
【English news 英語(yǔ)新聞】
British royals celebrate Christmas. Britain's Queen Elizabeth receives flowers from a girl as she leaves the Sandringham Church.. (Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-26
Children dressed in Santa Claus outfits line up before a Christmas celebration at a kindergarten in Hanoi（河內(nèi)—越南首都）December 24, 2009. [Agencies]
【Buzzwords 熱詞快遞】
a bad apple 壞蛋
A：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue?
B：I got beaten by Peter’s brother.
A：That’s a bad apple! Let’s think a way and teach him a lesson.
甲：噢，天哪！怎么啦？你身上怎么青一塊紫一塊的？
乙：彼得的弟弟把我給打了。
甲：這壞蛋，咱們想個(gè)法來(lái)教訓(xùn)他一下。
a hard nut 冥頑不化的人
A：Bob refused all his classmate’s invitations.
B：I really couldn’t understand him.
A：He’s surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
B：We’d better also leave him alone.
甲：鮑勃拒絕了班上所有人的邀請(qǐng)。
乙：他這個(gè)人我真不明白。
甲：他真是個(gè)腦子不開(kāi)竅的人，沒(méi)人愿意靠近他。
乙：我們最好也別惹他。
【English songs 英文歌曲】
Jingle Bells 鈴兒響叮當(dāng)
Dashing through the snow, 沖破大風(fēng)雪，
On a one-horse open sleigh. 我們坐在雪橇上；
ver the fields we go, 飛奔過(guò)田野，
Laughing all the way. 一路笑聲朗；
Bells on bob-tail ring, 鈴兒響叮當(dāng)，
Making spirits bright. 精神多歡暢；
What fun it is to ride and sing, 今晚滑雪多有趣��！
A sleighing song tonight. 把滑雪歌兒唱。
Jingle bells, jingle bells, 叮叮當(dāng)！叮叮當(dāng)！
jingle all the way. 一路鈴聲響，
Oh what fun it is to ride, 多有趣啊，
In a one-horse open sleigh. 我的雪橇跑得快呦！
A day or two ago, 早在兩天前，
I thought I 'd take a ride. 我就想要乘雪橇；
And soon Miss Fanny Bright, 美麗的小姑娘，
Was seated by my side, 坐在我身旁；
The horse was lean and lank, 馬兒瘦又老，
Misfortune seemed his lot. 命運(yùn)多不幸；
He got into a drifted bank, ��！雪橇陷入雪堆里，
And we, we were got upset 我們很傷心。
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, 叮叮當(dāng)！叮叮當(dāng)！
Jingle all the way. 一路鈴聲響，
Oh what fun it is to ride, 多有趣啊，
In a one-horse open sleigh. 我的雪橇跑得快呦！
這首歌是由約翰·皮爾龐特（1805-1880年）創(chuàng)作的，他畢業(yè)于耶魯大學(xué)，當(dāng)過(guò)教師、律師、推銷(xiāo)商，這首歌已成為圣誕節(jié)不可缺少的部分。歌中雖沒(méi)有耶酥、圣誕老人等，但歌中的風(fēng)雪、雪橇、小馬拉車(chē)、鈴聲、歌聲令人歡快不已。
【Cultures 文化】
Santa Claus
To understand Santa Claus, we must go back 1,600 years, to the 4th century. A Roman Catholic Church official of that time, Nicholas of Myra, became famous for his many good works. After he died, the church declared him a saint. He became a special saint for children. On the anniversary of his death each year, good children received gifts. In the Netherlands, people told children the gifts came from Saint Herr Nicholas. In the Dutch language, his name was “Santa Claus”. The Dutch brought this tradition to America. Americans called the gift giver “Santa Claus”. And they included him in their Christmas celebration.
要了解圣誕老人，我們得追溯到1600年前，也就是公元四世紀(jì)。那時(shí)，（土耳其）邁拉有一個(gè)名叫尼古拉斯的羅馬天主教官員，由于他的許多優(yōu)秀著作而名揚(yáng)四方。他去世后，他生前所在教堂宣布他為圣徒。他成為孩子們心中一位特別的圣徒。每年在他祭日的這一天，好孩子就會(huì)收到他的禮物。在荷蘭，人們告訴孩子，禮物是圣徒尼古拉斯贈(zèng)送的。在荷蘭語(yǔ)中，它的名字叫“Santa Claus (圣誕老人)”。荷蘭人把這一傳統(tǒng)帶到了美國(guó)。美國(guó)人把贈(zèng)送禮物者稱(chēng)為“圣誕老人”。并且，美國(guó)人把圣誕老人列入圣誕節(jié)的慶�；顒�(dòng)中。
Christmas Socks
It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. He lived a hard life and he has three daughters. The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Christmas Eve three girls went to bed early. They didn't know that their father was so worried. At last the Christmas father decided to help them. He sprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. They lived a happy life from then on…Christmas socks were originated by this.
傳說(shuō)有個(gè)心地善良的沒(méi)落貴族，生活非常艱難。三個(gè)女兒快要出嫁了，他為沒(méi)有錢(qián)給她們買(mǎi)嫁妝而難過(guò)。喜慶的圣誕夜，三個(gè)姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡覺(jué)了，剩下父親在長(zhǎng)吁短嘆。圣誕老人決定幫助他們。他在他們家的煙囪里撒下了許多金子，落進(jìn)姑娘們烤在火爐旁的長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)絲襪里。從此，他們過(guò)上了幸福而快樂(lè)的生活……圣誕節(jié)的襪子就這樣產(chǎn)生.
Christmas Tree
It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy Christmas Eve and gave him a big Christmas meal. The boy cut a Fir tree's branch and inserted it into the earth. He said, "Every year this time. There will be many presents in this branch. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree. “After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grown up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god. This is the origin of the Christmas day. In western countries, whatever you are, everyone will prepare a Christmas tree to increase the happiness of the Christmas day. Christmas trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives. People put candles, flowers, toys, and stars on the tree.
另一個(gè)傳說(shuō)記載。據(jù)說(shuō)有一位農(nóng)民在一個(gè)風(fēng)雪交加的圣誕夜里接待了一個(gè)饑寒交迫的小孩，讓他吃了一頓豐盛的圣誕晚餐，這個(gè)孩子告別時(shí)折了一根杉樹(shù)枝插在地上并祝福說(shuō)：“年年此日，禮物滿(mǎn)枝，留此美麗的杉村，報(bào)答你的好意。”小孩走后，農(nóng)民發(fā)現(xiàn)那樹(shù)枝竟變成了一棵小樹(shù)，他才明白自己接待的原來(lái)是一位上帝的使者。這個(gè)故事就成為圣誕樹(shù)的來(lái)源。在西方，不論是否基督徒，過(guò)圣誕節(jié)時(shí)都要準(zhǔn)備一棵圣誕樹(shù)，以增加節(jié)日的歡樂(lè)氣氛。圣誕樹(shù)一般是用杉柏之類(lèi)的常綠樹(shù)做成，象征生命長(zhǎng)存。樹(shù)上裝飾著各種燈燭、彩花、玩具、星星。�。ú糠謨�(nèi)容由寶應(yīng)實(shí)驗(yàn)初中從斌老師提供）
【Laugh of the day 百事可樂(lè)】
1、Two birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, and the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
兩只鳥(niǎo)
老師：這兒有兩只鳥(niǎo)，一只是燕子，另一只是麻雀�，F(xiàn)在誰(shuí)能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？
學(xué)生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老師：請(qǐng)說(shuō)說(shuō)看。
學(xué)生：麻雀旁邊的就是燕子，燕子旁邊的就是麻雀。
2、The answer of the prisoner
It was the Christmas season and the judge was in a merry mood as he asked the prisoner,
“What is your offense?”
“I did my Christmas shopping early this year.” cried the prisoner.
“There’s nothing wrong with that,” said the Judge. “How early were you doing this shopping?”
“Before the store opened.” answered the prisoner.
犯人的回答
在圣誕季節(jié)，一個(gè)法官以愉快的語(yǔ)氣問(wèn)一個(gè)犯人：“你犯什么罪了？”
“我今年圣誕采購(gòu)開(kāi)始的太早了。”犯人回答道。
“那沒(méi)什么錯(cuò)呀，”法官說(shuō),“那你有多早呢？”
“在商店開(kāi)門(mén)前。”犯人回答。