實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對(duì)話：Holidays for Fun 有趣的節(jié)日

Todd: So what are some fun holidays you celebrate in Australia?

托德：澳大利亞有哪些有趣的節(jié)日?

Megen: Well, we have Australia Day. And it is a public holiday, so on that day we go to the beach, and we do various Australian kind of things. We have barbecues and picnics, and it's a day to wear the flag colors.

梅根：我們有澳大利亞日。那天是公共假日，我們會(huì)去海灘，還會(huì)進(jìn)行各種澳大利亞的傳統(tǒng)活動(dòng)。我們會(huì)燒烤和野餐，那天是將國旗的顏色穿在身上的日子。

Todd: So it's your patriotic day?

托德：那天是愛國日嗎?

Megen: Yeah, it is.

梅根：對(duì)，沒錯(cuò)。

Todd: Like our fourth of July.

托德：就像我們的獨(dú)立紀(jì)念日一樣。

Megen: Yes, yeah, like that. We don't usually have fireworks though.

梅根：對(duì)，對(duì)，和那類似。不過我們一般不會(huì)放煙花。

Todd: Oh, because of fires?

托德：哦，因?yàn)榕掳l(fā)生火災(zāi)?

Megen: No, I don't know why we don't, but I guess fireworks are popular on the Fourth of July right?

梅根：不是，我也不知道原因，我猜美國獨(dú)立紀(jì)念日那天要放煙花，對(duì)吧?

Todd: They are, although these days they don't do it so much because of fires.

托德：對(duì)，不過最近不怎么放煙花了，因?yàn)閾?dān)心發(fā)生火災(zāi)。

Megen: Oh, it's summer in July.

梅根：哦，美國紀(jì)念日是在夏天，7月。

Todd: Right, so it's dangerous. ... Um, what about other holidays like for example Valentine's Day? Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?

托德：對(duì)，所以有火災(zāi)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，嗯，其他節(jié)日呢?比如情人節(jié)?你們過情人節(jié)嗎?

Megen: Yeah, we do.

梅根：過。

Todd: Is it a romantic day?

托德：那是浪漫的一天嗎?

Megen: Yeah, so for Valentine's Day, usually you'll go out with your partner for dinner ... usually chocolate and flowers. It's pretty extravagant actually. The flowers are becoming more and more extravagant, and people like to send bunches of flowers to their partners work, and there's decorations and a lot of the products in the store are aimed at Valentine's Day I think.

梅根：對(duì)，情人節(jié)那天通常是和另一半外出共進(jìn)晚餐，還要送巧克力和鮮花。相當(dāng)奢侈。鮮花越來越奢侈，人們會(huì)把一束束鮮花送去另一半工作的地方，商店里有各種裝飾，還有很多專為情人節(jié)準(zhǔn)備的產(chǎn)品。

Todd: What do you think of Valentine's Day?

托德：你怎么看情人節(jié)?

Megen: Well, I didn't want to get caught up in every thing when I was in Australia. I would go out for dinner sometimes, but nothing big.

梅根：嗯，我在澳大利亞時(shí)，不想?yún)⑴c情人節(jié)的任何活動(dòng)。我有時(shí)會(huì)去外面吃晚餐，不過也沒什么。

Todd: Now in Japan they have two days. They have Valentine's Day and they have White Day. Can you explain that?

托德：現(xiàn)在日本有兩個(gè)情人節(jié)。分別是情人節(jié)和白色情人節(jié)。你能解釋一下嗎?

Megen: Yeah, well, I was surprised that is the day when the girls are supposed to give something to the boys.

梅根：好，我感到驚訝的是，在情人節(jié)那天女生要給男生送禮物。

Todd: Right, it's reversed.

托德：對(duì)，正好反過來了。

Megen: Yeah, because I think in Australia on Valentine's Day, it's very important for boys to give something to girls, but not necessarily as important for girls to give something for boys.

梅根：對(duì)，因?yàn)樵诎拇罄麃?，情人?jié)那天重要的是男生要送女生禮物，不過女生送男生禮物不一定重要。

Todd: So when do boys give something to girls?

托德：那男生什么時(shí)候送女生禮物?

Megen: So that is what White Day is for. So the White Day is the day is the day for the boys to reciprocate the action of giving chocolate or something to their partner, and the students are school as well, they will exchange chocolates or candies that they've made and they will give something back on White Day.

梅根：在白色情人節(jié)那天。那天是男生回禮的日子，他們會(huì)給另一半回送巧克力之類的禮物，在學(xué)校學(xué)生們會(huì)交換自己做的巧克力或糖果，然后在白色情人節(jié)那天送出回禮。

Todd: Yeah, it's kind of nice how they flip it around. I actually like that it's broken up.

托德：對(duì)，他們反過來的方式還不錯(cuò)。那就像是宣布分手一樣。

Megen: It gives you time to think about what to do, maybe.

梅根：也許是給你時(shí)間思考一下要怎么做。

Todd: Right, exactly.

托德：對(duì)，沒錯(cuò)。