純正地道美語 第178期(外教講解):歡度聖誕節
A: Dad, dad, dad! Wake up! It's Christmas!
B: Timmy. It's too early for this. Look, it's six in the morning! Go back to bed!
A: No way! Santa already came and left all our presents! Can we go open them? Please! Please!
C: Of course, we can, honey. Bill, come on, get dressed.
B: Fine! Not like Santa brought me any gifts!
C: Bill! Honestly, you can be such a grouch sometimes.
A: Look at all these presents under the Christmas tree! Awesome!
B: Alright, Timmy, knock yourself out. We should get ready and head to the market to buy everything for the Christmas dinner tonight.
C: Yeah, you're right. It's the first time we are hosting Christmas dinner at our house so everything has to be perfect.
B: I got the list right here. Ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, ingredients for the gravy and of course, yams!
C: My dad offered to bring the eggnog so we should be set!
grouch n. 不高興的人, 心懷不滿, 牢騷
You're nothing but an old grouch!
你就是個愛發牢騷的老傢伙！
Knock oneself out 做吧; 按你喜歡的去做
head to 直接去……
Let’s head to the park now.
我們現在就去那個公園吧。
host vt. 舉辦
Which country is hosting the Games this year?
今年的運動會由哪國主辦?
set adj.準備好的
They were at the starting line and all set to begin.
他們都在起跑線上，隨時可開始。
【拓展詞彙】
cannot sit still 因爲興奮等而無法耐心地坐着
bursting with excitement充滿了興奮
wrapping paper包裝紙
candy cane 甘蔗
hot cocoa/chocolate （飲料）熱可可/熱巧克力（由可可粉，牛奶和糖混合而成）
A: 爸爸，爸爸，爸爸！快起來。今天是聖誕節！
B: 吉米，現在太早了，現在才6點，回去睡覺吧。
A: 沒門! 聖誕老人已經來過了，並給我們留下了禮物。我們現在能打開禮物嗎？求求你了。
C: 當然可以，親愛的。比爾，過來，穿上衣服。
B: 好吧。好像聖誕老人並沒有給我禮物。
C: 比爾！老實說，你有時候很愛發牢騷。
A: 看看聖誕樹下的這些禮物。太棒了！
B: 好的，吉米，你可以打開禮物了。我們應該準備好並去商店爲今晚的聖誕聚餐買些禮物。
C: 說得對。這時我們第一次在自己家裏舉辦聖誕聚餐，所以萬事都應當妥當。
B: 我寫了購物單。火腿，火雞，土豆泥，肉汁的配料，當然還有土豆。
C:我爸爸會帶來些蛋奶酒，那樣我們一切都準備好了。
