【英语趣味课堂】节礼日当天-Boxing Day

Todd: So Mark, what happens on boxing day?

 

Mark: On boxing day in England it's usually football day. Everybody goes and watches the football. Usually all the family go, so maybe granddad and grandma will go. In England on Boxing day, it's usually the highest attendances² of the year.

 

Todd: Oh, really.

 

Mark: Yeah, so we wake up on boxing day around about 11 o'clock, usually with a big hangover because we've been drinking of Christmas

day, and so to get rid of the hangover, what do we do, we actually drink more alcohol³, so we usually go to the bar around 11, drink a lot of beer, and then go the football around about 2 and watch the game.

 

Todd: What's it like at the stadium⁴?

 

Mark:Usually a really good atmosphere on boxing day, because, yeah and there are really big crowds and everybody is really happy cause it's Christmas so usually there's some guys dressed as Santa Clause⁵ or people are wearing like Christmas decorations and it's a really good atmosphere.

 

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boxing day

 

Boxing Day in England is usually football day.

 

'Boxing Day' is a holiday celebrated⁶ in England. I was traditionally⁷ the first weekday after Christmas when companies gave their employees⁸ presents and the postal⁹ service delivered gifts that had been sent. Notice the following:

 

Does your company celebrate Boxing Day?

We all went to the game on Boxing Day.

highest attendance¹

 

That day usually has the highest attendance of the year.

 

When an event has a 'high attendance' it means¹⁰ there are a lot of people there.  The 'highest attendance' means the most people who have come to an even during the year. Notice the following:

 

This year's graduation ceremony had the highest attendance in years.

The concert she gave in New York had the highest attendance.

hangover

 

We wake up usually with a big hangover from drinking the night before.

 

You get a hangover from drinking too much alcohol.  You usually have a bad headache and sometimes feel sick in your stomach.  Notice the following:

 

Many people have hangovers on January 1st.

I had such a bad hangover after my sister's wedding.

get rid of

 

To get rid of the hangover, we actually drink more alcohol.

 

When we make something go away, a thing, a person or a sickness, we are 'getting rid' of it. When we use it to talk about something it means the same as 'throw away' or that this thing becomes garbage.Notice the following:

 

We are working on getting rid of things we don't use anymore.

I am drinking lots of orange juice to get rid of this cold.

atmosphere

 

There's really a good atmosphere at the stadium, since it's Christmas.

 

In this case 'atmosphere' refers to the general emotional¹¹ feeling of a place. Notice the following:

 

The whole atmosphere in the company changed after she left.

Being with friends is a good atmosphere to be in if you are feeling sad.

1 attendance   

n.出席，出席人数，护理，照料

参考例句：

• The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
• The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。

2 attendances   

出席( attendance的名词复数 )； 参加； 出席次数； 出席人数

参考例句：

• He missed three attendances this year. 他今年缺席三次。
• He also told me that your attendances at his tutorial and seminar have been poor . 他还告诉我说你的辅导课和讨论课出勤率不高。

3 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

4 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

5 clause   

n.（正式文件或法律文件的）条款，从句，分句

参考例句：

• The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.这句中有一个主句和一个从句。
• What clause do you require in the contract?你要求在合同中订上什么条款？

6 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

7 traditionally   

adv.传说地；传统地

参考例句：

• Traditionally,people clean the house before the Spring Festival.传统上，人们在春节前打扫房子。
• Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.根据传统，医学奖是诺贝尔奖每年颁发的第一个奖项。

8 employees   

n.雇工，雇员( employee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She is always polite and considerate towards her employees. 她对待雇员总是客客气气，关心体谅。
• The company has a strict dress code—all male employees are expected to wear suits. 公司有严格的着装规定—所有男职员都要穿西服。

9 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

10 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

11 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。