实战口语情景对话 第263期:Boxing Day 节礼日

 Todd: So Mark, what happens on boxing day? 

托德：马克，节礼日那天会发生什么？

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 attendances¹ of the year. 

马克：对英国来说节礼日就是足球日。所有人都会去看足球比赛。通常一家人会一起去看，可能爷爷和奶奶都会一起去。英国的节礼日通常是一年中足球比赛上座率最高的一天。

Todd: Oh, really. 

托德：哦，真的吗。

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 alcohol², 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. 

马克：没错，节礼日那天我们大概会在11点起床，通常处于严重的宿醉状态，因为我们在圣诞节会喝好多酒，所以为了赶走宿醉我们要做什么呢，一般我们会喝更多的酒，所以我们会在11点左右去酒吧，喝许多啤酒，然后在两点左右去看足球比赛。

Todd: What's it like at the stadium³? 

托德：体育场里怎么样？

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 Clause⁴ or people are wearing like Christmas decorations and it's a really good atmosphere. 

马克：节礼日那天体育场的氛围特别好，因为场馆里聚集了非常多的观众，所有人都很高兴，因为是圣诞节，有些人会打扮成圣诞老人，有人会戴圣诞饰品，所以氛围非常好。 

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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？