外语教学与研究出版社 Module 11 Unit 1 In China we open a gift later

[00:01.08]Happy birthday,Lingling.生日快乐,玲玲。

[00:03.62]Here's your gift.这是你的礼物。

[00:05.41]Oh,you remembered!哦,你记得!

[00:07.70]What a surprise!真是个惊喜啊！

[00:09.62]You can open it!你可以打开它!

[00:10.92]I don't think I should open it now.我不认为我应该现在打开它。

[00:13.52]In China,we open a gift later¹.在中国，我们晚些时候打开礼物。

[00:16.89]But back in the US,we open a gift immediately².但是在美国，我们立刻打开礼物。

[00:21.25]So what do I do?所以我该怎么办?

[00:23.98]You needn't wait!你不必等待!

[00:25.74](Lingling opens her present and finds a dictionary³.)(玲玲打开她的礼物,发现一本字典)。

[00:33.58]Oh,thank you.哦,谢谢你。

[00:36.06]I really wanted one.我真的想要一个。

[00:38.18]We're happy you like it.我们很高兴你喜欢它。

[00:40.33]I noticed⁴ another difference⁵.我注意到的另一个不同。

[00:42.34]In China,you accept⁶ a gift with both hands.在中国,你用双手接受礼物。

[00:46.12]But in the West,但在西方,

[00:48.16]we usually don't pay⁷ much attention⁸ to that.我们通常不太注意,。

[00:51.12]That's interesting!那很有趣！

[00:52.74]I'm interested⁹ to know all the Chinese traditions¹⁰.我想知道所有的中国习俗。

[00:56.27]Tell me more.告诉我更多。

[00:57.78]There are a lot.有很多。

[00:59.33]For example,in my home town,例如,在我的家乡,

[01:02.34]people say you mustn't do any cleaning on the first day of the Spring Festival.人们说你一定不要在大年初一打扫卫生。

[01:07.37]And you mustn't break anything.而且也不能打碎任何东西。

[01:09.56]It's bad luck¹¹!这不吉利。

[01:11.35]You must only use red paper for hongbao你必须用红色的纸包红包，

[01:14.75]because red means¹² luck.因为红色代表好运。

[01:16.69]And you'd better not have your hair cut during¹³ the Spring Festival month.并且你最好不要在春节正月期间理发。

[01:21.08]You can't be serious¹⁴!你别开玩笑了！

[01:23.04]And in the north of China,而且在中国北方，

[01:25.24]people eat lots of jiaozi!人们吃很多饺子。

[01:27.75]Perfect!They taste great.棒极了！它们的味道好极了。

[01:30.26]I like eating jiaozi too.我也喜欢吃饺子。

[01:32.75]Anyway,the Spring Festival is still over a month away.不管怎么说，离春节还有一个多月的时间呢。

[01:36.91]Let's celebrate¹⁵ Lingling's birthday first!让我们首先庆祝玲玲的生日吧！

1 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

2 immediately   

ad.立即地，即刻地；直接地，紧密地

参考例句：

• I'll change it immediately for you.我立刻给您换。
• I immediately become happy again.我立马就变的高兴起来了。

3 dictionary   

n.词典，字典，辞典

参考例句：

• I have a new dictionary.我有一本新字典。
• This is a very good dictionary.这是一本非常好的词典。

4 noticed   

v.介绍( notice的过去式和过去分词 )；关注；关照；说到

参考例句：

• I noticed a certain hesitancy in his voice. 我注意到他的声音有点犹豫。
• She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder. 她偷偷斜扫了埃里克一眼，看他有没有留意到她的错误。

5 difference   

n.不同；差异；区别

参考例句：

• He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.他是非不分。
• The difference is so slight,that I can hardly see it.差别很小，我几乎看不出来。

6 accept   

vt.接受，领受；认可，同意；vi.同意，认可

参考例句：

• Please accept me as a friend.请把我当作朋友。
• Please accept it as a present.请把它作为一件礼物收下。

7 pay   

v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金

参考例句：

• How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
• His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。

8 attention   

n.注意，注意力，关心，关注

参考例句：

• I hope you will give attention to this problem.希望你对此给予关注。
• Pay attention to your spelling.请注意拼写。

9 interested   

adj.感兴趣的；拥有权益的；有成见的v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词)

参考例句：

• to be interested in wildlife conservation 对野生动物保护感兴趣
• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。

10 traditions   

n.传统( tradition的名词复数 )；惯例

参考例句：

• one of the theatre's most hallowed traditions 戏院最受尊崇的传统之一
• He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions. 他说那栋新建筑只是模仿古典传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 luck   

n.运气，幸运，吉祥之物；v.侥幸成功

参考例句：

• I'll try my luck.我要碰碰运气。
• Good luck! We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.祝你好运！ 我们将为你祈祷。

12 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。

13 during   

prep.在…期间，在…时候

参考例句：

• What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?暑假你是怎样度过的？
• London is full of visitors during May and June.五六月间伦敦挤满了游客。

14 serious   

adj.认真的，严肃的，重大的，严重的

参考例句：

• You know I am serious.你知道我是认真的。
• He is a serious boy.他是个严肃的孩子。

15 celebrate   

vt.庆祝；颂扬，赞美；vi.庆祝，过节

参考例句：

• On October lst we celebrate our National Day.十月一日我们庆祝国庆。
• We want to celebrate his birthday.我们要庆祝他的生日。