新课标小学英语阅读100篇 29

　　29．Christmas Day圣诞节

　　Christmas Day always begins before breakfast.圣诞节常在早饭前开始。

　　The children wake up very early,孩子们醒来非常早,

　　and can't wait to open the presents in their stockings³.和迫不及待地打开他们袜子里面的礼物。

　　Then they wake up their parents calling:然后他们醒来的时候,他们的父母打电话:

　　" Merry  Christmas!"  “圣诞快乐!”

　　What  does  Christmas mean? 圣诞节是什么意思?

　　Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ¹.圣诞节是耶稣基督的生日。

　　When he was born nearly two thousand years ago, 当他出生近二千年前,

　　many people gave him presents. 许多人送给他礼物。

　　So today people still do the same thing to each other. 所以今天人们仍然做同样的事情到每个其他。

　　Everyone likes presents,每个人都喜欢礼物,

　　but they think it's better to give than to receive.但他们认为这是给与比接受更好。

　　WORD BANK

　　Jesus Christ n

　　耶稣

　　present／'prez?nt／n．赠品；

　　礼物

　　stocking² n．长袜

1 Christ   

n.基督，救世主，耶稣

参考例句：

• I regarded him as the Christ.我把他当作救世主。
• Christ preached that we should love each other.基督在布道中说人们应该互爱。

2 stocking   

n.长筒袜

参考例句：

• My stocking is always full of presents at Christmas.我的长袜在圣诞节经常装满了礼物。
• It's no use keeping this odd stocking.单只的袜子留着没什么用。

3 stockings   

n.长袜( stocking的名词复数 )；靺；袜子

参考例句：

• a pair of silk stockings 一双长筒丝袜
• She wears a pair of sheer stockings. 她穿着一双透明的丝袜。 来自《简明英汉词典》