【话匣子英语】圣诞节

Sample Dialogue:

 

Harp¹: So I never had mistletoe at my house but I have always seen it in TV. Can you describe to me what it is?

Maura: Sure, it is a small plant and it has green leaves and little white berries and yeah I had one at my house when I was a kid, it was fake, it was not real. We used the same one every year but yeah we had mistletoe.

Harp: Ok so basically with mistletoe you hang it from the ceiling and when there is two people under it they have to kiss.

Maura: Exactly, you need two people, you can’t kiss yourself. So when two people suddenly find themselves underneath² the mistletoe they are supposed to kiss.

Harp: Exactly, so it is a fun, I would say harmless, tradition.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。