【话匣子英语】圣诞节回忆

 回忆起小时候过圣诞节时的情景，总是有说不完的话....

Maura: First we’re gonna talk about Christmas past; then we’re gonna talk about the present, what’s happening right now; and the future, upcoming Christmases.

Harp¹: Yes. So let’s get started, Maura.

Maura: Oh, Christmas past. I like thinking² about past Christmases; I feel so nostalgic.

Harp: I know, me too. I love Christmas. I love the Christmas season.

Maura: You know, it’s interesting, though, how things change as the years go by and things are different now from when we were young. Do you have any good Christmas stories from when you were younger, Harp?

Harp: I just remember waking up on Christmas morning and my mom would never know what to get us when we were in our teenage years…

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 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。