III. Listening In
Task1:Expensive Holidays
Script
Grace: So, Mark, what are you going to get me for Chinese Valentine's Day-a holiday for the Cowherd and Girl Weaver to meet?
Mark: Sorry, I've never heard of it. Anyway, we already celebrated Valentine's Day in February. I gave you a bunch of red roses.
Grace: But there's another lover's day in the world. Isn't it wonderful if lovers have more than one lover's day a year?
Mark: Do you mean I have to get you a present fort each lover’s day?
Grace: Well, you d better give me a present from time to time if you want to win my heart.
Mark: I gave you a beautiful card on New Year's Day...and a Christmas gift a couple of days before that. Then I invited you to a dinner on the Chinese New Year's Day, that is, the Spring Festival.
Grace: Thank you for that. Nowadays the Chinese Spring Festival is getting popular here. And it's exciting.
Mark: But few people here know anything about a foreign Lover's Day.
Grace: You see, I enjoy celebrating holidays again and again.
Mark: But it's hard on the wallet. I'll end up in the poor house at this rate.
Grace: But it's romantic! And don't forget it's only another month before my birthday.
Mark: Your birthday was last month! I already bought you a ring!
Grace: That was my birthday on the Western calendar. Next month, it's my birthday on the lunar calendar!
Grace asks what Mark is going to get her for the Chinese Valentine's Day, but Mark thinks he has already given Grace a bunch of roses for Western Valentine's Day in February. Grace objects that it is wonderful if lovers have more than one lover's day a year. She needs Mark's presents from time to time if Mark wants to win her heart. Mark mentions that he gave her a beautiful card on New Year's Day, a Christmas gift a couple of days before that, and invited her to a dinner on the Chinese Spring Festival, Although Grace loves celebrating holidays, Mark worries that it's hard on the wallet, and he will end up in the poor house at this rate. Finally Grace tells Mark not to forget her birthday on the lunar calendar, though she already received a ring from Mark for her birthday on the Western calendar. |