英语听力精选进阶版 6949（在线收听）

Wang Fei: 大家好，欢迎收听《都市掠影》节目。我是王飞。

Alice: And I'm Alice. Wang Fei, today we're talking about a very special Christmas tree in London. It's an interactive Christmas tree.

Wang Fei: Interactive Christmas tree, 互动圣诞树。What is it?

Alice: Well it's also called the Kissing Christmas Tree. Let's hear from Fay who works with this special Christmas tree. Pay attention to two words before you listen. Plinth...

Wang Fei: 底座、平台。

Alice: And mistletoe...

Wang Fei: Mistletoe 槲寄生，是一种植物的名字。

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Fay: Every year, Covent Garden has a big Christmas tree but this year we have the interactive Christmas tree! This tree works by – we get couples, or friends, or whoever, to come up onto the plinth under the mistletoe and we get each of them to hold a bit of mistletoe and when they kiss the tree lights up! It's very magical.

Alice: This Christmas tree is interactive because when two lovers kiss under the mistletoe below the Christmas tree, the tree lights up.

Wang Fei: 当情侣在树下接吻的时候，圣诞树就会被点亮。真是太浪漫了。But Alice, what's the meaning of kissing under the mistletoe?

Alice: Well kissing under the mistletoe is a Christmas custom. Mistletoe plants have little white berries. And they're thought to be the seeds of love.

Wang Fei: Mistletoe 槲寄生的白色浆果被认为是爱情的种子 the seeds of love.

Alice: So kissing under the mistletoe is a symbol of love and romance.

Wang Fei: 所以在槲寄生枝叶下接吻，是一个很浪漫的圣诞风俗。Ben 和 Jo 是来自英国 Sheffield 的一对儿年轻人, 他们对这棵互动圣诞树非常感兴趣。

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Ben: Yeah, it is interesting, yeah, because I didn't realise that it sent electricity through you to light up the tree. I thought maybe you just stepped on a pressure plate and it switched the tree on.

Jo: We should give it a go. Let's give it a go.

Man: Let's do it. Let's do it.

Alice: Ben is very surprised that it sends electricity through the kissers and lights up the tree.

Wang Fei: 通过两个人的接吻，接通电路，然后点亮树上的灯。

Alice: So they've decided to give it a go.

Wang Fei: Give it a go! 尝试一下！

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Fay: Right, you use that hand on there and you use that hand on that one. And then kiss towards the front so they can get a good picture.

(People cheering)

Ben: You don't feel any electricity. Obviously kissing my girlfriend is kind of nice.

Jo: It's good. It's like magic.

Alice: Ben says he can't feel any electricity.

Wang Fei: Ben 没有感觉到电流。因为这棵树的电流是非常安全的。

Alice: His girlfriend Jo says it's like magic.

Wang Fei: It's like magic. 像魔术一般。

Alice: There are many people kissing under this Christmas tree every day. Let's hear from more of them.

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(kissing sound and laughter)

Fay: That's beautiful!

Man: We have a short (short circuit) already!

(How do you feel?)

Man: Wonderful! If you are in love you always feel wonderful!

Woman: I've never kissed a man before under the mistletoe, so it's special for me!

Alice: The two people we just heard are an old couple in their 50s, and they might be tourists from another country.

Wang Fei: So they would like to take this special opportunity to kiss under the mistletoe.

Alice: Yes, and they had a wonderful romantic kiss under the Christmas tree. The man said if you are in love you always feel wonderful.

Wang Fei: 如果你们相爱，你们总会觉得非常美妙。

Alice: Let's hear from another girl talking about her kiss under the mistletoe.

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Woman: It was romantic, it was cute. It's a good idea, it's innovative. It's definitely in the Christmas spirit, with love and charity and Christmas lights and romance. So yeah, definitely!

Wang Fei: She's very excited, isn't she?

Alice: She wants to use all the beautiful words to describe this wonderful moment. Romantic -

Wang Fei: 浪漫的。

Alice: Cute -

Wang Fei: 可爱的。

Alice: Innovative -

Wang Fei: 有创意的。

Alice: And it's definitely in the Christmas spirit.

Wang Fei: 绝对具有圣诞的感觉和心情。

Alice: Well I hope you our listeners have also got a bit of the Christmas spirit from our programmes.

Wang Fei: I hope so. Before we go, let's hear some of the interviews again.

Both: Bye!

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Ben: You don't feel any electricity. Obviously kissing my girlfriend is kind of nice.

Jo: It's good. It's like magic.

Woman: It's definitely in the Christmas spirit.

Man: Wonderful! If you are in love you always feel wonderful!