明天就是感恩節了! 一起與我們練習每日英語會話吧! 今天的主題當然就是: "美國感恩節": https://goo.gl/UKObD5 請點選連結中的錄音檔來學學吧!
會話英文全文:
Jana: It was so nice of Professor Palmer to invite us all over for Thanksgiving.
Lee: And it’s the first Thanksgiving in the U.S. for all of us.
Peter: I’m really happy that part of Dr. Palmer’s Thanksgiving tradition is to volunteer with his family at a local community center.
Lucía: I’m glad he invited us to that too, and not just to his family’s Thanksgiving feast.
Ajay: It’ll be good to get off campus regardless. I’m thankful for many things, including that!
Akinyi: I’m thankful to share this day with all of you. I couldn’t ask for better people to meet and become friends with this year.
Lee: Agreed! Hey, what do you think the food will be at the Palmers’?
Lucía: Dr. Palmer told me he was planning to have a turkey with all the trimmings and three kinds of pie.
讓我們來學習一些詞語：
在美國，Thanksgiving Day——感恩節——是在每年11月的第四個星期四。這是美國的一個主要節日，根據傳統，全家人相聚在一起慶祝，並吃火雞。
A tradition：傳統
To volunteer ：在這裡是動詞，意思是義務或志願做某事。
A community center：社區中心，即供同一居民區的人使用的活動或服務場所，有些也舉辦講課。
A feast，餐宴，往往是為慶賀，菜餚豐富。
Off campus ：校園外
習慣表達語couldn't ask for (something) 的意思是，無法要求更好的了，即已經再好不過了。 I couldn't ask for a better friend的意思是，你是我再好不過的朋友了；我無法想像能有更好的朋友。
Turkey with all the trimmings：火雞和（傳統感恩節大餐上的）所有配菜
Get a move on：快點走，快點行動起來
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