美语咖啡屋 Lesson 3: Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree
J: Hello I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe.
Y: 各位听众好, 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。
J: You know, Christmas is just around the corner and I am already starting to feel Christmas all around me.
Y: 你是说商店里现在挤满了抢购礼物的人,还有电视上不停地在播放圣诞节的广告,对不对?
J: No, no! I ignore all of that stuff. No, what I mean, is I'm starting to hear and smell Christmas. OK, Close your eyes, Yang Chen, and think about Christmas and tell me what you hear and smell.
(Silence. Long pause)
J: Yang Chen? Yang Chen, anything yet? You know people are waiting.
Y: 哎呀,你等一等。我正在竖着耳朵听呢,还得使劲闻一闻。你不是说要我闭着眼睛寻找感觉吗?呣,我找到了。 在一个美丽的夜晚,星星在闪耀,我站在雪地里,听到了雪橇那悦耳的声音。对,就是这种感觉,你觉得怎么样?
J: That's okay. But I was thinking more like ... chainsaws.
Y: Chainsaws? 啊呀,你真是扫我的兴啊。原来你说的声音是电动锯的声音。太不浪漫了。
J: Well, I know it's not romantic, but I love the sound of a chainsaw and the smell of a pine tree being cut. The Christmas tree tradition is one of the best things about Christmas.
Y: 对。真正的圣诞树用的是松树?
J: Right, pine tree.