純正地道美語第321期(外教講解):聖誕傳統
A: What are you doing, awake?
你在做什麼呢,醒着嗎?B: I can't sleep...
我睡不着……A: But it's Almost midnight!
但是現在已經是午夜了!
B: Exactly. I'm too excited for Christmas morning. Also, I thought I heard Santa.
確實是。我想到就快要到聖誕的早晨了,我就很興奮。還有,我以為我聽到了聖誕老人來了。A: Really? How do you know it was Santa?
真的嗎?你怎麼知道是聖誕老人的?B: Well, I heard that naughty boys and girls get coal in their stockings, so I thought I'd be nice and make Santa cookies. I even left out some milk. I heard someone in the kitchen eating the cookies, so I came downstairs!
嗯,我聽説那些調皮的孩子們在他們的襪子裏有很多煤炭。所以我想如果給聖誕老人準備一些曲奇會比較好。我甚至還留了一些牛奶。我聽到有人在廚房吃餅乾,所以我剛剛下樓看了看!A: Hmm... well I know that Santa won't come down the chimney with you hiding behind the tree, spying on him!
嗯……我知道聖誕老師不會在你躲在樹後面想要偷看的時候從煙囱裏下來。B: Really?
真的嗎?A: Really! Let's go back upstairs and get back to bed. That way, we can let Santa do his job. Then when you wake up, it will be Christmas already!
真的!我們上樓去回到牀上睡覺吧。這樣的話,聖誕老人才能做他的事。然後等你醒來的時候,就已經是聖誕節了。B: O-K...
好吧……A: Hey, honey! Is that you? Don't eat all the cookies—I want some, too!
嘿,寶貝!是你嗎?不要把曲奇都吃了,我也想吃點!