潮流英語情景對話張口就來Unit55：壽桃

　　F:Look!Someone is celebrating his birthday.

　　F:看，那邊有人正在慶祝他的生日。

　　M:This must be his 20th birthday. No doubt about it. In America, many guys celebrate it in bars.

　　M:這一定是他20歲的生日。毫無疑問。在美國有很多男孩子來酒吧慶祝他們20歲的生日。

　　F:That's interesting. But it would be really expensive，I suppose. Just think about all the drinks.

　　F:挺有趣的。不過我猜那一定很貴。光想想那些飲料就知道了。

　　M:No. If it's your birthday，then you don't need to pay a cent. Just blow out the candles and open the gifts. Your friends will take care of everything.

　　M:不是的。如果是你的生日，你就不用花一分錢，只要吹生日蠟燭、收禮物就可以了。你的朋友會把一切都張羅好的。

　　F:Wow. That's wonderful.

　　F:哇，那太棒了。

　　M:What about in China? What would you do to celebrate your birthday?

　　M:在中國怎么樣啊?你們是怎樣慶祝生日的呢?

　　F:Nowadays，it has no difference from America. But in old times，we had traditional ways to celebrate it.

　　F:現(xiàn)在和美國沒什么差別。但在以前，我們用傳統(tǒng)的方式來慶祝生日。

　　M:Oh，really? Anything special?

　　M:哦，真的嗎?有什么特別的嗎?

　　F:Mother would cook“long-life noodles".And for elder people , we'll prepare longevity peaches. Just for blessing.

　　F:媽媽會煮“長壽面”。如果是給老人過生日，就要準(zhǔn)備壽桃。都是用來送祝福的。

　　M:Wow，longevity peaches!What's that? Real peach?

　　M:哇，壽桃。那是什么啊?是真的桃子嗎?

　　F:No. They are made of wheat flour and they look just like real peaches.

　　F:不是的。它們是用麥粉做的，不過看起來就跟真的桃子一樣。

　　M:Why peach? Is there any interesting tale behind it?

　　M:為什么是桃子呢?這里面有什么有趣的傳說嗎?

　　F:Yes. The Goddess is said to own some magical peach trees in heaven. If you eat peaches grown on those trees， you will never die.

　　F:有啊。傳說王母娘娘在天上擁有一些神奇的桃樹。如果你吃了那些桃樹上結(jié)出的桃子，你就能長生不老。

　　M; Oh，I know that. The Monkey King once stole a lot of them, which pissed the Goddess off. Cool!

　　M:哦，我知道這故事。美猴王有一次偷吃了一些，把王母娘娘給惹惱了。真好玩!

　　重點詞匯

　　celebrate慶祝

　　I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想慶祝一番。

　　blow out吹滅

　　candle蠟燭

　　I blew out the candle.我吹滅了蠟燭。

　　long-lived noodles長壽面

　　May : Mother would cook "long-lived" noodles. 阿美 ： 媽媽會煮“長壽面”。

　　longevity peaches壽桃

　　Jimmy : Wow, Longevity Peaches! 吉米 ： 哇，壽桃。

　　wheat flour麥粉

　　Stone ground wheat flour and cracked wheat just describe how grain is processed. 石磨麥面粉和碾碎麥只是描述麥粒是被如何加工的。

　　tale傳說

　　Arctic Tale 北極傳說 ; 北極故事

　　goddess女神

　　...Diana, the goddess of war.…戰(zhàn)爭女神黛安娜。

　　piss off惱怒

　　I was really pissed off.我真地厭煩了。