2017公共英语考试PETS2对话练习（十九）

They go to the sports park to set off the sky lantern

Morley: I know what I’m going to wish for.

Kathy: What’s that? A new girlfriend?

Morley: No. That I can be an aikido master like you.

Kathy: Ha-ha. You know, these lanterns were originally used in wars.

Morley: Really? Did they set them off as a signal to attack?

Kathy: No, the Han Chinese in Pinghsi used them to let women and children know that it was safe to go home after an attack by the aborigines.

Morley: No wonder they came to represent peace.

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他们到运动公园放天灯

莫理：我知道我要许什么愿了。

卡西：什么?交新女朋友?

莫理：不是。我希望能成为像你一样的合气道高手。

卡西：哈哈。你知道吗，这些天灯一开始是在战争时用的。

莫理：真的?放天灯表示进攻的信号吗?

卡西：不是，平溪的汉人放天灯告知女人及小孩原住民的攻击已经结束，可以平安回家了。

莫理：难怪天灯象征和平。

重点解说：

★ set off 发射

★ signal (n.) 信号

★ attack (v.) 攻击

★ aborigine (n.) 原住民

★ represent (v.) 代表