公共英语PETS-2每日对话练习(73)
分类: 英语
时间: 2019-01-23 14:17:20
作者: 全国等级考试资料网
Night is falling
Trev: Do you know about Mardi Gras?
Wei: Doesn’t it have something to do with Easter?
Trev: Yeah. It means Fat Tuesday in French.
Wei: I heard it’s a celebration before Easter when you’ve supposed to fast.
Trev: You’ve got it. New Orleans used to be a French city. It was the French who brought Mardi Gras.
Wei: Who are those people singing on the corner?
Trev: Those guys are singing bebop. It used to be really popular.
Wei: Let’s go check it out.
Trev: Do you know about Mardi Gras?
Wei: Doesn’t it have something to do with Easter?
Trev: Yeah. It means Fat Tuesday in French.
Wei: I heard it’s a celebration before Easter when you’ve supposed to fast.
Trev: You’ve got it. New Orleans used to be a French city. It was the French who brought Mardi Gras.
Wei: Who are those people singing on the corner?
Trev: Those guys are singing bebop. It used to be really popular.
Wei: Let’s go check it out.
夜幕低垂
崔佛:你知道马蒂格拉吗?
小薇:那不是跟复活节有关系吗?
崔佛:没错。它是法文里「肥胖星期二」的意思。
小薇:我听说这是复活节之前的庆祝活动,期间应该要斋戒。
崔佛:没错。纽奥良以前是个法国城市。是法国人引进马蒂格拉的。
小薇:那些在街角唱歌的人是谁?
崔佛:那些家伙唱的是咆勃爵士。以前很受欢迎。
小薇:我们去看看。
重点解说:
★ Easter (n.) 复活节
★ celebration (n.) 庆祝
★ You’ve got it. 你说得对。没错。
★ have_something_to_do_with... 跟…有关系
★ fast (v.) 斋戒