酷兔英语

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  公寓伙伴是一个系列英语口语对话教程,介绍住同一公寓的四位伙伴在英国生活和工作的经历,包括对话(page1),语言点(page2)和练习(page3)。

  本单元是关于圣诞节午宴的对话。
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Episode 22: Christmas lunch

Alice: OK, who's for turkey and all the trimmings?
All: Me!
Helen: Let's pull the crackers first! Michal pull one with me. Alice, you pull one with Tim.
Tim: OK, here goes!
Helen: I won!
Tim: Ah so did I!
Michal: What did you get?
Helen: A hat, a key-ring and a joke. Are you ready? OK "What do you get if you cross a stereo with a refrigerator?"
All: We don't know!
Helen: "Cool music!"
Tim: Ha ha very funny! Right, ready for another one? "What did one dolphin say to the other one?"
All: We don't know!
Tim: "You did that on porpoise!"
All: Awh! Merry Christmas!


Vocabulary:

a cracker (n): a small paper tube which is pulled from each end by two people at Christmas time. It makes a sharp bang when it is pulled and inside there is a small prize and usually a paper hat and a joke written on a small piece of paper
to cross (v): to mix or blend something together
to crack someone up (v, informal): to make someone laugh
to look sharp (v, informal, to talk about someone's clothes): to look good, stylish or fashionable
frostbite (n): injury to skin and tissue from being in freezing temperatures



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