Christmas Chronicles I
圣诞编年史I
对话 Dialogue
I hate working on Christmas Eve! Whoa! Get a load of this guy! Come in central, I think we’ve got ourselves a situation here.
平安夜还得上班，真烦！哇，快看这家伙！呼叫总部，我们这儿可能出状况了。
License and registration please. Have you been drinking tonight, sir?
请出示驾照和行驶证。先生，您今晚喝酒了吗？
I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing else.
我就喝了一两杯蛋奶酒，别的没了。
Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, what do you have in the back?
请下车。先生，您车后面装的是什么？
Just a few Christmas gifts, ’tis the season, after all!
就是些圣诞礼物，毕竟过节嘛！
Don’t take that tone with me. Do you have an invoice for these items?
别跟我用这种口气说话。这些东西有发票吗？
Um...no...I make these in my workshop in the North Pole!
呃……没有……这些是我在北极的作坊里做的！
You are under arrest, sir. You have the right to remain silent. You better not pout, you better not cry. [1] Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney; if you cannot afford one, the state will appoint one for you. Do you understand these rights that have just been read to you? [2]
先生，您被捕了。您有权保持沉默。您最好别撅嘴，也别哭。您说的每一句话都可能成为呈堂证供。您有权请律师；如果请不起，法院会为您指派一位。您明白刚刚向您宣读的这些权利了吗？
You can’t take me to jail! What about my sleigh? It’s Christmas Eve! I have Presents to deliver! Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help!
你不能抓我！我的雪橇怎么办？今晚可是平安夜！我还有礼物要送呢！鲁道夫！猛冲！舞者！快去找帮手！
完整节目 Full Program
Hello English learners and welcome to another lesson with EnglishPod! My name is Marco.
And I’m Erica.
And today we’re bringing you a great Christmas lesson.
That’s right, we’ve got a lot of Christmas vocabulary in today’s lesson for you.
Yeah, it’s almost Christmas time, so, everyone is getting into this spirit, especially here at EnglishPod, so, we’re gonna teach you a little bit more about this.
Speaking of the spirit, I think it’s time for us to look at our “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview.
So, in this part of our show we’ll look at some key language in the dialogue that you’ll need to know to understand the dialogue and, actually, today we only have one word.
Eggnog.
Eggnog.
Eggnog.
E-G-G-N-O-G, eggnog.
So, eggnog is a really popular Christmas drink.
It’s a traditional Christmas drink.
Right, what does it made of?
Um, eggs, um, cream, sugar and usually rum.
Rum! Oh, so, it has alcohol.
Yep, normally, it has alcohol.
Okay, alright, that’s interesting. There’s actually a drink very similar to this in, um, Chili.
Really?
Yep, they call it Monkey Tail.
So, in Spanish that would be…
Cola de Mono.
Very nice. Hehe.
Hehe. Yeah, so, it’s actually really, really good. And it’s really similar to Eggnog.
Okay, well, with that in mind, uh, let’s take a listen to our dialogue for the first time.
Well, I did not see that one coming.
Yeah, that was interesting. Santa Clause is being taken to jail.
What’s gonna happen next, Marco?
I don’t know, let’s talk about that in a little while. Let’s take a look at some language from this dialogue. Voice: Language takeaway.
So, the first word that we have on our language takeaway today is vehicle.
Vehicle.
Vehicle.
Vehicle. So, this is a vehicle. Sound 1.
And this is a vehicle. Sound 2.
And this is a vehicle. Sound 3.
So, all of those are vehicles. Now, I thought that a vehicle was a car, specifically.
No, any machine that carries people from one place to another is a vehicle.
Great, alright. Let’s take a look now at our second word – attorney.
Attorney.
Attorney.
So, what is an attorney?
A lawyer.
Well, that’s simple enough?
Yeah, a lawyer.
Let’s move to our third word, which is…
Appoint.
Appoint.
Appoint.
Appoint.
So, appoint means choose.
Okay, so, the President of a country might appoint his Chief of staff.
Right, or I can appoint my attorney.
True, so, can you appoint a thing? Can I appoint my coffee cup?
No… Hehe. No, no, you only use it for people. You choose someone.
Okay, appoint…
You can’t choose something.
So, I appoint someone.
Exactly.
Alright, let’s move to our final word.
Sleigh.
Sleigh.
Sleigh.
Sleigh.
So, Erica, you’re from Canada, you can tell us about sleighs.
Alright, a sleigh is a vehicle that is pulled by a horse and travels over snow or ice.
Okay.
So, you know like Santa drives a sleigh.
He drives a sleigh. So, do you drive a sleigh or ride a sleigh?
Um, good question…
Hehe.
Well, the song says “you ride in a one horse open sleigh”.
Right, okay.
Well, you know what, I think it’s time for us to look at some interesting phrases that we found in this dialogue, so, let’s look at “putting it together”. Voice: Putting it together.
Today on putting it together we have two great phrases for you and let’s take a look at the first one – step out.
Step out.
Step out.
So, step out means to go out of a place for a short period of time.
Right, so, in our dialogue, for example, the police officer said “Step out of the vehicle”.
Get out of your vehicle.
You can also say “Step out of the office”.
You can say “I just stepped out of the shower”.
Right, now we can also say step in.
It’s the opposite.
The opposite, right?
I can ask “Marco, step in to my office for a moment
Oh-oh, okay. So, that’s step out and step in, great phrases! Let’s take a look at our final phrase – get a load of.
Get a load of.
Get a load of.
So, when I say “Get a load of something”, I mean look at, right.
Right, look at this guy – get a load of this guy.
Yeah, that’s what we herd in the dialogue. Now you can use this phrase in a number of different ways and we have some examples for you. Voice: Example one.
Get a load of this! A war has started in Antarctica. Voice: Example two.
Get a load of that house! It’s so big! Voice: Example three.
Get a load of him. He’s wearing a pink suit!
Okay, I think we’ve covered a lot of interesting words and phrases, so, we are ready to listen to our dialogue a second time. But this time it’s gonna be a little slower, so, we can pick up all these great words. DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)
Okay, so, we noticed some really great words and phrases, and with this, now we can start with some “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder.
Today on fluency builder we have two great phrases that you can use to sound a little bit more natural when you speak.
That’s right, our first phrase you can use if you want to say “Don’t speak to me like that”. Phrase 1: Don’t take that tone with me. Don’t take that tone with me.
So, you often hear this phrase, uh, coming out of the mouth of a mother or a father.
Yeah, when their children are maybe talking back.
Yeah.
Don’t take that tone with me, young man!” I used to get that a lot.
Really?
Hehe. Yeah.
Sorry about that.
Hehe. Okay, our second phrase… We use it when we have a problem.
The phrase we heard in the dialogue was “I think we’ve got ourselves a situation here”. Let’s listen to another example. Phrase 2: Houston, we’ve… got ourselves a situation here. Houston, we’ve… got ourselves a situation here.
Sometimes I use this phrase when I wanna tell my boss that I have a problem. Uh, I might say “Boss, I’ve got a bit of a situation, can you help me with it?”
Okay, yeah.
Yeah.
I have a little bit of a problem.
Yeah, useful phrases, hey?
Really useful phrases, great stuff, so, now we can listen to our dialogue a final time and this time we can understand everything that’s in it.
So, when the police officer was arresting Santa Clause, uh, he said something a little bit strange, hey?
Yeah, he said “You’d better not pout, you’d better not cry”.
Now, are those part of the normal, uh, rights that a police officer reads?
Hehe. No, no, they’re not part of the normal rights, but it’s actually from a Christmas song, so, lets’ listen to how it goes in the song. Song: You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Clause is coming to town.
I’m pretty happy we had a song to play there instead of us having to sing.
Hehe. Yeah, but that’s great, because if the children cry or if they are not good kids, then Santa Clause will not give them presents.
Oh-oh.
So, that’s why.
Okay, listeners, I hope that you’re not pouting, I hope you’re not crying, um, but it’s for us to go, so…
Be sure to go to our website at englishpod.com and be sure to leave all your questions and comments and maybe some of your Christmas stories.
Alright, thanks for listening and until next time…
Bye!
Good bye!
复习 Review
The EnglishPod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Look at, informal.
Get a load up.
Official document that shows you have permission to drive a car.
License.
Traditional Christmas drink containing eggs, cream, sugar, and rum.
Eggnog.
Machine used to carry people, i.e. a car or truck.
Vehicle.
Briefly go out of a place.
Step out.
Speak in that tone of voice.
Take that tone.
Official document that shows you have paid for something you bought.
Invoice.
The act of legally taking someone to jail.
Arrest.
Push out your lips to show that you are unhappy.
Pout.
Large, open vehicle that is pulled by horses, over snow or ice.
Slay.
A set of two metal rings that are used to join a person's hands together, especially by police.
Handcuffs.
A building where criminals are kept as punishment.
Prison.
Tell someone their legal rights, especially when they are arrested.
Read someone's rights.
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
DUI.
A piece of paper the police give you if you are driving too fast.
Speeding ticket.
Let's try that faster.
Speak in that tone of voice.
Take that tone.
Traditional Christmas drink containing eggs, cream, sugar, and rum.
Agnog.
A piece of paper the police give you if you are driving too fast.
Speeding ticket.
Large, open vehicle that is pulled by horses, over snow or ice.
Slay.
A set of two metal rings that are used to join a person's hands together, especially by police.
Handcuffs.
Briefly go out of a place.
Step out.
Official document that shows you have permission to drive a car.
License.
The act of legally taking someone to jail.
Arrest.
A building where criminals are kept as punishment.
Prison.
Tell someone their legal rights, especially when they are arrested.
Read someone's rights.
Look at.
Informal.
Get a load of.
Machine used to carry people, i.e. a car or truck.
Vehicle.
Push out your lips to show that you are unhappy.
Pout.
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
DUI.
Official document that shows you have paid for something you bought.
Invoice.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
License.
I can't drive your car.
I don't have a driver's license.
License.
Finally, I passed my driving test and I got my license.
License.
If you get a speeding ticket, you have to show the police officer your driving license.
Step out.
Please step out of your car.
Step out.
I just stepped out of the office to get a coffee.
Step out.
Will you step out in the hall for a moment?
I need to talk to you.
Vehicle.
Four vehicles were involved in the car accident.
Vehicle.
There are a lot of vehicles on the road today.
Vehicle.
If more people drove electric vehicles, there would be less pollution.
Take that tone.
When you take that tone, I feel upset.
Take that tone.
Don't take that tone with me.
I'm your boss.
Take that tone.
I couldn't believe he took that tone with her.
It was so rude.
Arrest.
After the riots, 75 people were taken under arrest.
Arrest.
John Doe is under arrest for armed robbery.
Arrest.
If you commit a crime, you will be taken under arrest.
Pout.
She started to pout, then began to cry.
Pout.
Come on.
Don't pout.
Put a smile on your face.
Pout.
You've been pouting all day.
Is something wrong?