美語情景對話 第263期:Boxing Day 節禮日

Todd: So Mark, what happens on boxing day?

託德：馬克，節禮日那天會發生什麼？

Mark: On boxing day in England it's usually football day. Everybody goes and watches the football. Usually all the family go, so maybe granddad and grandma will go. In England on Boxing day, it's usually the highest attendances of the year.

馬克：對英國來說節禮日就是足球日。所有人都會去看足球比賽。通常一家人會一起去看，可能爺爺和奶奶都會一起去。英國的節禮日通常是一年中足球比賽上座率最高的一天。

Todd: Oh, really.

託德：哦，真的嗎。

Mark: Yeah, so we wake up on boxing day around about 11 o'clock, usually with a big hangover because we've been drinking of Christmas day, and so to get rid of the hangover, what do we do, we actually drink more alcohol, so we usually go to the bar around 11, drink a lot of beer, and then go the football around about 2 and watch the game.

馬克：沒錯，節禮日那天我們大概會在11點起牀，通常處於嚴重的宿醉狀態，因爲我們在聖誕節會喝好多酒，所以爲了趕走宿醉我們要做什麼呢，一般我們會喝更多的酒，所以我們會在11點左右去酒吧，喝許多啤酒，然後在兩點左右去看足球比賽。

Todd: What's it like at the stadium?

託德：體育場裏怎麼樣？

Mark: Usually a really good atmosphere on boxing day, because, yeah and there are really big crowds and everybody is really happy cause it's Christmas so usually there's some guys dressed as Santa Clause or people are wearing like Christmas decorations and it's a really good atmosphere.

馬克：節禮日那天體育場的氛圍特別好，因爲場館裏聚集了非常多的觀衆，所有人都很高興，因爲是聖誕節，有些人會打扮成聖誕老人，有人會戴聖誕飾品，所以氛圍非常好。

重點講解：
1. get rid of
扔掉；丟棄；擺脫；甩掉；趕走；
eg. How to get rid of these things is a big problem.
如何清除這些東西是個大問題。
eg. You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.
你這驕傲勁兒得好好改改。
eg. You seem in rather a hurry to get rid of me.
看起來你急於想擺脫我。
2. dress as
使穿得像；穿…的服裝；裝扮成；
eg. I actually want to dress as female more often.
我實際上更多的時候是想打扮成女人。
eg. A guy dressed as a yellow bird checked into a hotel room a couple of hours ago.
幾小時前，一個穿黃鳥服的傢伙住進某個旅館房間。
eg. They stood, feeling a bit odd in their clothes. They were dressed as hunters, with thick short cloaks made of animal skins.
兩人站起身，感覺這身打扮有點怪異：他們一身獵人裝束，穿着短小厚重的獸皮斗篷。