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Preparations for Christmas 圣誕籌備 Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Christmas is the biggest festival in Britain and is celebrated on 25th December. The four weeks before Christmas are called Advent, and are traditionally celebrated in churches by lighting a candle each Sunday during Advent. Nowadays, many people in Britain are not very religious, but they still celebrate Christmas. But watch out - the preparations begin long before Advent. In fact as early as September or October, you start to see signs that Christmas is on the way. The first places to tell us that we should be thinking about Christmas are the shops. People in Britain spend on average over ?600 per person on Christmas every year, and the shops encourage people to spend more and more. Shops put up Christmas decorations and play cheesy Christmas songs or carols; and some shop workers wear Christmas hats. Some big shops on Regent Street and Oxford Street in London create wonderful displays in their windows with moving characters, falling snow, colourful lights and music. So what do people buy in preparation for Christmas? Well, Christmas decorations; Christmas cards to send to your friends and relatives; presents for your loved ones andwrapping paper to wrap them up with. And of course food! Apart from the special Christmas dinner of roast turkey or goose, people buy lots of chocolates, nuts and snacks for everyone to enjoy. But the children are the most excited that Christmas is coming. They start making lists of presents they would like, and give them to their parents, or send them to Santa Claus. In December, they can also open their Advent calendars. Advent calendars are a way of counting down to Christmas. They have a window to open for every day from 1st 24th December . A basic Advent calendar has a Christmassy picture behind each window, but the childrensfavourite is usually a chocolate Advent calendar, with a chocolate for every day of the month. Its a great build up to the overeating that goes on at Christmas! GLOSSARY 詞匯表 traditionally 傳統上的 on the way 即將來臨 on average 平均 per person 每一個人 encourage 鼓勵 cheesy 俗套的
carols 圣誕頌歌 Christmas decorations 圣誕裝飾 loved ones 親人 wrapping paper 包裝紙 apart from 除之外 snacks 小吃 Santa Claus 圣誕老人 calendars 日歷 Christmassy 圣誕的 favourite 最喜歡的 最喜歡的 build up 累積 overeating 大吃大喝;過量吃喝
Preparations for Christmas 圣誕籌備 Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Christmas is the biggest festival in Britain and is celebrated on 25th December. The four weeks before Christmas are called Advent, and are traditionally celebrated in churches by lighting a candle each Sunday during Advent. Nowadays, many people in Britain are not very religious, but they still celebrate Christmas. But watch out - the preparations begin long before Advent. In fact as early as September or October, you start to see signs that Christmas is on the way. The first places to tell us that we should be thinking about Christmas are the shops. People in Britain spend on average over ?600 per person on Christmas every year, and the shops encourage people to spend more and more. Shops put up Christmas decorations and play cheesy Christmas songs or carols; and some shop workers wear Christmas hats. Some big shops on Regent Street and Oxford Street in London create wonderful displays in their windows with moving characters, falling snow, colourful lights and music. So what do people buy in preparation for Christmas? Well, Christmas decorations; Christmas cards to send to your friends and relatives; presents for your loved ones andwrapping paper to wrap them up with. And of course food! Apart from the special Christmas dinner of roast turkey or goose, people buy lots of chocolates, nuts and snacks for everyone to enjoy. But the children are the most excited that Christmas is coming. They start making lists of presents they would like, and give them to their parents, or send them to Santa Claus. In December, they can also open their Advent calendars. Advent calendars are a way of counting down to Christmas. They have a window to open for every day from 1st 24th December . A basic Advent calendar has a Christmassy picture behind each window, but the childrensfavourite is usually a chocolate Advent calendar, with a chocolate for every day of the month. Its a great build up to the overeating that goes on at Christmas! GLOSSARY 詞匯表 traditionally 傳統上的 on the way 即將來臨 on average 平均 per person 每一個人 encourage 鼓勵 cheesy 俗套的
carols 圣誕頌歌 Christmas decorations 圣誕裝飾 loved ones 親人 wrapping paper 包裝紙 apart from 除之外 snacks 小吃 Santa Claus 圣誕老人 calendars 日歷 Christmassy 圣誕的 favourite 最喜歡的 最喜歡的 build up 累積 overeating 大吃大喝;過量吃喝
