Another interesting course online from Teacher Mike
These are things that many Americans do in the winter. Which ones have you done?
下面是多数美国人在冬天做的事情。你会做哪些呢？
I have _________________.
我做____________________.
🛷 Gone sledding 滑雪橇
🏂 Gone snowboarding 滑板滑雪
⛷️ Gone skiing 去滑雪
⛄ Built a snowman 堆雪人
❄️ Caught a snowflake on my tongue
抓一片雪花含在舌尖上
🎄 Decorated a tree 装饰圣诞树
🕎 Lit a menorah 点烛台
🎅 Written a letter to Santa 给圣诞老人写信
🎁 Given presents 送礼物
🍾 Popped (opened) a bottle of champagne 开一瓶香槟喝
🥂 Drunk too much at a holiday party 假日宴会上痛饮
🏥 Ended up in the emergency room 进了急诊室
🥶 Frozen to death 冻僵了
🎆 Set off fireworks 放烟花爆竹
🧣 Worn a scarf 戴一条围巾
🍪 Baked cookies 制作饼干
🧧 Celebrated Chinese New Year 庆祝中国新年
💸 Embraced capitalism 乱花钱
🤲 Helped the less fortunate 做慈善
Student A: If I say I've embraced capitalism, what does it mean?
学生A：如果我说我“embraced capitalism”,那是什么意思？
Teacher Mike: You spent a lot of money on unnecessary things.（Basically, spend lots of money）
Mike老师：你在不必要的事物上花了很多钱；乱花钱。
Student B: What's the best way to say: remove the snow from my car？
学生B: 如何以最恰当的方式用英语说去除汽车上的雪？
Teacher Mike: Cleaned the snow off my car/Scraped the ice off my windshield
Mike老师：清除车上的雪/刮掉汽车挡风玻璃上的雪
Student C: Teacher Mike, what is a menorah?
学生C: Mike老师，menorah是什么？
Teacher Mike: A candle that is lit during Hannukah.
Mike老师：一种犹太教光明节里点的蜡烛。
I've never lit a manora, but I have played dreidel.
我从来没点过光明节蜡烛，但我玩过（光明节）四面陀螺。
These are Hanukkah activities. Hannukah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for 8 days from late November to early December.
这些属于光明节活动。光明节是一个犹太教节日，一般为8天，从十一月末持续到十二月初。
(Please don't ask me for more details about it, because I am not an expert.)
(请别问我太多有关光明节的细节问题，因为我不是专家。)
I really hope that I get to build a snowman this year. I haven't done that in a very long time. There is no snow in Thailand. (Teacher Mike lived in Thailand for ten years,having a Thai wife. 😂)
我真心希望今年我能堆个雪人。我已经很久没有堆过雪人了。因为泰国没有雪。(Mike老师在泰国居住了10年，有一个泰国妻子）
I would also love to go sledding with my wife because she has never done that before.
我也想跟我的妻子一起去滑雪橇，因为她之前从没滑过。
What about you guys?
伙伴们，你们冬天会干嘛呢？
Our gingerbread house is currently under construction. 👷🚧🏗️
我们的姜饼屋正在建造中。
Under construction = being built
Construction of the gingerbread house will take a few more hours.
建姜饼屋通常需要好几个小时。
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