【话匣子英语】复活节兔子

传说复活节这天，有一只复活节兔子会在半夜来到小朋友的房间里，并给小朋友们送上糖果。

 

Harp¹: Yeah, exactly. So, children go to sleep and they believe in the middle of the night that this bunny comes to their house and puts candy² and chocolate everywhere.

Maura: Yeah, it’s quite funny. So most of the time, the Easter³ Bunny is white. You might see it on cards or boxes of chocolates at this time of year.

Harp: Exactly. So in some houses, the Easter Bunny will put the candy in a certain place, like a basket. Sometimes the Easter Bunny hides the candy, and then the kids go on a search for it.

Maura: Yeah, I did that when I was young. We had to try and find the chocolates hidden around the house.

Harp: Yeah, same at my house. And I remember even sometimes in June I would find candy that I didn’t find from the Easter Bunny.

Maura: Yup, that happens. It’s funny, you know, as I was thinking⁴ about the Easter Bunny, I started to ask myself how big the Easter bunny was. Was it a little bunny or was it a big rabbit? We don’t really know.

Harp: No, and I don’t think there’s any sort⁵ of specific⁶ size for the Easter Bunny.

Maura: Nope, just children believe that he comes during the night and leaves candy. And we don’t ask any questions!

Harp: We’re just happy we got the candy.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 candy   

n.糖果；vt.用糖煮，使结晶为砂糖；vi.结晶为砂糖

参考例句：

• I'd like a box of candy.我要一盒糖果。
• What shall I buy at the candy shop?我该买什么在水果糖店里？

3 Easter   

n.复活节

参考例句：

• We've spent our Easter holidays pleasantly.我们的复活节假期过得很愉快。
• They always go to church at Easter.他们在复活节时总是去教堂。

4 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

5 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。

6 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。