英文原版对话1000个:1051 Mexico Celebrates 200 Years

 　　Silvia: Hi, this is Silvia. I'm from Guatemala.

 

　　Diego: And this is Diego. I'm from Mexico.

 

　　Silvia: I want to talk about Mexico today. I know your independence is coming soon.

 

　　Diego: Yes, Mexico's Independence Day is September 16, but we usually start celebrating the night of the 15th, and it's usually a long weekend so everybody has holidays.

 

　　Silvia: And what do you do for that day?

 

　　Diego: We do a lot of traditional things. The first one and the most obvious one is we gather to eat a lot. We eat the most traditional food or dishes. One of them is Chiles en Nogada. And chiles is peppers, like you know, and what is so interesting about this dish is that it has the same colors of the Mexican flag, like it's red, white and green, and well the peppers are green and it has like a white sauce on top and it has these sort of like fruity grains that are red on top, so it's really, really nice.

 

　　Silvia: What else? Apart from the food? Do you have any activities that you do that day?

 

　　Diego: Yes, we usually refer to this holiday as like the screaming day because when the War for Independence occurred there was this priest¹ or this independence character that was like screaming to the people to fight for liberty² so in each independence party there's usually this guy who reenacts that and he rings the bell and he starts screaming like liberty and freedom, so we usually do that and it's quite funny I guess. It's very amusing³ for people who see it for the first time.

 

　　Silvia: And it's always on the same time, am I right? Is there a specific .... I remember someone telling me that it's at a certain time, like at midnight.

 

　　Diego: It is at midnight. You do it like I said. We celebrate on the night of the 15th and then as soon as it turns to the 16th that's when that happens.

1 priest   

n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员

参考例句：

• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
• The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。

2 liberty   

n.自由，自由权；冒昧行为

参考例句：

• He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
• You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。

3 amusing   

adj.有有趣的，好玩的

参考例句：

• The girl was amusing herself with a doll.那女孩在玩洋娃娃自娱。
• He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.他向孩子们述说了他少年时代的一些趣事。