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最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit7-Part3

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[00:00.00]Christmas carols, or Christmas religious songs,
[00:05.58]began in the Middle Ages
[00:07.42]when people danced and
[00:08.84]sang religious songs on village greens
[00:10.49](central gathering1 areas
[00:13.77]in small towns and villages)
[00:15.85]in Anglo Saxon England.
[00:18.80]A Christmas carol today
[00:20.44]is a religious tune2 without
[00:22.41]the dance associated with it.
[00:24.71]A strong religious tradition today,
[00:29.08]as in other times,
[00:31.16]is to go to church
[00:33.13]at midnight of Christmas eve
[00:35.00]or on Christmas morning.
[00:37.29]A priest may say mass
[00:39.37](in a Catholic Church)
[00:41.89]or preach a sermon about
[00:43.09]the significance of the birth of Christ.
[00:46.80]Another very prominent symbol of Christmas
[00:50.31]is the Christmas tree.
[00:52.72]There are several explanations
[00:55.34]for its origin. One story suggests
[00:59.50]that Martin Luther was walking through
[01:02.34]a wood on a clear winter night
[01:04.53]admiring the beauty of the bright stars
[01:07.16]glowing though the branches of trees.
[01:09.34]He decided3 to cut down
[01:12.38]a small evergreen4 tree
[01:13.91]and take it home.
[01:15.99]He put candles in it
[01:18.39]to represent the stars
[01:19.82]he had seen earlier
[01:21.24]because he wanted to
[01:22.77]share that beautiful image
[01:24.30]with his family.
[01:26.16]Another story tells of
[01:28.35]the bringing of an evergreen tree
[01:30.43]inside the home during winter solstice
[01:33.39](December 21st) symbolizing5 the renewal6
[01:37.11]of life in the dead of winter.
[01:40.17]It became associated with Christmas,
[01:43.67] which occurs only four days later.
[01:46.41]The Christmas tree was firmly
[01:49.36]established as a Christmas symbol
[01:51.55]by the Germans who
[01:53.73]eventually brought it to America.
[01:55.59]In Victorian England, people hung cakes
[02:00.51]and candies on it and later,
[02:02.59]fruit made of paper
[02:04.23]adorned the branches.
[02:06.31]Modern commercial tree decorations
[02:09.60]appeared in the 1880’s
[02:11.68]at Woolworth’s Department Store
[02:13.65]in the United States,
[02:15.73]and electric Christmas tree lights
[02:19.11]made their debut in 1882


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1 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
2 tune NmnwW     
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
参考例句:
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
3 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 evergreen mtFz78     
n.常青树;adj.四季常青的
参考例句:
  • Some trees are evergreen;they are called evergreen.有的树是常青的,被叫做常青树。
  • There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
5 symbolizing 35105848014d5f7a01e1597bc72da8e8     
v.象征,作为…的象征( symbolize的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • This symbol later evolved into a common hieroglyphic symbolizing victory. 这幕场景后来逐渐演化为象征胜利的普通象形文字。 来自时文部分
  • Mooncakes reunion, is symbolizing the Mid-Autumn festival will feed. 月饼象征着团圆,是中秋佳节必食之品。 来自互联网
6 renewal UtZyW     
adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来
参考例句:
  • Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
  • Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
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