1月21日：美国国家拥抱日

 

January 21: National Hugging Day in US1月21日：

1月21日：美国国家拥抱日

 

Tomorrow is National Hugging Day in the United States. It's one of those special occasions that Americans dream up, like National Eggplant Day and Stay Out of the Sun Day.

 

Often a business enterprise lurks³ behind these celebrations, just as candy-makers and florists⁵ dreamed up Sweetest Day in October as another excuse to buy flowers and chocolates.

 

But a hug doesn't cost a penny. It's said to be therapeutic⁶, stress-reducing, mutually satisfying. It isn't taxable. It doesn't pollute. And it's not the least bit fattening⁷. One hugging authority insists hugs help the immune system, presumably by happily spreading germs. Another fellow on the Internet offers VIRTUAL hugs to anyone who writes him.

 

You also get hug poems, like Jill Wolf's:

"Hugs don't need new equipment.

Special batteries or parts.

Just open up your arms

And open up your hearts."

 

Naturally, there's a book called The Art of Hugging. It addresses hugging's "how to's" -- how long should you hug… how close?

 

Besides the familiar bear hug, there's the group hug, the cheek-to-cheek hug, and something called the A-frame hug. That's the ginger⁸ embrace from a polite distance -- you know, the one where you lean way forward to minimize contact. It's perfect for distant relatives.

 

Now it's true, a few people, like loggers and hunters, don't like a good hug. They're always complaining about "tree huggers." But we know what these grouches¹⁰ need, don't we?

 

And the 21st is the day for it: a big, warm hug...and a hearty¹¹ "Happy National Hugging Day."

 

I’m Ted¹ Landphair.

 

注释：

dream up 构思，创造

lurk² [lE:k] n. 潜藏，隐藏

florist⁴ [5flCrist] n. 种花人

therapeutic [WerE5pju:tik] adj. 治病的

taxable [5tAksEbl] adj. 应征税的

immune system 免疫系统

ginger [5dVindVE] n. 活力，活泼

embrace [im5breis] n. 拥抱

grouch⁹ [^rautF] n. 不高兴的人，心怀不满的人

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 lurk   

n.潜伏，潜行；v.潜藏，潜伏，埋伏

参考例句：

• Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
• He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.他觉得自己看见有人在演讲时潜藏在会议厅顶上。

3 lurks   

n.潜在，潜伏；（lurk的复数形式）vi.潜伏，埋伏（lurk的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person. 在冷酷的外表背后，他是一个鲁莽又不得志的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Good fortune lies within Bad, Bad fortune lurks within good. 福兮祸所倚，祸兮福所伏。 来自互联网

4 florist   

n.花商；种花者

参考例句：

• The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
• Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？

5 florists   

n.花商，花农，花卉研究者( florist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The little dressmaker bought an envelope of nasturtium seeds at the florists. 那个个子矮小的女裁缝在花铺里买了一包金莲花种子。 来自辞典例句
• I have more important things to do than petulant florists. 我有比教训坏脾气的花匠更重要的事情要做。 来自互联网

6 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。

7 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

9 grouch   

n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨

参考例句：

• He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
• One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

10 grouches   

n.爱抱怨的人( grouch的名词复数 )；脾气坏的人；牢骚；生气

参考例句：

• One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment. 人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。 来自辞典例句
• One of my main grouches against the council is that they don't run enough buses. 我对市议会不满，主要是投入营运的公共汽车不够用。 来自辞典例句

11 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。