November, 17

 

Christmas Chronicles (22)

Key vocabulary

1.       take someone to jail=take someone who is arrested to a place where other criminals are kept

2.       book=arrest(informal)

3.       claim=say something is true when some people say it may not be true

4.       stocking= large sock, traditionally, Christmas gifts are put inside on the Christmas Eve

5.       speed =drive faster than legal speed limit

6.       buddy=密友，伙伴（口语）

7.       impound=held by the police(没收)

8.       ruined=damaged or destroyed

9.       reindeer=large deer that lives in the north part of the globe(驯鹿)

10.   elf=small creature （in stories） that have pointed ears and magic powers(小精灵，侏儒)

11.   candy cane=a stick-shaped candy with red and white curves on the top

12.   under heavy=being attacked or hurt

13.   backup=help

14.   mayday=求救信号

15.   Kriss Kringle 圣诞老人

A: Really, gentlemen. you can’t take me to jail！Don’t you know who I am? Kriss Kringle.

B: Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard that one before haven’t we Joe?

C: Yeah, last week we booked this guy who claimed to be the tooth fairy! Can you believe that?

A: It’s Christmas Eve and I have all these presents to deliver! Where is your Christmas spirit? What will happen when all the children wake up tomorrow and don’t find any gifts in their stockings？

B: Sorry buddy, you were parked in a no-parking zone, you were speeding, and you have no ID.

C: Besides that, even if we let you go now, your sleigh has been impounded and those reindeer were taken to the city zoo.

A: What! This is unbelievable! What’s this world coming to? Christmas is ruined!

C: What’s that up ahead? It looks like …elves! Whoa, they are shooting candy canes! Mayday, mayday, we are under heavy attack! We need backup！