Name: BBC六分鐘英文 - 完美的聖誕老人 (Learn to talk about the perfect Santa in 6 minutes)
Uploaded: 2017-12-22T10:04:03.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s

Neil: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English.

尼爾：你好，歡迎來到6分鐘英語。

I'm Neil and joining me today is Dan who is

我是尼爾，今天加入我的是丹，他是...

Dan: Of course I'm looking jolly – meaning

丹：當然，我看起來很開心--意思是說

happy and smiley; it's my favourite time of

快樂和微笑，這是我最喜歡的時間。

Neil: Ah yes, all that food, all those presents,

尼爾：啊，是的，所有的食物，所有的禮物。

Dan: Forget the food and fun – Christmas

Neil: I'm not sure that's quite the spirit

尼爾：我不確定這是否是一種精神。

Dan: Well, Neil, I was actually talking about

丹：好吧，尼爾，其實我說的是關於

Neil: Ah sorry, Dan, I misjudged you. As you

尼爾：啊，對不起，丹，我看錯你了。正如你

enjoy giving presents so much, I'm very pleased

to have you with me in this 6 Minute English

有請你和我一起參加這6分鐘的英語學習。

– Our topic… What makes the perfect Santa?

- 我們的主題......什麼是完美的聖誕老人？

We'll have 6 items of vocabulary for you and,

當然，我們的考題。準備好了嗎？

尼爾：好的，我們開始吧。多少個聖誕老人

Dan: Well, I know there are a lot but 15 million

丹：好吧，我知道有很多，但1500萬個

must be wrong; 1,500 seems too few, so I'll

一定是錯的，1500元好像太少了，那我就

Neil: We'll see if you're right at the end

尼爾：我們看看你最後說的對不對？

of the programme. Dan, you seem like a strong

節目的。丹，你看起來像一個強大的

Dan: I'd love to! A candidate is a person competing

丹：我很樂意!候選人是指競爭的人

Neil: And what do you think is a key part

尼爾：那你認為關鍵的部分是什麼？

of being Santa – or Father Christmas as

Neil: That's right. Let's listen to James Lovell,

尼爾：沒錯。讓我們聽聽詹姆斯-洛弗爾的聲音。

who runs a Santa school at his company Ministry

他在他的公司Ministry開辦了一所聖誕老人學校

詹姆斯-洛弗爾：一個完美的 "嗬嗬嗬！

is a key part of being a Father Christmas.

It's a ho ho ho! And it needs to just reinforce

這是個浩浩蕩蕩的傢伙!而它只需要加強

the fact that you are the jolliest person

on the planet. So I like to reach down into

在這個星球上。所以我喜歡深入到

my tummy, tap it and with a big smile on my

我的肚子，敲打它，並帶著燦爛的笑容。

Neil: The perfect ho ho ho! You need that

尼爾：完美的嗬嗬嗬！你需要這個

to reinforce the fact you are the jolliest

Dan: To reinforce means to make something

Neil: Wow, Dan! You're very convincing. Are

你確定你從來沒有這樣做之前？

Dan: I haven't but I want to. It feels good!

丹：我還沒有，但我想去。這感覺很好!

Neil: It could be the ideal career move for

尼爾：這可能是理想的職業發展方向。

你，丹。但我敢打賭，這不是所有的樂趣。

Dan: Hmm, maybe not. I think there would be a

丹：嗯，也許不是。我覺得會有一個

lot of pressure to perform. Pressure is the

feeling of worry you can get when you are

憂心忡忡的感覺，你可以當你是

expected to deal with a difficult situation.

Neil: Yes, think of all the children you have

尼爾：是的，想想你有那麼多的孩子。

to impress. Pressure indeed. Let's hear from

給人留下深刻印象。壓力確實很大。讓我們聽聽

James Lovell again, who runs a Santa school

又是詹姆斯-洛弗爾，他開辦了一所聖誕老人學校。

James Lovell : Portraying Father Christmas

詹姆斯-洛弗爾：描繪聖誕老人的形象

is not an easy job because when you're dressed

不是一件容易的事，因為當你穿好衣服後

as Father Christmas, you have a huge responsibility

作為聖誕老人，你有一個巨大的責任

to recreate the magic of the real Santa in

every way. You need to look good, you need

所有的方式。你需要看起來不錯，你需要

to have lots to say and you need to be incredibly

有很多話要說，而且你需要令人難以置信的。

Dan: So it seems I was right: portraying Father

丹：看來我是對的：描寫父親。

Christmas is not an easy job. Portraying meaning

聖誕節不是一件容易的工作。描繪意義

playing the part of – like an actor does.

扮演的角色--就像一個演員一樣。

Neil: He says there's a huge responsibility

尼爾：他說有一個巨大的責任。

to recreate the magic of the real Santa. To

以重現真正聖誕老人的魔力。要

recreate means to make something exist again.

Dan: All those kids expecting that magical

所有的孩子們都在期待著那神奇的...

moment – and it's all down to you as Santa!

瞬間--而這一切都歸功於你這個聖誕老人!

Hmm I'm beginning to have second thoughts

Dan: I'm not sure I could! Portraying Father

丹：我不知道自己能不能!描寫父親

Christmas might be a challenge too far – despite

聖誕節可能是一個太遠的挑戰--儘管

Neil: Now it's time to find out the answer

to our quiz question. I asked how many Santas

我們的問答題。我問有多少個聖誕老人

Neil: And you were… wrong! I'm afraid it

was a trick question – there is, of course,

Neil: Sorry! Shall we have a recap of the

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