首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Famous Christmas Places There are many【T1】______ traditions in Christmas.【T1】______ The two famous Christmas places are:
Famous Christmas Places There are many【T1】______ traditions in Christmas.【T1】______ The two famous Christmas places are:
admin
2019-04-29
64
问题
Famous Christmas Places
There are many【T1】______ traditions in Christmas.【T1】______
The two famous Christmas places are:
1. Middleburg
Christmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】______【T2】______
Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】______【T3】______
Middleburg: a yearly Christmas【T4】______【T4】______
People from【T5】______ come to visit【T5】______
2. Xitan, China
Known as a【T6】______【T6】______
It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】______.【T7】______
Main customers:【T8】______【T8】______
Factories are【T9】______ to make products.【T9】______
40 larger factories and【T10】______ smaller workshops.【T10】______
【T2】
Famous Christmas Places
I’m Mario Ritter. Welcome to our program. People around the world are celebrating Christmas day. Christians mark the birth of Jesus Christ on this holiday. There are many traditions surrounding Christmas, both ancient and modern. We hear about Christmas in two very different places: Middleburg, a small town in the state of Virginia and Xitan, China, which has come to be known as "Christmas village."
The first place we’d like to introduce is Middleburg, Virginia in the United States. Christmas is traditionally a time of gift-giving and family gatherings. But there are also performances, trees with lights and, of course, Santa Clause, the big man in a red suit. Small towns across the country have their own traditions.
Middleburg is a town in an area known for its horses. Visitors can see horses pulling carriages with bells as people sing traditional Christmas songs. "On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..." For more than 50 years, Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade. Hunting on horseback is another tradition. Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields. They follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild fox. But first, these hunters ride in the yearly parade, wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hats. "Before we strike off here, I want to thank all of you for being here, and wish you all a very, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Middleburg Hunt." John Hale of Middleburg says many city people visit his town. "We have a lot of people from an urban area that come visit, but it incorporates a lot of the old traditions." The nighttime hay ride is one such tradition. Small groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon filled with hay. The passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fields.
The second place is called Xitan, China. Christmas is a major event worldwide. In China, for example, there is a "Christmas Village," with many signs of the holiday. The village of Xitan, in Zhejiang province, has no snow. It looks far different than the colder, snow-covered lands of Northern Europe and North America. But last year, the village shipped around $100 million in colorful ornaments and decorations to places as far away as Europe, the United States and Brazil. Wang Lianming is the head of one of Xitan’s earliest Christmas decoration companies, Ruian D-Bright Arts and Crafts. He says that although overseas buyers are still the village’s main customers, that is changing. He says that Christmas was once a completely foreign holiday. But, in recent years, he says, celebrations of Christmas have grown and so has sales of ornaments. Before D-Bright started producing hand-made Christmas ornaments, they made Disco Balls. They still do. Like many other factories here, the company is expanding to make products for other Western holidays, even Halloween. In Xitan, there are 40 larger factories and about 200 smaller workshops. Some employees travel from far away to work in the village.
选项
答案
family gatherings/family reunion
解析
本题出现在第二个空,是对其中一个地方米德尔堡(Middleburg)的描述,此处要求填圣诞节的含义,空格前提到圣诞节是送礼物(gift-giving)的节日,录音原文提到家庭聚会,最佳答案为family gatherings,表达类似含义的短语family reunion也可以。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/NGRK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
(l)Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomanyvariedenemies,therearenumerousdefensivereac
PASSAGEFOURWhatdoesthepassagemainlyfocuson?
FamousChristmasPlacesTherearemany【T1】______traditionsinChristmas.【T1】______ThetwofamousChristmasplacesare:1.Mid
FamousChristmasPlacesTherearemany【T1】______traditionsinChristmas.【T1】______ThetwofamousChristmasplacesare:1.Mid
SavingfortheFuturePurposeofsaving1.Womensavea.fortheirchildren’s【T1】______【T1】______b.fora【T2】______【T2】______
(l)WorldWarIIinitiatedtheconceptof"totalwar"—warthatinvolvedall,civiliansandmilitaryalike,inthewareffort.Thi
Thenewcolleague_______tohaveworkedinseveralbigcorporationsbeforehejoinedourcompany.
(1)Tosome,Facebook,Twitterandsimilarsocial-mediaplatformsaretheacme(顶点)ofcommunication—better,even,thanface-to-
Mydaughterhaswalkedeightmilestoday.Weneverguessedthatshecouldwalk_____far.
Shewalked7milestodayinordertoloseweight;Ineverimaginedthatshecouldwalk_____far.
随机试题
下列枚举类型的定义中,包含枚举值5的是
根据规格尺寸的不同,轮胎分为哪几类?
购买动机是购买行为的基础,请简述几种购买动机。
跨步电位差是指()。
争端裁决委员会(DAB)做出的解决争端的决定,()。
在伊索寓言中有个《狐狸与葡萄》的故事,说的是一只狐狸很想得到已经熟透了的葡萄,于是它跳起来去够,结果不够高,于是又跳起来,再跳起来……想吃葡萄而又跳得不够高,这也算是一种“挫折”或“心理压力”了。此时此刻那狐狸该怎么办呢?若是一个劲地跳下去,就是累死也还是
求下列定积分:
Thefollowingparagraphsaregiveninawrongorder.ForQuestions41-45,youarerequiredtoreorganizetheseparagraphsintoa
在带宽为3 kHz且没有噪声的信道中,传输二进制信号能够达到的极限数据数率为(81)。而在一个带宽为3 kHz信噪比为30dB的信道中,其极限数据传输率为(82)。由此可知(83)。由奈奎斯特第一定理,为了保证传输质量,达到3kb/s的数据传输率需要的带宽
WhendidtherallygathernotfarfromtheWhiteHouse?
最新回复
(
0
)