英语听力精选进阶版 6161
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Celebrating Irish Culture 庆祝爱尔兰文化的节日
All of the countries in the British Isles 2 have a patron saint’s day but the biggest celebrations are always held on March 17th, Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day.
For people who live in Ireland and Northern Ireland it is a national holiday, but in the wider world it is seen as an opportunity to explore one of the most emblematic 3 aspects of Irish culture – getting boozed up.
The preferred tipple 4 for most people on St Patrick’s Day is a pint 5 of Irish stout 6, a heavy, black beer, although others may plump for a glass of Irish whiskey.
Like the Chinese, the Irish have a long history of economic migration 7, and have settled in many countries around the world, particularly in the USA.
Because of their large populations of people of Irish descent, cities like New York and Boston have enormous St Patrick’s Day parades, where hundreds of thousands of marchers and millions of spectators parade through the city.
The colour green is predominant on St Patrick’s Day as that is the national colour of Ireland, which is sometimes called the Emerald Isle 1.
As any traveller knows, Ireland is a very green, rural country, thanks to the amount of rainfall, with some areas seeing rain for 225 days in a year.
This year even the President of the United States joined in the fun by adding green dye to the fountains in the White House gardens.
But the American city of Chicago goes even further; since 1961 the Chicago River has been dyed green on St Patrick’s Day.
The tradition began by accident after a plumber 8, who was using dye to detect leaks into the river, discovered his orange dye turned green when mixed with water.
City officials decided 9 to add dye to the river to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, however during the first attempt they used too much dye and turned the river bright green for a week.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
patron saint’s day 守护神日
emblematic aspects 象征方面
boozed up 狂欢纵饮
tipple 酒
pint 品脱
Irish stout 爱尔兰黑啤
plump for 选择
economic migration 商业移民
settled 定居
Irish descent 爱尔兰祖籍
parades 庆祝游行
marchers 游行者
spectators 旁观者，观众
predominant 占据主导位置
Emerald Isle 绿宝石岛
rural 农村的
green dye 绿色染料
fountains 喷泉
plumber 水管工
leaks 泄漏
- He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
- The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。
- the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
- The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。
- The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities. 这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。
- Whiteness is emblematic of purity. 白色是纯洁的象征。 来自辞典例句
- My favourite tipple is a glass of port.我最喜欢喝的酒是波尔图葡萄酒。
- Scotch drinkers around the world tend to associate their favourite tipple with success and achievement.世界各地喝苏格兰威士忌的人，往往把他们最喜欢的这种烈酒，与成功和成就联系在一起。
- I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
- In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
- He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
- The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
- Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
- He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
- Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
- The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。