高中英语佛山高一03

[-1:11.00]A long silk ribbon has to link the crowns to symbolise a happy
[-1:12.00]and long life for the couple.
[-1:13.00]After the ceremony,the guests can attend a wedding reception,
[-1:14.00]which is usually a huge party and can last through the night.
[-1:15.00]There is a lot of eating,drinking and dancing,including the famous Greek circle dance,
[-1:16.00]where everyone joins in.
[-1:17.00]During the reception,
[-1:18.00]guests can smash dishes on the floor
[-1:19.00]and pin money the bride's wedding dress for good luck.
[-1:20.00]Lesson 12 Christmas
[-1:21.00]Memories of christmas
[-1:22.00]For me,christmas always began in the middle of the cold,windy month of November.
[-1:23.00]My sister,Alison,and I sat down in front of the fire
[-1:24.00]and wrote a letter to Father Christmas
[-1:25.00]telling him a bout all the presents we wanted.
[-1:26.00]We solemnly addressed our letters to 'Father Christmas,
[-1:27.00]the North Pole',before sending them up the chimney.
[-1:28.00]With December our excitement grew each day-
[-1:29.00]as we opened the adve calendar,
[-1:30.00]Christmas cards arrived in the post,
[-1:31.00]the nativity play at our school,
[-1:32.00]Chirstmas lights in the streets,the town carol service.
[-1:33.00]And of course,
[-1:34.00]snow everywhere.Enough snow to make snowmen,
[-1:35.00]build iglood and to have glorious snowball foghts in the school playground.
[-1:36.00]On Christmas Eve,the whole family helped to decorate the house,
[-1:37.00]put up the Christmas tree and the decorations and blow up the balloons.
[-1:38.00]Then,in the afternoon,when Auntie Kathleen and my two cousins arrived,
[-1:39.00]everything was ready.
[-1:40.00]Before we went to bed,
[-1:41.00]we left some brandy and mince pies for Father Christmas
[-1:42.00]and then put our stockings at the end of our beds.
[-1:43.00]We tried to stay awake as long as possible to see Father Christmas
[-1:44.00]but the next thing we knew it was morning.
[-1:45.00]Christmas morning!
[-1:46.00]At gte bottom ofthe bed was the stocking,
[-1:47.00]now full all kinds of small presents and sweets,
[-1:48.00]and at the bottom a chocolate sixpence and a tangerine.
[-1:49.00]Christmas morning was bright and sunny,
[-1:50.00]and after church,my cousin David and I went out into the garden
[-1:51.00]to play with our new presents.
[-1:52.00]Lunch was always late,but what a lunch!
[-1:53.00]Roast turkey with all the vegetables followed by Christmas pudding
[-1:54.00]and brandy butter.
[-1:55.00]When we pulled the crankers,the dog barked,
[-1:56.00]we took out the plastic toys,laughed at the jokes,
[-1:57.00]put on the silly pap hats and laughed again.
[-1:58.00]After lunch,
[-1:59.00]the adults slept on the sofas in front the Queen's speech on television
[-2:00.00]while we all played card Then we had tea,
[-2:-1.00]with a huge Christmas cake covered with snowmen and polar bears.
[-2:-2.00]It didn't seem possible but we carried on eating.
[-2:-3.00]By bedtime all of the children were exhausted.
[-2:-4.00]As soon as we turned off the light,
[-2:-5.00]we all fell into a deep,contented sleep.