躺着学万能英语会话(23)：跨年

Do you have any resolutions for...?
对于……你有什么新希望吗？

You're as skinny as a rail!
你已经骨瘦如柴了！

count down to midnight
午夜的倒数计时

Jay: I can't believe another year has gone by. Do you

have any resolutions for the New Year?

Catherine: Yes, I plan to lose 10 kg.

Jay: But, you're as skinny as a rail!

Catherine: Maybe to youehbut anyway, how are you

planning to celebrate the New Year?

Jay: Not sure really, what's the norm in Taiwan?

Jay: Are there many of them?

Catherine: Probably the same as you guys. Go out to a

Catherine: party, stay up late with friends, and As many as the stars...just kidding, but there are count down to

midnight.

very many throughout Taiwan.

Jay: You don't go home to visit relatives?

Jay: So, is Taoism the most popular religion here?

Catherine: Nope, that's done during Chinese New Year.

Catherine: Well, that depends on how you look at it.

||| Nowadays, Taoism and Buddhism are so

杰： 我真不敢相信一年又这样过去了。新的一年你有什么新希

intertwined that they are dif? cult to separate.

望吗？

Jay: Are there many Christians?

凯瑟琳： 有啊，我打算减肥十公斤。

Catherine: Yes, in fact, it is the third most popular religion.

杰： 你已经骨瘦如柴了！

Jay:凯瑟琳： 对你而言可能是吧……反正就是这样，那你打算怎么庆Wow, that's an eye opener.

祝新年呢？

杰： 还不确定，台湾人都怎么庆祝呢？

凯瑟琳： 大概跟你们差不多吧！参加聚会、跟朋友玩到很晚、然后

午夜的时候倒数。

杰： 你们不用回家去看亲戚吗？

凯瑟琳： 拜托，那是春节期间才做的事。

||| 1. 你有什么新年愿望吗？

Do you have any resolutions for the New Year? 

Do you have any wish for the New Year?“ wish”指的是心中对某些事物的向往与希冀，“ resolution”指的是心中

下定决心想要达成的事情。