篇一：美语咖啡屋
Lesson 3 Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree
J: Hello I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe. Y: 各位听众好，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。
J: You know, Christmas is just around the corner and I am already starting to feel Christmas all around me. Y: 你是说商店里现在挤满了抢购礼物的人，还有电视上不停地在播放圣诞节的广告，对不对？
J: No, no! I ignore all of that stuff. No, what I mean, is I'm starting to hear and smell Christmas. OK, Close your eyes, Yang Chen, and think about Christmas and tell me what you hear and smell. (Silence. Long pause)
J: Yang Chen? Yang Chen, anything yet? You know people are waiting.
Y: 哎呀，你等一等。我正在竖着耳朵听呢，还得使劲闻一闻。你不是说要我闭着眼睛寻找感觉吗？呣,我找到了。在一个美丽的夜晚，星星在闪耀，我站在雪地里，听到了雪橇那悦耳的声音。对，就是这种感觉，你觉得怎么样？
J: That's okay. But I was thinking more like ... chainsaws.
Y: Chainsaws? 啊呀，你真是扫我的兴啊。原来你说的声音是电动锯的声音。太不浪漫了。
J: Well, I know it's not romantic, but I love the sound of a chainsaw and the smell of a pine tree being cut. The Christmas tree tradition is one of the best things about Christmas.
Y: 对。真正的圣诞树用的是松树？ J: Right, pine tree.
Y: 那人们是不是要到森林里去砍树呢？
J: Oh, no no-no. You don't go to a forest to cut down your Christmas tree. There are Christmas tree farms. Y: 哦, 原来有Christmas tree farms。这还不错，用不着去破坏森林。说道这里，我倒是好象真的闻到了松树的味道了。 J: Oh, that's me. Y: 你用了什么香水？
J: Not perfume! I have just come from a Christmas tree sale in my neighborhood. Y: 有意思吗？
J: I did. And it was wonderfully entertaining. The elementary school held a Christmas tree sale to raise money. And there I met a woman named Ann, who is not only the organizer of the sale but she is also very active in the elementary school with the Parent Teacher Association, also known as the PTA.
Y: 好啊，那我们就听听组织者Ann都说了些什么。
实录1: Ann: We have from Charlie Brown trees to big beautiful balsam firs And we have a range of prices. And we do this to support the school PTA and it pays for
supplies and trips and things like that for the children. And, um, so we do it two days over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, and hopefully raise some money. And also just build a lot of good feelings about the school inside the community.
Y: Ann刚才说的 PTA 就是老师和家长联合组成的协会。原来他们举办圣诞树销售活动是为了协会筹款，另外还可以增强学校和社区的感情。
J: Right. And it really does spread community feelings in the neighborhood. That's what Christmas is all about! (Enter Music "O Tannenbaum" from Cyrus Chestnut's A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Y: Ann 刚才提到Charlie Brown。我们都知道Charlie Brown是著名的花生漫画系列里的人物。 J: Again, here's Ann.
实录2: Ann: Well, Charlie Brown, the cartoon character, always had a very small little sad-looking tree that nobody wanted, but he took it home and was very happy with it. So we always have some people that come and look for a Charlie Brown tree.
Y: Ann 刚才说的多好啊，一棵瘦小的圣诞树在可怜巴巴地等待着有人把它带回家。
J: The holiday cartoons with Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang are really an important part of Christmas for almost all children in the United States. Well, not just children. because every year I watch the Charlie BrownChristmas Special. Y: 你要借给我看一看。
J: I will, I will give it to you. You and your family will love it. And truly Charlie Brown fell in love with a small, scrawny, little lonely Christmas tree that nobody wanted. And took it home and he gave it love. And it turned out to be a perfect Christmas tree.
Y: 没错。Charlie Brown过圣诞是一个非常经典的故事，大人小孩都喜欢。Jody，你知道吗，我们家那棵圣诞树又小有不太好看，而且是塑料的，用了好几年。我今年本来打算把它扔了，可是我女儿不让我扔。我想她可能对这棵树非常有感情。不过今天听你解释了Charlie Brown Christmas tree，我想要是下次有人再笑话我们家的树太小太难看的话，我就可以告诉他这棵树可是典型的Charlie Brown Christmas tree。
J: Of course, you tell them you have a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Yang Chen!
Y: 没错。我可以向别人炫耀我有棵Charlie Brown Christmas tree。
J: Thanks for tuning into American Cafe. Okay, see you again!
Y: 谢谢大家到我们的美语咖啡屋。好，我们下次再见。
篇二：美语咖啡屋第8课
y:大家好, 我是杨晨! 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋!
y: hmm, 好象幸运女神不太喜欢你。
j: i guess not. well, you try yours and see how you do.
y: 好，我来试试我的运气。(scratch, scratch) 哇! 我赢了五块钱!
j: what! let me see that. you won five bucks! i think i gave you the wrong ticket. i think i gave you mine. can i have it back?
y: no way!
j: now, what would really be exciting is if you won the big lottery.
y: 你说的好多州一起办的那个超级乐透奖,对不对？
j: yes. that''s right! the powerball!
(enter sharp lightning crack)
y: 这个声音好恐怖啊！
j: what our listeners may not know but a well-timed lightning bolt sound is meant to signify the mysterious, the awesome, like the powerball!!!
(enter sharp lightning crack)
y:好了，好了，我现在已经感受到超级乐透的威力了。现在你这个音响效果可不可以停止了呢？
j: okay. no more lightning bolts. for a while.
y: 可是，我们是不是先来解释lottery这个词，然后再发挥你的音响效果。
j: let''s do. the lottery is gambling. it''s a drawing of numbers. and you have to get all six numbers right and pick the right number as the powerball to win.
y: 噢，对，lottery是以买彩票或奖券的方式进行赌博。
j: the jackpot recently is really high: $210 million!
y: 哇! 两亿一千万美元!! 啊，我要昏倒了。
j: that''s right, sister! you go ahead and faint. the night before the drawing, i stopped at my neighborhood store and there was a line of about 50 people waiting to buy their lottery tickets. here''s some on-site interviews of people actually buying their lottery tickets.
here''s carl from miami...
carl: lottery ticket is a gambling format for a winning of a ticket for $210 million.
j: $ 250 million. what are the odds that you can win?
carl: one in 250 million, i think.
j: so why are you here?
carl: someone''s gotta win, that''s basically it. the chances are low, but someone does have to win.
y: 他刚才提到一个词“odds”，我看我们需要先给大家解释一下。
j: sure. o-d-d-s. you know, your chances of winning. what are your odds of winning? but for this lottery, the odds were 1 in 250 million.
y: 那么这里就是说赢得机律是1比2亿5千万。
j: so the odds are very low. and this woman susan had a very funny way of describing how she views her odds and why she still plays.
y: 好，我们听听susan的见解。
susan: your have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do of winning the lottery. however, people do get hit by lightning. so it does make sense to give it a try.
j: so, you''re willing to risk a couple of dollars and see if you can win the jackpot.
susan: yes!
j: see! she mentioned the word lightning!
(enter sharp lightning crack)
y: 你知道吗，你听起来象个巫婆一样。
j: okay. now, get serious, yang chen. you know, after i started interviewing people they all started talking about the big what if? you know what if i win?
y: 就是，我都替他们发愁。如果赢了，那么多钱怎么花呀？
j: here''s what susan had to say.
y: 好吧, 我们来听听susan的宏伟计划。
susan: well, that''s what everyone always thinks as they''re waiting in line ... what would they do if they won. and of course, the first thing you think is quit your job and buy all those things that are on your list, that you wanted to get...you know...
j: another woman, olivia from new orleans, louisiana, said that after she paid off her and her family''s debt she would give some of her winnings to charities.
olivia: i would definitely donate some to charity, because there are a lot of good courses. and pay off all my debts, my mother''s debts, my sister''s debts and travel.
y: 每个人都那么说。如果赢了以后先把工作辞了，然后买下所有以前买不起的东西，还要捐一部份给慈善机构。
j: well, that''s what they say before they win. i don''t know what they say after they win.
y: 好，我们的时间到了。谢谢大家收听美语咖啡屋。
j: yeah! thanks for joining us today at american cafe. i certainly enjoyed talking with you about the american tradition of the...
y: stop it, jody! 如果你再让我听到...
j: ...powerball!!
(enter sharp lightning crack)
篇三：美语咖啡屋第43课
yemi, musician poet
y: 大家好，我是杨晨。欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。 我们今天的客人是yemi。yemi是个很有意思的人，您听了我们的节目保证会喜欢上他。
j: oh, i think you''re going to find yemi very interesting. first of all he''s a sound engineer. but that''s not all he does.
y:没错，不过我们首先还是让yemi来作一个自我介绍吧。
y: 你觉不觉得yemi 的声音让你一听就知道他很会唱歌。
j: as soon as you hear yemi, you know he''s a singer. he has a great voice.
y: 实际上他确实是个好歌手。而且他告诉我们他很快就要出唱片了 。
j: that''s right. he''s soon to release an album, which is a huge step in a musician''s career. so we''re really happy for him.
j: way to go, yemi.
y: yemi，加油。
j: again here''s yemi.
yemi: and lately i''ve been working on my album. we''ll probably sell it at our website and other websites.
y: yemi刚才说他的唱片在网上就可以买到。
j: that''s right. yemi says that you can buy his album on the internet. and not only does yemi record music, but he also writes poems and performs them a local poetry readings here in washington d.c.
y: yemi不仅会唱歌，还是个诗人，所以我说他很有意思。
j: on wednesdays he performs at a place called the bohemian caverns, a famous place in washington dc.
y: 每个星期三yemi都要在一个叫bohemian caverns的地方表演诗歌朗诵。
y: poetry reading就是诗歌朗诵。
j: according to yemi the crowd at bohemian caverns is really supportive. and he says it''s inspiring to have other poets listen to his poems.
y: 一群诗人聚在一起，讨论诗歌、互相支持、互相鼓励。其实说起来yemi的诗，他的诗内容都很严肃 。他觉得自己有责任要唤醒年轻的一代人，希望他们更加独立，更加有责任感。
j: he feels a responsibility to wake his generation, which he feels has been bred to be dependent - which means raised to rely on other people too much.
y: 对，就是太依赖别人，比如太依赖父母，朋友或周围的人。
yemi: a lot of the stuff that i write has more to do with waking up my generation. i feel like we''ve been a generation that''s been bred to be dependent.
y: 下面我们请yemi来朗读一段他的诗歌。
j: now, you may not understand all the words in his poem ...
y: 如果你听不懂不要紧，只要去感觉就可以了。
yemi:
nfact, what is this we call rap?
intertwining words through instruments, instrumentals to your mental.
weaving and bobbing through notes with verbs,
is it just that simple?
hallelujah is powerful happiness over the people. but you aint gettin'' it.
y''all too busy searching for a hero.
yes, yes. y''all too busy searching for a hero.
influenced by high definition reflections,
raised by idle hands all you found was zero.
''cause y''all too busy searchin'' for a hero.
y: 希望大家希望yemi的这首诗，也谢谢大家收听美语咖啡屋。
j: and now we''ll leave american cafe with the rest of yemi''s poem, stop waiting.
yemi:
time to get it together, gather them thoughts.
mike check one, mike check two, mike check...
now in tune to the central nervous system''s main board.
elevate that mind (stop hating.)
elevate that mind (stop faking.)
elevate that mind.
you be the leader, the preacher, the hero.
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