A Kiss under the Christmas Tree 圣诞树下之吻
[audio]http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/bbc/on_the_town/assets_8021655/bbc_ott_119_christmas_tree_101216_ott_119_christmas_tree_audio_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 大家好，欢迎收听《都市掠影》节目。我是王飞。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] And I'm Alice. Wang Fei, today we're talking about a very special Christmas tree in London. It's an interactive Christmas tree.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] Interactive Christmas tree, 互动圣诞树。What is it?[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Well it's also called the Kissing Christmas Tree. Let's hear from Fay who works with this special Christmas tree. Pay attention to two words before you listen. Plinth...[/p][float=right]
[p=30, 2, left][img=0,170]http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/bbc/onthetown/attachement/jpg/site1/20101217/00221910993f0e7533b519.jpg[/img][/p][p=30, 2, left]When the couple are kissing under the Christmas tree, it lights up.[/p]
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[p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 底座、平台。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] And mistletoe...[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] Mistletoe 槲寄生，是一种植物的名字。[/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Fay: Every year, Covent Garden has a big Christmas tree but this year we have the interactive Christmas tree! This tree works by – we get couples, or friends, or whoever, to come up onto the plinth under the mistletoe and we get each of them to hold a bit of mistletoe and when they kiss the tree lights up! It's very magical.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] This Christmas tree is interactive because when two lovers kiss under the mistletoe below the Christmas tree, the tree lights up.[/p]
[float=right][indent][p=30, 2, left]We get each of them to hold a bit of mistletoe and when they kiss the tree lights up! It's very magical.[/p][/indent][p=30, 2, right]Fay, staff at Covent Garden[/p]
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[p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 当情侣在树下接吻的时候，圣诞树就会被点亮。真是太浪漫了。But Alice, what's the meaning of kissing under the mistletoe?[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]Well kissing under the mistletoe is a Christmas custom. Mistletoe plants have little white berries. And they're thought to be the seeds of love.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] Mistletoe 槲寄生的白色浆果被认为是爱情的种子 the seeds of love.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]So kissing under the mistletoe is a symbol of love and romance.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 所以在槲寄生枝叶下接吻，是一个很浪漫的圣诞风俗。Ben 和 Jo 是来自英国 Sheffield 的一对儿年轻人, 他们对这棵互动圣诞树非常感兴趣。[/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Ben: Yeah, it is interesting, yeah, because I didn't realise that it sent electricity through you to light up the tree. I thought maybe you just stepped on a pressure plate and it switched the tree on.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Jo: We should give it a go. Let's give it a go.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Man: Let's do it. Let's do it.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]Ben is very surprised that it sends electricity through the kissers and lights up the tree.[/p][float=right][indent][p=30, 2, left]It is interesting, yeah, because I didn't realise that it sent electricity through you to light up the tree.[/p][/indent][p=30, 2, right]Ben from Sheffield[/p]
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[p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 通过两个人的接吻，接通电路，然后点亮树上的灯。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]So they've decided to give it a go.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] Give it a go! 尝试一下！[/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Fay: Right, you use that hand on there and you use that hand on that one. And then kiss towards the front so they can get a good picture.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i](People cheering)[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Ben: You don't feel any electricity. Obviously kissing my girlfriend is kind of nice.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Jo: It's good. It's like magic.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]Ben says he can't feel any electricity.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] Ben 没有感觉到电流。因为这棵树的电流是非常安全的。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] His girlfriend Jo says it's like magic.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] It's like magic. 像魔术一般。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] There are many people kissing under this Christmas tree every day. Let's hear from more of them.[/p][p=30, 2, left][i](kissing sound and laughter)[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Fay: That's beautiful![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Man: We have a short (short circuit) already![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i](How do you feel?)[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Man: Wonderful! If you are in love you always feel wonderful![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Woman: I've never kissed a man before under the mistletoe, so it's special for me![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]: [/b]The two people we just heard are an old couple in their 50s, and they might be tourists from another country.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] So they would like to take this special opportunity to kiss under the mistletoe.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Yes, and they had a wonderful romantic kiss under the Christmas tree. The man said if you are in love you always feel wonderful.[/p][float=right][indent][p=30, 2, left]Wonderful! If you are in love you always feel wonderful![/p][/indent][p=30, 2, right]A tourist[/p]
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[p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 如果你们相爱，你们总会觉得非常美妙。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Let's hear from another girl talking about her kiss under the mistletoe.[/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Woman: It was romantic, it was cute. It's a good idea, it's innovative. It's definitely in the Christmas spirit, with love and charity and Christmas lights and romance. So yeah, definitely![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] She's very excited, isn't she?[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] She wants to use all the beautiful words to describe this wonderful moment. Romantic -[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 浪漫的。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Cute -[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 可爱的。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Innovative -[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 有创意的。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] And it's definitely in the Christmas spirit.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] 绝对具有圣诞的感觉和心情。[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Alice[/b][b]:[/b] Well I hope you our listeners have also got a bit of the Christmas spirit from our programmes.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Wang Fei:[/b] I hope so. Before we go, let's hear some of the interviews again.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Both:[/b] Bye![/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Ben: You don't feel any electricity. Obviously kissing my girlfriend is kind of nice.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Jo: It's good. It's like magic.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Woman: It's definitely in the Christmas spirit.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Man: Wonderful! If you are in love you always feel wonderful![/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][b][/b][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]The snow may fall but I don't mind at all,[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]Because you keep me winter warm.[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]It's cold and wet but I won't get upset,[/i][/p][p=30, 2, left][i]With you, I'm always winter warm …[/i][/p][/font]
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