三段英语情景对话(电费、动物保护、传统节日).doc

1、1Jie: Yahoo这个词本来不是个什么好词。要标新立异的打招呼可以用：Hiya / Hola / Ahoy / Knock knock, Im back.Ling: Hi Jie. How was your day?Jie: Not bad. Ee? Where is Xiang?Ling: She went shopping with her boyfriend.Jie: All right.这是一种很正式的肯定，除非用很轻松的语气说。 Ling, Have you found our electric bills have been getting higher recently?Li

2、ng: Yes I have. I think we better keep eyes on it.Jie: I suppose some behaviors may cost electricity wasting unconsciously. For example, leaving lights on during the daytime, leaving screens on when we are not watching, as well as small indicators of some electric devices such as network routers and

3、 air conditioners, which also consume power unconsciously.Ling: Thats true. I think we should take some measures to solve the problem. What do you think?Jie: Firstly, we gotta use electricity wisely. For example, we should turn all lights off when leaving. And we can use the electric devices/equipme

4、nts with high energy efficiency. How about partly replacing the current devices/equipments?Ling: Turning lights off when we leave is feasible. But the latter is unworthy to do. coz it will cost more money for us. Instead, we can keep the fridge running low这种说法我没见过，你们自己看着办吧, or turn off all switches

5、when we are not at home. Jie: Maybe we can only do that from the little things.Maybe we can start from simple ones Ling: Exactly非常对, I believe we can save some energy by paying more attention to details.Jie: Ok! No problem! 2Jie: Ling, have you heard about the news that a woman was beaten just becau

6、se she was wearing a fur coat?Ling: To be honest, I am not shocked by the news. Do u know the organization World Animal Protection WAP?Jie: Yes, a little.Ling: WAP is an international non-profit公益组织 organization. It has been in operation /for over 30 years. It has started /several campaigns行动 /all o

7、ver the world/ to move the world to protect animals, /with the vision 理念of a world /where animals /can live free from suffering.没有伤害Jie: So the woman in fur皮草 enraged惹怒了 the radical极端的 animal lovers. Now, the economy is developed, but there are still some people of low quality. They use animals not

8、only for clothing, but for foods.Ling: Right. Some people eat /wild animals, such as snakes, dogs, insects, monkeys，mouses and so on. If we think /the way of other /when we live in wild as animals, which will be horrible.太可怕Jie: Sure. Think about the wild animals, they could be wild and they are rar

9、e and precious. From the point of view of people, consumption of artificial breeding livestock and poultry is a matter of course. But to eat wild animals, especially endangered animals, it is very cruel and unforgivable.Ling: I agree with u. We should be rational理智. We can eat meat from barn animals

10、 but /not wild ones.Jie: That is right. I think our country should make some laws to protect wild animals. In recent years, the European Union made it illegal to trade wild animals products. So in European, you can not buy or sell wild animals.Ling: I also look forward to/ making laws /to protect wi

11、ld animals/ and improve the public awareness意识/ of wildlife protection.Jie: Yes, I totally agree with you.3Ling: Jie, Today, Lets talk about one Chinese traditional festival and its customs. How many traditional festivals do you know?Jie: Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. There are a l

12、ot of traditional Chinese Festivals.Ling: Whats your favorite one？Jie: DragonBoatFestival. The fifth day of the fifth month in our Chinese lunar calendar, has had a history of more than 2000 years derived from 2000 years ago. It is usually in June in the solar calendar.Ling: Right. Our people have n

13、oticed /the importance of intangible cultural heritage 非遗and made efforts to protect them.Jie: The origin of the summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Qu Yuan. He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfav

14、or in the emperors court. Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Qu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Luo River. Ling, how many customs of Dragon Boat Festival do u know?Ling: Well, people were so sad / about the death of Qu/ that they rowed /bamboo rafts竹筏 to rescue抢救 him, and also

15、 threw sticky rice rolls 糯米团into the river to feed fishes, trying to stop them from eating Qus body. As we all know, the bamboo rafting has changed / to the dragon boat racing/ every year, and the sticky rice roll has become the popular traditional food, Zongzi.Jie: Do u know why children wear perfu

16、me satchel 香囊on the Dragon Boat Festival?Ling: Because elders 老人believe that can keep away from devils辟邪. Have you heard about the realgar 雄黄酒wine?Jie: Yeah. This custom drinking realgar wine is very popular in the Yangtze river area.Ling: I also know that /washing all diseases疾病 /is popular in Guizhou province /on Dragon-Boat festival. Some people go swimming as well. What other customs do u