英語聽力頻道為大家整理的高中英語聽力材料：星期天，供大家參考:)
Sundays 星期天
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On a Sunday I usually take my dogs for a walk.
I get up really late, have bacon sandwiches, drink tea, read the papers.
Museums, galleries, stuff like that.
I like to go to the pub, I like to go to the cinema, I like to go to the theatre.
Andrea: Sundays... aaah. My favourite day of the week.
Jean: 沒錯(cuò)，星期天是個(gè)人人都喜歡的日子，在英國(guó)也不例外，就像剛才大家所聽到的，英國(guó)人在每周日都是很放松的，他們有的會(huì)帶自己的寵物狗去散步....
Andrea: Get up late and read the newspapers...
Jean: 還可以到英國(guó)眾多的影劇院和博物館里去盡情欣賞豐富的藝術(shù)作品。
Andrea: And of course there is the pub – always a favourite! Hello, I’m Andrea.
Jean: 大家好，我是董征。一位叫Jing的北京聽友給我們來信，詢問英國(guó)人在周末的周日里都喜歡做些什么事情。
Andrea: She noticed that shops close early in the UK on a Sunday and she wondered whether people get together with their families or simply watch television.
Jean: 所以為了回答Jing的問題，我們特地出去采訪了很多英國(guó)人，來了解一下他 們喜好的周日活動(dòng)和周日商店早關(guān)門的這個(gè)英國(guó)傳統(tǒng)。
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I understand that we’ve got this tradition that it's kind of a day of rest and all that kind of thing, but it would be great if the shops could stay open longer. Yeah, it'd be cool.
I wish they’d open earlier actually and close a lot later – cos yeah, they close at 4 or 5. So yeah, closing about 9 would be helpful for me.
I think it’s a good thing. I think everyone needs a bit of time off and yeah, we've lots of time to do shopping.
Andrea: So mixed views there about whether the shops should close early on Sundays. They close at about 4 or 5pm.
Jean: 很多人都認(rèn)為周日是個(gè)人人都該同等享受的公共假日a day of rest，包括商店?duì)I業(yè)員，不過，也有很多人希望在這個(gè)休息的日子里能夠去盡情購物。
Andrea: And then there are those people who agree that Sunday is a day to stop shopping and take some time off. To take some time off. To take a break.
Jean: 那么一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的英國(guó)周日又是個(gè)什么樣子呢？
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Watch football and drink beer, go to the pub for a Sunday lunch.
No-one I know goes to church but I suppose that is a traditional thing to do.
Housekeeping, car washing, kind of stock-taking I think on life. I think especially if you’re busy working in the week, it’s quite nice to kind of catch up with things.
Do some cooking, invite friends round.
The Sunday roast. Meat and potatoes, vegetables. Big family meal kind of thing.
Andrea: Well it is quite diverse. There are lots of different things that people like to do. It's diverse.
Jean: 有的人喜歡看球，不管是親身到賽場(chǎng)還是看電視；也有很多人喜歡去酒吧喝酒并在那里吃午餐a pub lunch.
Andrea: And then if you are religious, some people go to church.
Jean: 家務(wù)活– housekeeping 還有洗車car washing。剛才那位女士還說到了在這一天進(jìn)行一次人生盤點(diǎn)stocktaking 總結(jié)過去，計(jì)劃未來。
Andrea: And people really do love their Sunday roasts. Sunday roasts traditionally are beef or lamb with roast potatoes and vegetables. The Sunday roast. So what do you like to do on Sundays, Jean?
Jean: 能吃上一頓Sunday roast 英國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)星期天烤肉大餐當(dāng)然好，我自己就比較喜歡在這一天里多出去走走，而且第二天就要上班了，所以也盡量不會(huì)出去大吃大喝玩得太晚。
Andrea: I’m a bit like the one lady we spoke to. I do my washing and cleaning and use Sundays to catch up on all the boring things I haven’t been able to do during the week. But the question is: how important are Sundays as a day of leisure and rest?
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Well, I think if you think about how busy the week is for most people, you’ve gotta have time out at some point.
I think we take the traditions too seriously in the sense that we either think we should be doing them or we shouldn’t be doing them. There’s not the kind of relaxed tradition following like maybe you might get on the Continent, where people just have a family meal on a Sunday for the whole afternoon and that’s a tradition. But then it’s a tradition they just enjoy. Whereas we seem to attach a kind of importance to it.
Jean: 所以很多人都認(rèn)為周日這一天對(duì)于我們的心情與健康來說很重要?，F(xiàn)代生活如此忙碌，一定要每周給自己一點(diǎn)時(shí)間來放松充電。
Andrea: But the other man felt that British people take the tradition of Sundays too seriously.
Jean: 不過剛才說話的一位男士認(rèn)為英國(guó)人把他們這個(gè)周日的傳統(tǒng)看得太重了。在歐洲其他國(guó)家，比如在意大利，周日的家庭午餐要輕松很多，有的會(huì)全家邊吃邊聊消磨掉整個(gè)下午。而在英國(guó)，周日家庭午餐就要正式許多。
Andrea: I think I’m going to just enjoy the summer and go to the park.
Jean: 那么我們今天的節(jié)目就到這里了，那我們兩個(gè)也要和大家說再見了。So goodbye from both of us at BBC Learning English.
Andrea: Bye!
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1. diverse 種類繁多
2. pub lunch 英式酒館里的午餐
3. housekeeping 家務(wù)事，家政
4. stock-taking 思考總結(jié)
5. a day of rest 休息的一天
6. sunday roast 英國(guó)的周日烤肉大餐
Insert
On a Sunday I usually take my dogs for a walk.
I get up really late, have bacon sandwiches, drink tea, read the papers.
Museums, galleries, stuff like that.
I like to go to the pub, I like to go to the cinema, I like to go to the theatre.
Andrea: Sundays... aaah. My favourite day of the week.
Jean: 沒錯(cuò)，星期天是個(gè)人人都喜歡的日子，在英國(guó)也不例外，就像剛才大家所聽到的，英國(guó)人在每周日都是很放松的，他們有的會(huì)帶自己的寵物狗去散步....
Andrea: Get up late and read the newspapers...
Jean: 還可以到英國(guó)眾多的影劇院和博物館里去盡情欣賞豐富的藝術(shù)作品。
Andrea: And of course there is the pub – always a favourite! Hello, I’m Andrea.
Jean: 大家好，我是董征。一位叫Jing的北京聽友給我們來信，詢問英國(guó)人在周末的周日里都喜歡做些什么事情。
Andrea: She noticed that shops close early in the UK on a Sunday and she wondered whether people get together with their families or simply watch television.
Jean: 所以為了回答Jing的問題，我們特地出去采訪了很多英國(guó)人，來了解一下他 們喜好的周日活動(dòng)和周日商店早關(guān)門的這個(gè)英國(guó)傳統(tǒng)。
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I understand that we’ve got this tradition that it's kind of a day of rest and all that kind of thing, but it would be great if the shops could stay open longer. Yeah, it'd be cool.
I wish they’d open earlier actually and close a lot later – cos yeah, they close at 4 or 5. So yeah, closing about 9 would be helpful for me.
I think it’s a good thing. I think everyone needs a bit of time off and yeah, we've lots of time to do shopping.
Andrea: So mixed views there about whether the shops should close early on Sundays. They close at about 4 or 5pm.
Jean: 很多人都認(rèn)為周日是個(gè)人人都該同等享受的公共假日a day of rest，包括商店?duì)I業(yè)員，不過，也有很多人希望在這個(gè)休息的日子里能夠去盡情購物。
Andrea: And then there are those people who agree that Sunday is a day to stop shopping and take some time off. To take some time off. To take a break.
Jean: 那么一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的英國(guó)周日又是個(gè)什么樣子呢？
Insert
Watch football and drink beer, go to the pub for a Sunday lunch.
No-one I know goes to church but I suppose that is a traditional thing to do.
Housekeeping, car washing, kind of stock-taking I think on life. I think especially if you’re busy working in the week, it’s quite nice to kind of catch up with things.
Do some cooking, invite friends round.
The Sunday roast. Meat and potatoes, vegetables. Big family meal kind of thing.
Andrea: Well it is quite diverse. There are lots of different things that people like to do. It's diverse.
Jean: 有的人喜歡看球，不管是親身到賽場(chǎng)還是看電視；也有很多人喜歡去酒吧喝酒并在那里吃午餐a pub lunch.
Andrea: And then if you are religious, some people go to church.
Jean: 家務(wù)活– housekeeping 還有洗車car washing。剛才那位女士還說到了在這一天進(jìn)行一次人生盤點(diǎn)stocktaking 總結(jié)過去，計(jì)劃未來。
Andrea: And people really do love their Sunday roasts. Sunday roasts traditionally are beef or lamb with roast potatoes and vegetables. The Sunday roast. So what do you like to do on Sundays, Jean?
Jean: 能吃上一頓Sunday roast 英國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)星期天烤肉大餐當(dāng)然好，我自己就比較喜歡在這一天里多出去走走，而且第二天就要上班了，所以也盡量不會(huì)出去大吃大喝玩得太晚。
Andrea: I’m a bit like the one lady we spoke to. I do my washing and cleaning and use Sundays to catch up on all the boring things I haven’t been able to do during the week. But the question is: how important are Sundays as a day of leisure and rest?
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Well, I think if you think about how busy the week is for most people, you’ve gotta have time out at some point.
I think we take the traditions too seriously in the sense that we either think we should be doing them or we shouldn’t be doing them. There’s not the kind of relaxed tradition following like maybe you might get on the Continent, where people just have a family meal on a Sunday for the whole afternoon and that’s a tradition. But then it’s a tradition they just enjoy. Whereas we seem to attach a kind of importance to it.
Jean: 所以很多人都認(rèn)為周日這一天對(duì)于我們的心情與健康來說很重要?，F(xiàn)代生活如此忙碌，一定要每周給自己一點(diǎn)時(shí)間來放松充電。
Andrea: But the other man felt that British people take the tradition of Sundays too seriously.
Jean: 不過剛才說話的一位男士認(rèn)為英國(guó)人把他們這個(gè)周日的傳統(tǒng)看得太重了。在歐洲其他國(guó)家，比如在意大利，周日的家庭午餐要輕松很多，有的會(huì)全家邊吃邊聊消磨掉整個(gè)下午。而在英國(guó)，周日家庭午餐就要正式許多。
Andrea: I think I’m going to just enjoy the summer and go to the park.
Jean: 那么我們今天的節(jié)目就到這里了，那我們兩個(gè)也要和大家說再見了。So goodbye from both of us at BBC Learning English.
Andrea: Bye!
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1. diverse 種類繁多
2. pub lunch 英式酒館里的午餐
3. housekeeping 家務(wù)事，家政
4. stock-taking 思考總結(jié)
5. a day of rest 休息的一天
6. sunday roast 英國(guó)的周日烤肉大餐