Unit 30
Buying Christmas presents
海外生活/文化融入
Oversea life/Understanding culture
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
What was you most favorite Christmas gift that you have received? Why is it your favorite?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. fed up (adj.) 厭煩、受夠了
I am so fed up receiving t-shirts as gifts.
我非常討厭收到T卹作為禮物。
2. never-ending (adj.) 不停的，無限的
My love for you is never-ending.
我對你的愛永無止境。
3. cousins (n.) 堂兄弟姊妹;表兄弟姊妹
Mark and Joy are my cousins.
馬克和喬伊是我的表弟。
4. secretaries (n.) 秘書
I am going to hire 2 secretaries.
我要雇用2名秘書。
5. babysitters (v.) 保姆
I need to hire babysitters for my 2 kids.
我需要為我的2個孩子僱用保姆。
6. commercialized (v.) 商業化
Most jewelries nowadays are commercialized.
如今，大多數珠寶都已商品化。
7. acceptable (adj.) 可接受的
Spending too much money is not acceptable.
花太多錢是不可接受的。
8. end up (phr.) 最後吃, 津津有味地吃
How did you end up here?
你是怎麼到這裡來的？
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
God, I hate the holidays.
天哪，我討厭這些節日。
Me too. I’m completely fed up with having to get gifts for everyone.
我也是。 我完全受夠了必須給每個人都買禮物。
It seems like the list is never-ending. Cousins, secretaries, babysitters, etc. It’s just gotten so commercialized since I was a kid.
看起來那購物單像是無窮無盡的一樣。 表親啦，秘書啦，小保姆等等等等。 從我小時侯到現在這些年，耶誕節變得太商業化了。
It really has. I wish it were acceptable to only get things for immediate family. What did you end up getting your parents?
確實是這樣。 真希望只給直系親屬買東西就夠了。 你到底給你爸媽買了什麼？
I framed a few of my favorite pictures of our family for them and got them gift certificates for massages.
我找了幾張我最喜歡的家庭合影，用相框裱了起來送給他們。 還買了幾張按摩的禮品券。
See! That’s what the holidays should be about – simple gifts that show love.
看！ 這才是節日的真諦，簡單而能傳達愛意的禮物。
What did you get your parents?
那你給你爸媽買了什麼？
I got my mom a pair of earrings and my dad a designer leather briefcase.
我給媽媽買了一對耳環，給我爸買了名牌皮公事包。。
What? What happened to “simple gifts that show love”?
剛才不是說「簡單而能傳達愛意的禮物」呢？
Well I’m not going to be cheap! They’re my parents after all!
我才不會那麼小氣！ 再怎麼說，他們也是我爸媽！。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
I’m completely ____ up with having to get gifts for everyone.
1.feed
2.fed
What did you get your ____________.
1.commercialized
2.parents
1. It seems like the list is ______.
A.never-ended
B.never ending
C.never-ending
D.never-end
2.Is it acceptable ____ me to dress like this to the wedding?
A.to
B.with
C.for
D.on
3.I’m completely fed up ____ having to get gifts for everyone.
A.in
B.to
C.with
D.on
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What gift would you like to give to your Parents? Why do you want to give that gift?
2.What gift would you like to give to your siblings? Why do you want to give that gift?
