高中英語(yǔ)Unit5Canada-“TheTrueNorth”英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)暢談世界文化之加拿大-Mapleleaf楓葉素材新人教版必修3

1、高中英語(yǔ)Unit5Canada_“TheTrueNorth”英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)暢談世界文化之加拿大_Mapleleaf楓葉素材新人教版必修3高中英語(yǔ)Unit5Canada_“TheTrueNorth”英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)暢談世界文化之加拿大_Mapleleaf楓葉素材新人教版必修3高中英語(yǔ)Unit5Canada_“TheTrueNorth”英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)暢談世界文化之加拿大_Mapleleaf楓葉素材新人教版必修3英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)暢談世界文化之加拿大：Maple Leaf楓葉M: Man W: WomanM：男人 W：女人M: Well, Susan， it seems that you have gone green!M:哎,

2、蘇珊，你好像很環(huán)保嘛！Yes， Im trying to redecorate using a natural theme。 You know， trees， plants and flowers。W：是的，我想試著用自然的主題重新裝修,就是用樹(shù)木、植物和花.M： Have you thought of using the maple leaf?M：你有沒(méi)有想過(guò)用楓葉？W： Isnt that on the Canadian flag? Oh， thats why you suggested it. Because you are Canadian！W：是加拿大國(guó)旗卜的楓葉嗎？哦，因?yàn)槟闶羌幽?/p>

3、大人，所以才會(huì)這么建議。M： Thats true。 But the maple leaf has a very special history. Its more than just our flagM：你說(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò).不過(guò)楓葉的歷史很特別，不只是跟我們的國(guó)旗有關(guān)。W： OK， what else is it used for？ Just maple syrup， which we put on our breakfast pancakes？w：好了，那它還有什么用?就是我們?cè)绮团浼屣灣缘哪欠N楓蜜吧？M: Not only that. Well before the coming of the

4、first European settlers, Canadas native People had discovered the food properties of maple sap, which they gathered ever spring. According to many historians， the maple leaf began to serve as a Canadian symbol as early as 1700M：不只這些。在第一批歐洲移民者來(lái)到這兒之前，加拿大的當(dāng)?shù)厝司桶l(fā)現(xiàn)了楓樹(shù)液的食用特性,他們每個(gè)春天都去采集。根據(jù)很多歷史學(xué)家的說(shuō)法,早在1700年楓

5、葉就成了加拿大的標(biāo)志。W： Thats a long time ago. I read that in 1957, the colour of the maple leaves on the arms of Canada was changed from green to red， one of Canadas official colours。w:那是很早以前的事r.我了解過(guò)1957年加拿大國(guó)徽上的楓葉從綠色改為紅色，這是加拿犬官方使用的顏色之一。M: Yes, so nowadays we have a red maple leaf The maple leaf used to appea

6、r on all of our coins too, but nowadays its only on the PennyM：沒(méi)錯(cuò),如今我們有了紅色的楓葉。過(guò)去楓葉也出現(xiàn)在我們所有的硬幣上，但現(xiàn)在只印在分幣上。W: Yes， I still have some of the Canadian coins you gave me。 The modem one-cent piece has two maple leaves on a common twig.W:是的,我還有一些你給我的加拿大硬幣?，F(xiàn)在一分的硬幣圖案是一個(gè)枝權(quán)上的兩片楓葉.M: Thats right。 They havent re

7、ally changed that one in years， its been the same since 1937, I think。M:是這樣。真的，這些年一分硬幣沒(méi)有什么變化，我想從1937年以來(lái)一直就沒(méi)有變。W: What about the National Anthem？ I mean， in England we sing about our Queen， do you sing about the maple leaf？w：那國(guó)歌呢？我是說(shuō)在英國(guó)我們歌頌女王,你們歌頌楓葉嗎？M: We do indeed。 Alexander Muir wrote The Maple Le

8、af Forever as Canadas confederation song in 1867； it was regarded as the national song for several decades.M：的確是這樣.1867年,亞歷山大繆爾寫(xiě)了一首歌1：永遠(yuǎn)的楓葉作為聯(lián)邦歌曲，人們把這首歌當(dāng)作加拿大國(guó)歌長(zhǎng)達(dá)數(shù)十年。W: Oh, I see。 It seems funny to sing about a leaf though。 But nowadays you sing O， Canada ! Dont you？w:哦,我明白了?？勺?歌唱楓葉似乎有點(diǎn)奇怪。不過(guò)現(xiàn)在你們唱啊，加拿

9、大!是不是？M: Yes， we do. I guess sin9ng about a leaf is a little strange。M：是的，我們是唱這首歌。我覺(jué)得歌唱一片楓葉的確有點(diǎn)不可思議。W：Well, I think I like the original green one better and the colour blends well with the others Ive used。 Thanks for the great decorating tip， I will use the maple leaf for sure.W:好了，我想我更喜歡原本的綠色，這個(gè)顏色和我用過(guò)的其他顏色搭配得非常好.謝謝你給我提了這么好的裝修建議，我肯定會(huì)用楓葉的。【單詞詞組講解】Go green變得環(huán)保seems funny似乎很奇怪，滑稽maple syrup楓蜜maple up楓樹(shù)液blends well搭配得好【背景介紹】楓樹(shù)是加拿大的國(guó)樹(shù)，也是加拿大民族的象征，代表了加拿大人對(duì)楓葉的喜愛(ài)。加拿大境內(nèi)多楓樹(shù)，每到秋天，滿山遍野的楓葉或呈橘黃,或顯嫣紅，宛如一堆