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聖誕燈就開始在名流之間流行起來。不過，一直到一九三○年代，聖誕燈才取代了蠟燭，(Music).Hi,everyone.MerryChristmas.And etoStudioClassroomWorldwide.MynameisSteve.ThanksforjoiningusthisChristmasDay.Onthis,themostimportantofWesternholidays,wewanttotakeastepbackintimeandlookatoneofthemostpowerfulsymbolsofChristmas:light.Let’slearnmoreaboutChristmaslightsafterwecheckinontheWordBankwherewefindtheverb:celebrate.EventhoughSam’sbirthdaywasonThursday,we’regoingtocelebrateitonSaturday.Nextistheword:household,asin:Therearefivepeopleinourhousehold,includingmygrandma,parents,sisterandme.Friends,lightshavebeenapartofChristmasforhundredsofyears.ButtheconceptoflighthasbeenapartofChristmasforovertwothousandyears.Let’slearnmoreonpageforty-fiveinyourmagazines.ChristmasLights.LightshavelitupChristmastreesforfivecenturies.ThefirstChristmaslightwasastar.ThestoryofJesus’birthlsofastarthatguidedtheWiseMentohisbirthce.Today,peopleuselightstocelebratethefirstChristmas.SomebelievethatMartinLuther,aGermanpriest,wasthefirsttoputlightsontrees.Aboutfivecenturiesago,hewasadmiringthestars.TheoutdoorsceneofstarsandevergreentreesinspiredhimtodecoratehisChristmastreewithcandles.Soon,householdsacrossGermanywerengthesame.Hi,friends.MerryChristmas.We’resogladthatyoudecidedtojoinusonChristmasDay.I’mEsther.AndI’mChelsea.Andyes,avery,veryMerryChristmastoyou.Wehaveaspecialarticleforyoutoday.IloveChristmasformanyreasons.Andoneofthe...thereasonsIreallyloveitisforthebeautyoftheChristmaslights.Andthat’swhatwe’retalkingabouttoday.LightshavelitupChristmastreesforfivecenturies.Nowacenturyisonehundredyears,soyoucandothemath.Ifyouhavefivecenturies,thatwouldbefivehundredyearsofChristmaslights.Right.Butwe’regoingtobetalkingaboutthehistoryofChristmaslights.Andinfact,thefirstChristmaslightwasastar.Itwasn’tactuallyalight,anelectriclight.Itwasastarinthesky.NowasmuchasIloveChristmaslightsandthey’reoneofmyfavoritepartsoftheChristmasstory,thisnextpartisdefiniymyfavoritepartoftheChristmasstory.It’sastoryofJesus’birth.AndthisstorylsofastarthatguidedWiseMentohisbirthce.SomeofyoumightbefamiliarwiththestoryofJesusuh,thatwecanreadintheBible,andtheWiseMenwerethreemenwhofollowedastartofindwherethebabyJesuswasborn.Sotheyfollowedthelight.Andtoday,peopleuselightstocelebratethatveryfirstChristmastorememberthatveryfirststarthatledtheWiseMen.Soifwecelebratesomething,Esther,whatareweng?We’rengsomethingenjoyabletoshowthataneventisspecial.Forexample,duringChristmastime,peoplewillexchangegiftsorputupaChristmastreeandsingChristmascarols,haveafamilydinnertocelebrateChristmas.ThatsoundslikealotoffunandtherewerealotofcelebrationsgoingonthatfirstChristmas.NowsomepeoplebelievethatamannamedMartinLuther-heisaGermanpriest.Theybelievethathewasactuallythefirstonetoputlightsontrees.Thiswould’vebeenalongtimeago,fivecenturiesoraswesaidearlier,fivehundredyearsago.Hehappenedtobeoutsideadmiringthestars.NowIcanrelatewiththis.WhereIcomefrominAmericaithasveryopenskies,andwecanlookupandseethebeautifulstarsandyoujustfeelinspiredandit’ssobeautiful.MartinLutherseemstohavedonethesamething.Hesawthesebeautifulstarsandwhatdidhedo?Well,hedecidedtoya...putcandlesonlights.AndtheoutdoorsceneofthestarsandtheevergreentreesinspiredhimtodecoratehisChristmastreewithcandles.Nowevergreentreesaretreesthatstaygreenallfourseasonsoftheyear.Theyareevergreen.They’renotlikeothertreeswhoseleaveswillfallandtheywillchangecolors.SohestartedputtingcandlesonthetreestoremindhimofthestarsandalsotocelebrateChristmas.SoMartinLuthermayhavebeenthefirstonetocomeupwiththisideaofputtinglightsontrees.Butsoonenough,householdsacrossGermanywerengthesame.Nowahouseholdisjustanotherwordforallofthepeoplewholivetogetherinonehouse.NowIdon’tknowifmaybetheyhappenedtoseeMartinLuther’sChristmastreemaybeinhiswindowwithallthebeautifullightsonit.Andtheythoughtitwasbeautifultooandsopeoplestartedcopyingthatsameidea.Andsoon,peoplealloverGermanywerengthesamething.TheyallhadevergreentreeswithbeautifulcandleslightingthemupatChristmastime.NowEsther,IlovetoputlightsonmyChristmastreeeveryChristmas.Howaboutyou?Ididtoo.AndIlikeithowtherearesomanydifferenttypesoflightsavailable.Thereareyellowlightsanddifferentcolorsoflightsandevenlightsthatymusic,andyoucansetthetimerandtheycangoonindifferenttimes.Andthisisjustagreatwaytohelpusremind...remindourselvesofthefirstChristmas,thestarsthatlitthewayfortheWiseMenastheywenttoseebabyJesus.Whenweseethoselights,let’sthinkaboutthesestarsandlet’strytobebrightandshinelikethesestarsaswell.Solightsonatreearedefiniyverybeautiful.AndwehaveMartinLuthertothankforthisveryfirsttraditionofanevergreentreeoraChristmastreeandputtinglightsonit.Well,rightnowwearegoingtogotoaskitandthentakeabreak.Butstaywithusbecausewhenwecomeback,we’llbelookingmoreatthistraditionofChristmaslightsontrees.We’llseeyousoon.ThanksforhelmeputuptheChristmaslights.IthinkChristmaslightsaresobeautiful.Ithinksotoo.ButChristmaslightscanbedangerous.Wait.Candlestendtocausefires.Butelectriclightsaresafe,right?Evenelectriclightscangethotenoughtocatchotherdecorationsonfire.Sotheyaredangerous.Don’tworry.IknowsomesafetytipsaboutusingChristmaslights.Uh,whatsafetytips?Choosetherightlights-lightsthathavebeenapprovedbyareputabletestinglaboratory.ButhowdoIknowthat?Itwilllyouonthepackage.Oh,yes.Andchoosesmallminilights.Theydon’tgetashotasthebiggerones.Acoolerlightisasaferlight.That’sright.Inspecteachsetoflightsfordamage-oldlightsandnewlights.WhatifInoticebarewiresordamagedparts?Don’tusethem.Oh.Whatifalightburnsout?Oh,receitrightawaywiththesamekindofbulb.AndwhatifIwantlightsoutside?Useoutdoorlightsonly.Checkthepackage.Andwhenyouleaveorgotobed,besuretoturnthelightsoff.Oh,thankyou.Thosearegreatsafetytips.Hahaha.Nowlet’sputupthelight.OK.Oh,and...andonemorething.Uh,yes?What’sthat?Becarefulwhengoinguptheladder.(Music).eback,everyone.TodaydayisChristmasDay.MerryChristmas!Andtohelpuscelebratethisholiday,wearediscussinganimportantsymbolofChristmas:light.ChristmaslightsaremorethanjustadecorationusedtogetusintheChristmasspirit.Lighthasdeepmeaning.Andamongotherthings,itrepresentshopeandjoy.OurWordBankhastwomorespecialwordsforthisportionofthelesson.Firstistheverb:tend.Marytendstomakeexcuseswhenshehasdonesomethingwrong.Nextisanotherverb:twinkle,asin:Lookatallthelovelystarstwinklinginthenightsky.Nowpleasereturntopageforty-fiveaswewrapupthereadingonlinetwelve.ChristmasLights.Whilebeautiful,thecandlestendedtocausefires.In1882,EdwardJohnson,whoworkedforThomasEdison,gotanidea.Heputastrainof80smallelectriclightsonhisChristmastree.Thetreewasahugeattraction,andelectriclightsbecameatrendamongtherich.However,theydidn’trececandlesuntilthe1930s.Bythen,electricitywaswidespreadandpeoplecouldaffordthelights.Today,Christmaslightsdecoratemorethanjusttrees.Thelightstwinkleonhomes,stores,churchesandevenlightpoles.Thefestivelightsremindpeopleoftheseason’smeaningandjoy.We’vebeentalkingaboutMartinLutherandhowmanypeoplebelievethathewasthefirsttoputlightsonChristmastrees.HeputcandlesonChristmastree.Andweseethatwhilebeautiful,thecandlestendedtocausefires.Nowwe’lltalkmoreaboutthesentence.Butfirst,let’sgotoLizandseewhatshehastosayaboutitonGrrontheGo.o,friends.Howareyou?MynameisLiz.Andit’stimeforGrrontheGo.It’sChristmasandyoucancertainlyseeChristmaslightshereandtherenotonlyinthehousebutalsoontheoutside,likemyfriend’shousehererightbehindme.HavinglightsallaroundforChristmashasbeenthetraditionforfivecenturies,startingwiththeuseofcandlesinGermany.Butasourarticlestates:Whilebeautiful,thecandlestendedtocausefires.That’sourgrrtipsentencefortoday.Andourfocuswillbeontheword:while.Youprobablyknowitasaconjunctionthatmeans”atthesametime,”like:PleasehaveaseatwhileIgetyousomecoffee.Butinthiscaseoftoday’ssentence,”while”isaconjunction,butitdoesnotmean”atthesametime”.Instead,itmeans”although”.Soanotherwaytosaytoday’ssentencewouldbe:Althoughthey’rebeautiful,thecandlestendedtocausefires.Thisuseof”while”tomean”although”ismostoftenfoundininformalspeakingsituations.It’sagreatwaytoshowcontrastifyouputitatthebeginningofthesentence.Forexample:Whilethedoctorthinksit’sbettertohavetheoperation,Paulbelieveshisbodyisstrongenoughtorecoveronitsown.Or:Whileshemaynotlikeherschedulethissemester,Susandoesenjoyherclassesverymuch.That’sitfortoday’sgrrtip.Thanksagainforjoiningmehere.MerryChristmas.AndIhopetoseeyouagainsoon.Untilthen,thisisLizwithGrrontheGosigningoff.Bye-bye.(Music).Thankyou,Liz.NowthiswasaquestionthatIhadrightfromthestart.Ifthey’reputtingcandlesontrees,isn’tthatdangerousbecauseitcouldcausefires.Well,ourtextlsusthatitwasdangerousbecausethesecandlestendedtocausefires.Nowthatword”tended,”itjustmeanstheyhadatendencyortheywerelikelytocausefires.Sothere’sagoodchancethatifyouputcandlesand...andlightthecandlesonyourChristmastree,youmighthaveafireinyourhome.Fortunay,someonecameupwithavery,verygoodideatocutbackonthesefires.Whowouldthatbe,Esther?Yes.This ’snameisEdwardJohnson.AndhewassomeonewhoworkedforThomasEdison.Hethoughtofthisideain1882.Andwhatdidhedo?Well,heputastringof80smallelectriclightsonhisChristmastree.AndIknowhegotthisideafromThomasEdison.uh,becauseThomasEdisonwasactuallythe whoinventedtheelectriclightbulb.Sohegotthisidea-let’smaketheselightselectricinsteadofcandles.Theywon’tbesodangerous.Andhewasright.Notonlyweretheynotasdangerousbuttheyendedupbeingahugeattraction.Manypeoplereallylikedthemandthoughttheseelectriclightswerebeautiful.Andtheybecameatrendamongtherich.Nowatrendwouldbethecurrentpopularstyle.Butyou’llnoticetheyonlybecameatrendamongtherich.Youhavetorememberthatatthistime,electricityinhomesstillwasnotverywidespread.Itstillwasn’tineverybody’shomebecauseitwasbrand-newanditwassoveryexpensive.SoonlyifyouhadalotofmoneywereyouabletoaffordelectricityandthereforehavesomeelectricChristmaslightsatyourhome.Right.Anditwasanattraction,I’msure.Housesordepartmentstoresorceswherepeoplehadelectriclightsontrees.Peoplewouldgoandstandbythetreeandspendalongtimelookingatbeautifultrees.SotheelectriclightsonChristmastrees,theydidnotrececandlesuntiltheearly1930s.Andthisiswhenelectricitybegan...begantobemoreavailabletothecommonpeople,anditwasn’tasexpensive.That’sright.Electricity,asyourtextsays,becamemorewidespread.Thatmeansthatitwasreachingmoreandmorepeople,somorepeoplecouldactuallyaffordthelightsbecausemorepeoplehadelectricityintheirhomes.Nowtoday,Christmaslightsdecoratemorethanjusttrees.NowoneofmyfavoritethingstodoatChristmastimeuh,backhomeistodrivearoundoncethesungoesdownandit’sdarkoutsidebecauselightstwinkleeverywhere.Andifalighttwinkles,whatdoesthatmean?Itmeansthatitisshiningbrighterandthenthelightgetsalittleweaker.Andit’sasifit’sshininginawaythatmakesitkindofalive,andlightstwinkleortheyshineverybrightlynotjustin...onChristmastreesbutalsoonhomes,stores,churches,andevenlightpoles.IrememberwhenIlivedinCanada,itwassofunduringChristmastime.BybeginningofDecember,peoplewouldputuplightsin...inourlittlecommunitywherewelived.Eventhewhitepoleshaveredlightsaroundthem.Andtheylooklike...theylooklikeshiningcandycanes.SotheselightslillytwinkleallovertheceatChristmastime.AndasIwassaying,IliketodrivearoundinmycarbackhomeinAmericaoncethesungoesdownandjustdriveupanddownstreetsandseeallthebeautifullightsonpeople’shomesandthelightsthatareliningthestreets.AndevensometimespeoplewillhavetheirChristmastreesintheirfrontwindows,andyoucanseetheirtreesdecoratedjustbeautifully.Andasweknow,thesefestivelightsremindpeopleoftheseason’smeaningandjoythatwetalkedaboutatthebeginningofourarticle,thatveryfirstChristmasinthatveryfirststarthatledtheWiseMentothebabyJesus.We’restillcelebratingthattodaythroughourChristmaslights.MerryChristmasandhopeyouwillhaveawonderfulChristmas.Let’svisittoday’sChat etotheChatRoom.We’regladtohaveVickieinour...today.Hi,Vickie.Hi,Ken.Hi,everyone.It’sgreattobehere.SoKen,whatquestiondoyouhaveformetoday?Well,inourlessontoday,wereadelectriclightsbecameatrendamongtherich.Nowthatsentenceseems plete.Therichwhat?Therichpeople.Thenwhyis”people”leftout?Ah,becausetherichhereisusedasanounphrase.Whenweputthedefinitearticle”the”infrontofanadjectivedescribingagroupofpeople,theresultingphrasecanactasanoun.Sowecantalkabouttherich,thepoor,theoppressedthehomeless,thelonely,etc..Soaretheycollectiveno