850 | She is a bankable movie star. ★ bankable [.b..k.b（.）l] a. 叫座的
她是一个很有票房率的电影明星。
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He is a television star.
他是一个电视明星。
These three film stars seemed like old friends from the beginning.
从一开始，这三位电影明星看起来就一见如故。
The football star declined to answer the news writer’s question.
★ decline [di.klain] v. 拒绝
那位足球明星拒绝回答新闻记者的提问。
He is a very popular folk singer.
他是一位很受欢迎的民歌手。
Tom is a rising star.
汤姆是一个后起之秀。
.02.Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Show Biz 娱乐圈
① It’s amazing！ 真叫人惊叹！amazing：令人惊讶的。这个词常用在很惊叹的语气中，比如当你看到一幕非常精彩的演出时，精彩的都让你目瞪口呆的时候，你会瞪大双眼张大嘴说出一句 Amazing！ 太神奇了！
② He is perfect for it. 他演得很棒。perfect：完美的。perfect与ideal都有“理想，完美”之意。但perfect内在含义是“正合适的、最佳的、完全的、优秀的”，而ideal的理想不一定合
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Chapter 4 交际口语
适，有“想象的，空想的”含义。例如：The weather during our holiday was perfect. 我们度假时的天气好极了。
Thanksgiving Day 感恩节
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感恩节
Classic Sentences 经典句子
851 | Turkey is the centerpiece of Thanksgiving Day.
火鸡是感恩节的主菜。
852 | Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday in
November.
感恩节在11月的第4个星期四。
853 | Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
感恩节的日期每年不同。
854 | We invite her to have Thanksgiving dinner with us. 我们邀请她和我们一起吃感恩节晚餐。
855 | Thanksgiving parade is an annual event.
感恩节游行是一年一度的活动。
856 | Try some pumpkin pie， please.
请尝一点南瓜饼吧。
857 | Thanksgiving Day is round the corner.
感恩节快到了。
858 | Thanksgiving Day is a traditional American holiday. 感恩节是传统的美国节日。
859 | Turkey and pumpkin pie are the traditional Ameri-can foods served at Thanksgiving.
火鸡和南瓜饼是美国传统的感恩节食品。
860 | Let’s have pumpkin pie.
我们吃南瓜饼吧。
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I’m thinking of a thanksgiving feast.
我想组织一个感恩节宴会。
It is a harvest festival.
它是庆祝丰收的节日。
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Thanksgiving Day 感恩节
① You have a mind like a steel trap. 头脑转得真快。 steel trap指“捕获野兽的陷阱或铁夹”。据说这种铁夹十分灵敏，一触即合。所以， have a mind like a steel trap转喻指“头脑灵活”或“反应很快”。例如： He has a mind like a steel trap. He can remember a new word even if he meets it once. 他脑瓜特别好使。一个新单词他即使只见过一遍也能记得住。
Christmas Day 圣诞节
ChristmasDay
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圣诞节
Classic Sentences 经典句子
861 | What do people in Belgium do on Christmas Eve？在比利时人们都怎么过圣诞前夕？
862 | I do wish you a Merry Christmas. 祝你圣诞快乐。
863 | What does your family do on Christmas Day？ 你们家圣诞节那天做什么？
864 | Christmas Day was the day on which Christ was born.
圣诞节这一天是基督诞生的日子。 865 | Merry Christmas！ 圣诞快乐！ 866 | What are you going to do on Christmas？ 圣诞节打算做什么？ 867 | Did you send out all your Christmas cards in time？ 你的圣诞卡片都及时送出去了吗？ 868 | Is everything ready for the Christmas party？ 圣诞晚会一切都准备好了吗？ 869 | Christmas is a time of mirth， especially for children. 圣诞节是个快乐的日子，尤其是对孩子们。 870 | They decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel. 他们用亮金属片装饰圣诞树。
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The trains don’t run on Christmas Day.
圣诞节火车停驶。
Christmas Day falls on a Monday.
今年的圣诞节是星期一。
Shops are overcrowded before Christmas.
商店在圣诞节前非常拥挤。
Christmas is drawing near.
圣诞节越来越近了。
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Merry Christmas
Jean： Tom， how would you celebrate Christmas？
Kate： The Greens have invited me to stay with them
over Christmas. Jean： I guess you’ll experience a western-style
Christmas then？ Kate： I believe so. Maybe you can help. I’d like to bring
something with me. But I’m not sure. Jean： Have they got any children？ Kate： Two. I think. One’s 6 and the other’s a little
younger. Jean： Well， you can’t go wrong if you take a gift for
each of them. Wrap them up and put them
under the Christmas tree. Kate： What about for the parents？ Jean： Perhaps you can take something that everyone
could share. Kate： Such as？ Jean： Maybe a box of chocolates. They fit like a
Christmas Day 圣诞节
① They fit like a glove. 恰到好处。fit like a glove直译为“像手套一样的合适”，意指“恰到好处”或“非常合适”。当表示“不合适”时，英美人一般习惯用 not fit，而不能用 not fit like a glove来表示。例如： —How do you like the frame？.那个相框怎么样？
—It fits like a glove. It well matches with the
room decoration..
非常合适，与房间的装饰格调一致。