المحادثات اليومية لمتعلمي اللغة الانجليزية: تقاليد عيد الميلاد المجيد [تسجيل صوتي]

ستة طلاب من حول العالم يجتمعون. ما هي القواسم المشتركة بينهم؟ إنهم جميعًا طلاب تبادل يدرسون في إحدى الجامعات الأميركية لفصل دراسي واحد. طوال الفصل الدراسي، يتعلم هؤلاء المزيد من اللغة الإنجليزية، ويتعلمون عن الثقافة الأميركية، ويتعلمون المزيد عن حقول دراستهم.

تدور هذه السلسلة من المحادثات اليومية حول هؤلاء الطلاب الستة وتجاربهم خلال فصل دراسي في إحدى الجامعات في الولايات المتحدة، هذه المحادثات لمتعلمي اللغة الإنجليزية من المستوى المتوسط أو أعلى من ذلك.

في محادثة اليوم الطالب بيتر يتحدث عن العادات والتقاليد التي تتبعها عائلته خلال موسم الأعياد.

Peter: Lee, what are your plans for the winter break?

Lee: Ajay and I were invited to Alan’s house for the break. How about you? You’re going to volunteer at a school, right?

Peter: That’s right. But first I’m going to go home and spend Christmas with my family. It’s an important holiday for my family. We have lots of Christmas traditions.

Lee: Interesting. Like what?

Peter: Well, one of our traditions is also a tradition for some families in the U.S. — the Advent calendar.

Lee: What’s that?

Peter: It’s like a large card, with a picture on it. There’s also a small opening with a door for each day in December, up until Christmas. And each day, you open one of the doors. The best part is that behind the door is a piece of chocolate.

Lee: It’s a calendar with chocolate? That’s the best kind of calendar.

Peter: Some of them only have pictures, but my family gets the ones with chocolate. Another tradition is the Christmas market. In the local squares, there’s a market that sells food, drinks and local crafts.

Lee: That sounds great. I think there are some places in the U.S. that have Christmas markets too.

Peter: One different tradition is that we open presents on Christmas Eve. In the U.S., people usually open presents on Christmas.

والآن فلنراجع المفردات الانجليزية المستخدمة في محادثة اليوم.

A winter break (العطلة الشتوية) is a period of vacation between semesters of college or other schools that includes the winter holidays, such as New Year’s Day.

To volunteer (متطوع )  means to offer to do something without being paid to do it or without being asked.

Christmas (عيد الميلاد المجيد) (also Christmas Day) is a holiday of Christian origin that is recognized by many people in the United States, as well as in other parts of the world. It is celebrated on December 25. Some traditions of Christmas include decorating a Christmas tree, giving and receiving gifts, and spending time with family and friends.

A tradition (تقليد أو عرف) is a belief, custom or way of doing something that has been used by a particular group of people for a long time.

An Advent calendar (رزنامة العد التنازلي حتى حلول عيد الميلاد المجيد) is a large decorated card used to count down the days until Christmas. For each day in December, up until Christmas, there is a small opening with a door. Children open one door each day. Behind each door is a picture or piece of chocolate.

A Christmas market (سوق بضائع عيد الميلاد المجيد) is a street market where food, drink and products are bought and sold. These markets sell traditional food and drink for Christmas as well as local crafts. They are set up and open during the Christmas season.

In the conversation, a square (ساحة أو ميدان) means an open area in a town or city, often in the shape of a square (a shape with four equal sides).

Local (محلّي): belonging to or relating to a particular area or place.

Crafts (صناعات يدوية) are objects that are skillfully made by hand.

Christmas Eve (عشية عيد الميلاد المجيد) is December 24, the day before Christmas Day.

هل أنت جاهز لتعلم المزيد في اللغة الإنجليزية؟ إليك ما تحتاج إليه عبر موقعنا.