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Passage Two
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Christmas is one of those holidays which means very different things to different people.
不同的節日對不同人而言有著完全不同的意義，圣誕節就是其中之一。
It can be a spiritual time, a family time, a time for giving, a time for holding parties or a time for just over-eating... Most people find something to enjoy on Christmas, whether they are Christians or not. But hasn't Christmas in the consumer age become just a bit too big? And a lot too commercial?
在這段時間里，你可以讓心靈獲得休憩、可以與家人相聚、可以奉獻、可以開派對，或者僅僅飽餐一頓。無論是否是基督徒，多數人總會在圣誕節找到一些娛樂方式。但是在這個消費時代，圣誕節是否有些張揚？是否太過商業化？
I think so. The secret of a good Christmas is to be selective. Here is my personal list of the things Christmas would be infinitely better without. Let's get rid of...
我認為是的。過一個好圣誕節的秘訣在于有講究。這里有我個人的一張表，上面所列的東西如果不出現在圣誕節，那么這個節日一定會更好。我們應該去掉...
Plastic Christmas trees. Fussy people don't like trees that drop leaves on the carpet. Surely, in the age of vacuum cleaners, this is not a problem anymore. Worst of all are those plastic trees that come with their own decorations already attached, so depriving children of the great pleasure of hanging the decorations themselves. Replace with: real fir trees, from sustainable forests.
塑料圣誕樹。挑剔的人們并不喜歡會往地毯上掉葉子的樹。當然，現在有吸塵器以后，這已經不再是個問題了。最糟糕的是那些已經裝飾好的塑料圣誕樹，剝奪了孩子們親自懸掛飾品的樂趣。替代品：真正的杉樹，取材于可持續發展的森林。
Fairy lights that don't work. We have sent people to the moon. Computers have changed our lives. On the Internet, huge amounts of information travels all over the world at the speed of light. So it shouldn't be too difficult to put a few colored light bulbs in a row, so they last until New Year without breaking down. Replace with: candles.
不起作用的圣誕樹小彩燈。我們已經將人類送往了月球。電腦也已經改變了我們的生活。在網上，海量信息以光速在世界各地傳播著。所以把幾個小彩燈串在一起讓它們一直持續到新年并不是件難事。替代品：蠟燭。
TV. It's a fact that we spend more time in front of the TV on Christmas than on any other time of year. The TV schedules are filled with old films, comedy "Christmas Specials", soap operas with Christmas-related plots, and of course hundreds of advertisements. Switch it off and visit your relatives instead. Replace with: log fires, board games.
電視。事實上，我們在圣誕節期間坐在電視前面的時間比一年中其他任何時候都要多。電視節目全都是老電影、“圣誕特選”的喜劇、有圣誕節場景的電視劇，當然還有大量廣告。關掉電視，去拜訪自己的親戚。替代品：原木燒火、棋盤游戲。
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題13至問題15是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇短文的
Question 13. What does the speaker think about Christmas?
問題13 作者是如何看待圣誕節的？
Question 14. Why doesn't the speaker favor the plastic trees?
問題14 為什么作者不支持塑料圣誕樹？
Question 15. How can we replace TV according to the speaker?
問題15 根據作者，我們可以用什么來代替看電視？
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