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Passage Two
Christmas is one of those holidays which means very different things to different people.
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? (13) And a lot too commercial?
(13) 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...
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. (14) 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.
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.
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. (15) Replace with: log fires, board games.
13. What does the speaker think about Christmas?
14. Why doesn't the speaker favor the plastic trees?
15. How can we replace TV according to the speaker?
文章二
不同的節(jié)日對(duì)不同人而言有著完全不同的意義，圣誕節(jié)就是其中之一。
在這段時(shí)間里，你可以讓心靈獲得休憩、可以與家人相聚、可以奉獻(xiàn)、可以開派對(duì)，或者僅僅飽餐一頓。無(wú)論是否是基督徒，多數(shù)人總會(huì)在圣誕節(jié)找到一些娛樂(lè)方式。但是在這個(gè)消費(fèi)時(shí)代，圣誕節(jié)是否有些張揚(yáng)？是否太過(guò)商業(yè)化？
我認(rèn)為是的。過(guò)一個(gè)好圣誕節(jié)的秘訣在于有講究。這里有我個(gè)人的一張表，上面所列的東西如果不出現(xiàn)在圣誕節(jié)，那么這個(gè)節(jié)日一定會(huì)更好。我們應(yīng)該去掉...
塑料圣誕樹。挑剔的人們并不喜歡會(huì)往地毯上掉葉子的樹。當(dāng)然，現(xiàn)在有吸塵器以后，這已經(jīng)不再是個(gè)問(wèn)題了。最糟糕的是那些已經(jīng)裝飾好的塑料圣誕樹，剝奪了孩子們親自懸掛飾品的樂(lè)趣。替代品：真正的杉樹，取材于可持續(xù)發(fā)展的森林。
不起作用的圣誕樹小彩燈。我們已經(jīng)將人類送往了月球。電腦也已經(jīng)改變了我們的生活。在網(wǎng)上，海量信息以光速在世界各地傳播著。所以把幾個(gè)小彩燈串在一起讓它們一直持續(xù)到新年并不是件難事。替代品：蠟燭。
電視。事實(shí)上，我們?cè)谑フQ節(jié)期間坐在電視前面的時(shí)間比一年中其他任何時(shí)候都要多。電視節(jié)目全都是老電影、“圣誕特選”的喜劇、有圣誕節(jié)場(chǎng)景的電視劇，當(dāng)然還有大量廣告。關(guān)掉電視，去拜訪自己的親戚。替代品：原木燒火、棋盤游戲。
問(wèn)題13 作者是如何看待圣誕節(jié)的？
問(wèn)題14 為什么作者不支持塑料圣誕樹？
問(wèn)題15 根據(jù)作者，我們可以用什么來(lái)代替看電視？
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