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BBC Learning English – Ask About Britain About this script Please note that this is not a word for word transcript of the programme as broadcast. In the recording and editing process, changes may have been made which may not be reflected here. 于台词的备注 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对 节目做出的改变。 Christmas Decorations 圣诞装饰 Zoë: 大家好，欢迎收听 BBC Learning English. 我是刘佳。 Helen: Hello, I’m Helen. You’re listening to Ask About Britain, the programme where we answer your questions about how British people live their lives. Zoë: 现在在英国，到处都充满了圣诞节的气氛, 非常的热闹。 Helen: Yes, it’s the Christmas holiday season. Everyone is busy with buying presents, going to Christmas parties and decorating their homes to make things even more Christmassy. Zoë: 我们收到了好几封emails, 问的就是一般英国人是怎样开始布置他们的圣诞之 家，还有他们到底会挂些什么样的装饰？ Helen: And we hope to give you some tips on decorating for Christmas. We probably all know the most important Christmas decoration is the tree. The Christmas tree. It’s one of the most popular traditions associated with the celebration of Christmas. Zoë: 圣诞树当然是圣诞节里非常重要一部分，可是这是一棵什么样的树呢？ Helen: Well, it’s normally an evergreen coniferous tree Zoë: Evergreen 就是永远都是绿色的，Coniferous 就是松树类的。 Helen: Evergreen is easy to pronounce, coniferous is a bit more difficult, con-ni-fer-rous. Zoë: Coniferous. 其实这种常青松树包括很多品种，各个国家地理环境都有不同 的松树。 Helen: And you can have the tree inside your home or put it up outside. Zoë: 那么怎样来选择合适我们个人的圣诞树? 我们来听听Colin 的建议吧。 Insert Think about your house at this time of the year. If you kind of like feel squashed for the rest of the year, if you’ve got too much furniture, there’s too much clutter lying around, suddenly you are going to bring in a whacki