美語情景對話 第1295期:Do you have lots of holidays in your country? 你們國家假期多嗎?
Mike: Hello, this is Mike from Singapore, and we're talking to...
邁克：大家好，我是邁克，來自新加坡，MJ: MJ from Korea.
MJ：我是MJ，來自韓國。Mike: MJ from Korea. OK. Well, we're going to talk about holiday. Do you have lots of holidays in your country?
邁克：MJ來自韓國。好，我們來談談節日。你們國家假期多嗎？
MJ: Compared to America, we don't have a lot, but I think we have pretty a lot.
MJ：和美國相比，我們國家的假期並不多，不過我認爲我們的假期算多的。Mike: OK, for example.
邁克：好，請舉個例子。MJ: For example, there is Salan which is celebrating the New Year, so we are eating some special kind of traditional food of Korea and there are some other, like, big event, traditional holidays in Korea and we're celebrating it. What about you Mike?
MJ：比如，慶祝新年，我們會吃韓國特別的傳統食物，韓國還有很多重要活動和傳統節日。你們國家呢，邁克？Mike: In Singapore we have holidays for the Chinese. We have holidays for the Malays and Indians, and there's three groups, they make up like probably almost the biggest percentage in Singapore, and so for example a Chinese holiday would be Chinese New Year of course. That's the main one, and for Indians there is a holiday called Depavali and that is nice as well. Lots of lights and for Malay they have holidays also. Well, it's the equivalent of the Malay New Year and there's a lot of good food. It's very interesting stuff. Really.
邁克：新加坡慶祝中國節日，也會慶祝馬來西亞節日和印度節日，這三類節日在新加坡節日佔比最重，比如，中國節日當然是慶祝中國新年了。這是主要節日，至於印度節日，我們會慶祝點燈節，這也非常不錯，節日期間會點很多燈，我們也過馬來西亞節日，那相當於馬來西亞新年，有很多美食。真的非常有意思。真的。
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重點講解：
1. compared to 與…相比；和…比起來；
例句：U.K. consumer confidence improved in January compared to the previous two months but deteriorated compared to a year ago.
與前兩個月相比，英國的消費者信心指數在一月有所改善，但是與一年前相比有所惡化。
2. make up 組成；構成；
例句：And worldwide, women make up almost half the total international student body.
在世界範圍內，女性佔國際學生總數的將近一半。
3. of course （表示通常、顯見或衆所周知的事實）當然，自然；
例句：This is, of course, international news and soon it was being flashed around the world.
當然，這是國際性新聞，很快就會傳到世界各地。
4. as well 也；還；
例句：But the researchers say the malware seems to be headed to the U. S. and other parts of the world, as well.
據研究人員說，這種惡意軟件似乎已將觸角伸向了美國及世界的其他地區。
