Only two days left till Christmas!! Are you ready?
再兩天就是耶誕節了！
In Europe, some people like to open Christmas
crackers while eating Christmas dinner. 在歐洲，有一些人會在吃聖誕大餐的時候玩 Christmas
crackers!
Huh?! What's a Christmas
cracker?!
Christmas crackers are colorful gift boxes. Inside
there's always three things: a toy, a paper hat, and a
joke! Christmas Cracker 就是耶誕拉炮，是小小的耶誕禮物盒，裡面會有一個玩具、一頂紙帽子，跟一則笑話！
Two people hold a cracker, and pull as hard as
they can, then, it rips open with a loud "BANG"! Whoever gets the bigger half
wins! 開禮炮是兩個人會一人一邊，用力拉，拉炮會「碰」一聲爆開，拿到比較大的那邊的人就贏了！
There's a school in Ireland where they really,
REALLY love Christmas crackers! Last month, they pulled open 1703
crackers all at once! 愛爾蘭有一間學校在上個月，同時一起拉開 1703 個耶誕拉炮！
The students wanted to break the record for the
most crackers pulled at the same time in one line. 他們想要破一次同時拉開最多拉炮的紀錄。
And guess what... they did it!
The students made the all crackers by themselves!
They worked hard for half an hour every morning, for two weeks! They said it
was really fun, and it made everyone very excited for
Christmas! 這些拉炮都是學生自己做的，他們連續兩個禮拜，每一天早上都花半個小時來製作！
Now I'm all excited for Christmas too! Have a
cracking Christmas everybody! ________________________________
Vocabulary 好玩的拉炮可以製造熱鬧氣氛，愛爾蘭一所學校更創了新紀錄。
1. Ireland 愛爾蘭 Have you ever been to Ireland?
你有去過愛爾蘭嗎？ No, I hope to visit someday.
沒有，我希望有一天能去。 Irish people seem to love having lots of fun.
愛爾蘭人看起來很喜歡玩耍。
2. break 打破 I also heard that they like beer a lot.
我聽說他們很喜歡啤酒。 They've tried to break the world record for
drinking beer. 他們有試過打破喝啤酒的世界紀錄。
3. hold 拿著 Could you hold this bottle for me?
你可以幫我握著瓶子嗎？ I want to pull the cork out.
我要把軟木塞拔起來。
4. excited 興奮的 What is it? 這是什麼？ It's a very expensive wine.
是很貴的酒。 I won it at a party. 我在派對上贏的。 You must be very excited to try it!
你一定很興奮想喝。 I am. 確實是。
你今天學了哪幾個單字？ Ireland 愛爾蘭 break 打破 hold 拿著 excited 興奮的 ________________________________
Quiz
1. How many days are left till
Christmas? A: 1 B: 2 C: 3
2. What are Christmas crackers? A: Cheesy biscuits B: Colourful gift boxes C: Roasted chestnuts
3. Where in the world is this cracker-crazy
school? A: Greenland B: Iceland C: Ireland