常春藤生活英語：Preparing for Thanksgiving 迎接

Homemade Thanksgiving decorations are easy and fun to make. All you need is some colored paper, crayons, and your imagination. You should keep a few things in mind when you select materials for your decorations. Since Thanksgiving is an autumn holiday, use colors like gold, red, orange, and dark green. Also, autumn is the time for harvesting. So, you can make use of pumpkins, corn, and other vegetables as decorations. Most importantly, remember the turkey! Turkey pictures, statues, and feathers are a must.

A classic homemade Thanksgiving decoration is a hand turkey. They are very simple to make. First, trace your hand on a white piece of paper. Second, color the four fingers so that they look like feathers. Remember to use lots of color. Third, make an eye on the thumb and color the body brown. Then, cut out your turkey. Use orange colored paper to make legs and a beak. Glue the legs onto the bottom of your hand turkey. Last, glue the beak onto the thumb to complete your turkey's face. You're done! If you want, you can also add a hat, glitter, or clothes to your turkey to make it extra special.

When you make homemade decorations, be creative. You can reuse the most beautiful ones each year. This is not only fun but also a great activity to do with friends and family.

自制感恩節(jié)裝飾是一件簡單又有趣的事。您只需要一些色紙、蠟筆和想象力即可。當(dāng)您選擇材料做裝飾品時，有一些事要牢記在心。因為感恩節(jié)是秋天的節(jié)日，所以要用像是金色、紅色、橘色和深綠色等色彩。秋天也是收割的季節(jié)。因此您可以利用南瓜、玉米或其它蔬菜作裝飾。最重要的是，記得要有火雞!火雞圖片、雕塑品和雞毛都是必備品。

經(jīng)典的自制感恩節(jié)裝飾是手形火雞。它們很容易做。首先，在一張白紙上描出您的手。接著將四只手指著色，讓它們看起來像羽毛一樣。記得要用很多種顏色。然后在大姆指的地方做個眼睛，并把身體涂成棕色。接著把您的火雞剪下來。用橘色色紙做出腳和雞喙。把腳黏在您的手形火雞底下。最后把雞喙黏在大姆指處，以完成火雞的臉。您就做好了!若您想要的話，可以幫火雞加上帽子、亮片或衣服，讓它看來更特別。

當(dāng)您自制裝飾品時，要發(fā)揮創(chuàng)意。您每年都可重復(fù)使用最漂亮的飾品。自制飾品不僅有趣，也是一個可以跟您的好友和家人一起做的絕佳活動。

Building Your Vocabulary

1.homemade　a. 自制的，家里做的

These homemade cookies taste great.

這些自己做的餅干味道棒透了。

2.harvest　vi. & vt. 收割

The farmers are busy harvesting rice.

農(nóng)夫們正忙著收割稻米。

3.classic　a. 經(jīng)典的

Cats is a classic musical.

貓》是一部經(jīng)典的音樂劇。

4.trace　vt. 描摹，描繪

I couldn't draw a dog so I traced a photo.

我不會畫狗，所以我就拿了張照片來描。

Phrases for Learning

1.keep...in mind　　記住……

Janet always keeps her budget in mind while she is shopping for new clothes.

珍娜買新衣服時，總是會記住自己的預(yù)算。

2.make use of...　　利用……

Carrie made use of some empty plastic bottles and turned them into musical instruments.

凱莉用了一些空的塑料瓶來做成樂器。

參考字詞

1.pumpkin　n. 南瓜

2.feather　n. 羽毛

3.beak　n. 鳥嘴，喙

4.glitter　n.(裝飾用的)亮片;閃光紙屑

Tips In Use

Remember to use lots of color.

(記得要用很多種顏色。)

remember, forget, regret 后面加"to + 原形動詞"或動名詞的意思不同，使用時請多加小心：

1. remember to + 原形動詞　記得要……

2. remember + 動名詞 　記得曾……

3. forget to + 原形動詞　　忘了要……

4. forget + 動名詞　　 　忘了曾……

5. regret to + 原形動詞 　抱歉∕遺憾……

6. regret + 動名詞 　后悔曾……

I forgot to pay my phone bill yesterday.

(我昨天忘記去繳電話費。)

I forgot paying my phone bill yesterday.

(我忘記昨天已經(jīng)繳過電話費了。)