Santa Claus Preps for Christmas
圣诞老人准备圣诞节
Daniel Chen
【新闻关键字】
1. prep v. 预备
2. humming adj. 嗡嗡声的
3. Arctic Circle ph. 北极圈
4. pour in ph. 蜂拥而至
5. elf n. 精灵
6. go n. 忙个不停
Tonight is Christmas Eve. Things are humming in the village of Santa Claus in the Arctic Circle.
今晚就是圣诞节了。在北极圈圣诞老人的村落中，圣诞老人们正嗡嗡地进行准备工作。
Letters to Santa have been pouring in – sometimes up to 30 thousand a day.
写给圣诞老人的信件蜂拥而至，有时甚至一日高达三万封。
[Heidi, Santa’s Head Elf]:
“Santa gets a lots of lots of letters, we elves are very busy reading them through, but even if you send them at last minute they will be read through just before Christmas, so you don’t have to worry about anything."
[海蒂，圣诞老人的精灵头子]：
“圣诞老人有好多好多的信，我们圣诞精灵们都在忙着帮他看信。但是你也不必耽心，即使是最后一分钟才寄过来的信，我们也会在圣诞节之前把它看完。”
All systems are a go for Santa’s historic journey on Christmas Eve.
在圣诞节前夕，所有的系统都为了圣诞老人在圣诞夜的历史旅程而忙个不停。
But there is still some mail to be checked from the 13 million letters which have been delivered to him from almost 200 countries.
然而，在来自近200个国家，1300万封给圣诞老人的信件中，仍然有些信还没被看完。
Santa himself gets lots of Christmas greetings but he also has this message for
everybody:
圣诞老人他自己收到了许多圣诞节的祝贺，而他也有些话想对大家说：
[Santa Claus]:
“What do I want to wish to the children and the people? I hope that each and every one of you can spend the Christmas time with your loved ones, with your families and with your friends, those who are important and dear to you. And I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year."
[圣诞老人]：
“我有什么祝福要对小朋友和人们说？我希望你们每一个人，都能在圣诞节陪你爱的人，你的家人、你的朋友，还有那些对你很重要且亲近你的人。祝福你们拥有一个非常快乐的圣诞节，和一个非常快乐的新年。”
