Y: 那人們是不是要到森林里去砍樹呢？

J: Oh, no no-no. You don't go to a forest to cut down your Christmas tree. There are Christmas tree farms.

Y: 哦, 原來(lái)有Christmas tree farms。這還不錯(cuò)，用不著去破壞森林。說(shuō)道這里，我倒是好象真的聞到了松樹的味道了。

J: Oh, that's me.

Y: 你用了什么香水？

J: Not perfume! I have just come from a Christmas tree sale in my neighborhood.

Y: 有意思嗎？

J: I did. And it was wonderfully entertaining. The elementary school held a Christmas tree sale to raise money. And there I met a woman named Ann, who is not only the organizer of the sale but she is also very active in the elementary school with the Parent Teacher Association, also known as the PTA.

Y: 好啊，那我們就聽聽組織者Ann都說(shuō)了些什么。

Ann: We have from Charlie Brown trees to big beautiful balsam firs And we have a range of prices. And we do this to support the school PTA and it pays for supplies and trips and things like that for the children. And, um, so we do it two days over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, and hopefully raise some money. And also just build a lot of good feelings about the school inside the community.

Y: Ann剛才說(shuō)的 PTA 就是老師和家長(zhǎng)聯(lián)合組成的協(xié)會(huì)。原來(lái)他們舉辦圣誕樹銷售活動(dòng)是為了協(xié)會(huì)籌款，另外還可以增強(qiáng)學(xué)校和社區(qū)的感情。

J: Right. And it really does spread community feelings in the neighborhood. That's what Christmas is all about!

(Enter Music "O Tannenbaum" from Cyrus Chestnut's A Charlie Brown Christmas)

Y: Ann 剛才提到Charlie Brown。 我們都知道Charlie Brown是著名的花生漫畫系列里的人物。

J: Again, here's Ann.

Ann: Well, Charlie Brown, the cartoon character, always had a very small little sad-looking tree that nobody wanted, but he took it home and was very happy with it. So we always have some people that come and look for a Charlie Brown tree.

Y: Ann 剛才說(shuō)的多好啊，一棵瘦小的圣誕樹在可憐巴巴地等待著有人把它帶回家。

J: The holiday cartoons with Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang are really an important part of Christmas for almost all children in the United States. Well, not just children. because every year I watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.

Y: 你要借給我看一看。

J: I will, I will give it you. You and your family will love it. And truly Charlie Brown fell in love with a small, scrawny, little lonely Christmas tree that nobody wanted. And took it home and he gave it love. And it turned out to be a perfect Christmas tree.

Y: 沒錯(cuò)。Charlie Brown過(guò)圣誕是一個(gè)非常經(jīng)典的故事，大人小孩都喜歡。Jody，你知道嗎，我們家那棵圣誕樹又小有不太好看，而且是塑料的，用了好幾年。我今年本來(lái)打算把它扔了，可是我女兒不讓我扔。我想她可能對(duì)這棵樹非常有感情。不過(guò)今天聽你解釋了Charlie Brown Christmas tree，我想要是下次有人再笑話我們家的樹太小太難看的話，我就可以告訴他這棵樹可是典型的Charlie Brown Christmas tree。

J: Of course, you tell them you have a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Yang Chen!

Y: 沒錯(cuò)。我可以向別人炫耀我有棵Charlie Brown Christmas tree。

J: Thanks for tuning into American Cafe. Okay, see you again!

Y: 謝謝大家到我們的美語(yǔ)咖啡屋。好，我們下次再見。