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Unit 6 Chrismas:Jesus vs. 1 Santa

Two foreign teachers are talking about which Christmas traditions 2 to follow...

Mary: Listen. Christmas is for praising 3 our Savior 4 , Jesus Christ. It's his birthday!

Joe: I disagree 5 . Furthermore 6 , he is your savior, not necessarily 7 mine or the rest of the school's. Anyway, the mid-winter holiday is older than Christ's birth.

Mary: You just don't get it. Christmas is for celebrating the birth of the Son of God! Jesus is the reason for the season!

Joe: I think you're making too much of this. Let's go with the Santa traditions because they are also about family and kindness, regardless 8 of religion 9 .

Mary: But Santa is just a figment 10 of everyone's imagination 11 ! Jesus is our Savior—Christmas is about Him!

Joe: Look, Santa personifies 12 what's best in people, and how the world could be if everyone stopped being so selfish 13 . Christmas should be about that.

Mary: Well, as the head teacher, I guess it's your decision to make.

Landon Hogue

1. versus prep. 對抗；相對（略作vs.）

2. tradition n. 傳統

3. praise v. 讚美，表揚

4. Savior n. 救世主；上帝

5. disagree v. 不同意

6. furthermore adv. 再者，此外

7. necessarily adv. 必要地

8. regardless adj. 不管；不論

9. religion n. 宗教

10. figment n. 虛構的事物

11. imagination n. 空想，想像

12. personify v. 使其具體化；
代表

13. selfish adj. 自私的

1. make too much of... 小題大作，大驚小怪
I think you're making too much of that girl smiling at you.
我覺得你對那女生向你微笑這件事想太多了。

2. go with 選擇
In the end, we decided to go with the blue car instead of the red one.
我們最後決定選那部藍色的車，而不選紅色的。

3. regardless of 不管；無論
I won't marry him, regardless of how much money his parents have.
不管他的父母多有錢，我都不會嫁給他的。

4. a figment of one's imagination 憑空想像的事物
The ghost in your closet is just a figment of your imagination.
你衣櫃裡的鬼只是你想像出來的。

5. make a decision 做決定
= decide
I have to make a decision about which university to go to.
我必須決定要上哪一間大學。

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