A：Merry Christmas!

圣诞快乐!

B：Huh?

嗯?

A：I said Merry Christmas! Don't you know that Christmas is almost here?

我说圣诞快乐!难道你不知道圣诞节快到了吗?

B：It is? Oh, that's nice.

是吗?哦，太好了。

A：Huh? Didn't you know? Aren't you excited?

嗯?你难道不知道?难道你不兴奋?

B：Actually, I'd forgotten about it.

我真的忘记了。

A：Forgotten about it? How could you?

忘记了?你怎能忘记了?

B：Because I'm not Christian, I'm Jewish.

因为我不是基督教徒，我是犹太人。

A：Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

哦，对不起，我不知道。

B：It's all right. There are so many Christians in America that everybody takes it for granted that I'm Christian.

没关系。美国有这么多的基督教徒以致人人都认为我也是一个基督教徒。

A：I guess so. So what do you do around this time of year?

我想是这样。那么每年这个时候你都在做什么?

B：Well, I'll celebrate Hanukah soon, but that's not as important to us as Christmas is to you. Mainly I'll just enjoy the holiday break.

唔，不久我要庆祝光明节，但是光明节对我们来说没有圣诞节对你们那样重要。我主要是好好享受这段假期。

A：Well, would you be horribly offended if I invited you to a Christmas party at my house?

唔，如果我邀请你来我家参加圣诞聚会，你会很生气吗?

B：Not at all. A party is a party. I'll be happy to come.

一点也不。聚会是聚会。我会很高兴来参加。