A：Ok, honey, time to take down the Christmas tree.行了，親愛的，該拿走圣誕樹上的東西了。

B：Do we have to?必須拿下嗎?

A：Come on, it’s losing needles all the time and the branches are sagging.快點，它總是往下掉松針，而且樹枝已下垂。

B：It’s not that bad, besides it really looks nice in that corner. It gives the room a good atmosphere.沒那么糟糕,況且放在那個角落里看上去確實很好。它使房間有個好氣氛。

A：A good atmosphere? The tree is falling apart, and it’s messing up the room.好氣氛?圣誕樹都七零八落了，還使房間里亂糟糟的。

B：But it makes the place feel so much like Christmas. I’d really hate to have to take it down.但它使這里感覺像過圣誕節(jié)一樣。我實在不愿拿下它。

A：But Christmas was two weeks ago! It’s been there only because we’ve been too busy to get rid of it.但是圣誕節(jié)已經(jīng)過去兩個星期了。它還留在那是因為我們一直太忙，沒有時間清理它。

B：I know, but it seems like such a shame to have to take it away.我知道，但是拿走它似乎是個遺憾。

A：But it’s falling apart, and the cat keeps playing with the lower branches.但是它正變得七零八落，貓還總是玩弄下面的樹枝。

B：I know, I know. But it reminds me of the great Christmas we just had. All of us were here -- my parents, your parents, the kids, and the cousins -- the food was good, and everybody got what they wanted.我知道，我知道。但它使我想起了我們剛剛度過的快樂的圣誕節(jié)。所有的人都在――我的父母，你的父母，孩子們和堂兄弟姐妹們――食物很好，并且每個人都得到了所想要的。

A：Yeah, it was a good Christmas. It won’t always be this good, but we can’t make it last longer than it should.是的，是一個愉快的圣誕節(jié)。它不會總是這樣好，但我們不能使它持續(xù)太長的時間。

B：Ok, fine. We need to take down the tree.是，行。我們需要拿走圣誕樹。

A：I’ll make a deal with you. We’ll leave it up until Sunday, and then we’ll take it down after church.我向你說定了。我們將把它保留至星期天，做完禮拜后再拿下它。