Christmas
M: Have you seen the Santa statue on the Whitcoulls building? It’s out early this season.
W: Christmas is approaching quickly.
M: Have you got your Christmas shopping out of the way?
W: Yes, I’ve found the perfect gifts for everyone on my list. Wow, be still my beating heart!
M: You are ahead of the game! By the way you look phenomenal.
W: Thanks. I’m getting a family picture taken today.
M: Do you guys get one every year?
W: Yeah, it’s for our annual family Christmas cards.
M: Don’t tell me you still do that! That’s so old fashioned.
W: Our family is big on tradition.
M: I suppose so, but in this day and age computers are the way to go.
W: For Christmas? If there is a time that calls for a personal touch, then it’s Christmas.
M: I don’t know. Going the extra mile just because it’s Christmas.
W: Hey, Scrooge! Where’s your holiday spirit?
M: Anyhow, I don’t actually feel like Christmas is around the corner.
In Korea, we never have Christmas when summer is in full swing.
***************Glossary***********
1. Whitcoulls - A name of a bookshop in NZ
2. Be still my beating heart – you can say this to show that something is very exciting.
3. You are ahead of the game means that you are very diligent, or that you have done or understood something sooner than you needed to.
4. Don’t tell me you still do that. This means - I can't believe you still do that, or I am very surprised that you still do it.
If you say “You don’t do it now do you?” the speaker expects the listener to say “no”.
Eg. Don’t tell me you are giving up now.
5. Our family is big on tradition. This means that our family thinks that tradition is very important.
Another example is “My mother is very big on good manners”, which means “my mother thinks that good manners are very important.
6.Going the extra mile means putting in extra effort.
E.g. “At St George we go the extra mile to make sure our students are happy”.
7. “Summer is in full swing” means that it is the middle of summer, that summer is well underway. You could also say “The holiday season is in full swing”. “In full swing” is more likely to be used when talking about summer than the other seasons.
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