Unit 3 Celebration Section Ⅵ Lesson 4Memories of ChristmasFor me, Christmas always began in the middle of the cold, windy month of November. My sister, Alison, and I sat down in front of① the fire and wrote a letter to② Father Christmas telling him about all the presents ③ we wanted ④. We seriously wrote “Father Christmas, the North Pole⑤” on the envelope, before giving them to our mother to post.With⑥ December our excitement grew each day —⑦as we opened the new year calendar⑧, Christmas cards arrived in the post, Christmas lights appeared⑨ in the streets, and we attended⑩ the town carol⑪ service. And of course, there was snow everywhere. Enough snow to make snowmen, and to have exciting snowball fights in the school playground ⑫ .①in front of 在……(外部)的前面in the front of 在……(内部)的前面②write a letter to sb.给某人写信③present n.[C]礼物;adj.当前的;出席present 作前置定语表示“当前的”,作后置定语表示“出席”。④ 现在分词短语 telling him about ...伴随状语,表主动意义。其中 we wanted 为定语从句,修饰先行词 presents。⑤the North Pole 北极 the South Pole 南极⑥with prep.意为“同,和,跟”,表伴随。⑦as we opened ...是 as 引导的时间状语从句。⑧calendar/’kælInd /ə n.日历⑨appear v.出现 disappear v.消失⑩attend vt.参加,出席常见搭配有 attend a meeting/a lecture/class/school/church 等。⑪carol/’kær l/ən.(尤指)圣诞节颂歌⑫ 两个并列的动词不定式短语 to make snowmen 和 to have ...作定语。圣诞节的记忆[第 1~2 段译文]在我的记忆中,圣诞节总是从寒冷多风的十一月中旬就开始了。我和姐姐艾莉森坐在火炉前给圣诞老人写信,告诉他我们想要的所有礼物。我们在信封上认真地写上:寄“北极圣诞老人”,然后交给妈妈去邮寄。随着十二月的来临,我们的兴奋与日俱增——我们翻开新年日历,圣诞卡片纷至沓来,街上亮起了圣诞灯,我们参加了镇里的圣诞颂歌演唱。当然了,处处是积雪,足够堆雪人和在学校...