Generally /ˈdʒen.ə r.əl.i/ 大體上，總體上
Indulging /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/ （使）沉溺於；（尤指）放縱
Celebrate /ˈsel.ə.breɪt/ 慶祝，慶賀；祝賀
Environment /ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/ 自然環境
Ultimate /ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/ 極端的；最重要的；最初（或終）的；最好（差）的
Decoration /ˌdek.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ 裝飾，裝潢；裝飾品，裝飾物
Tradition /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/ 傳統
Artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ 人造的，人工的；仿造的
Sustainable /səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/可持續的，能長期保持的
Harmful /ˈhɑːm.fəl/ 有害的
Alternative /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/ （計劃或方法）可替代的；可供選擇的
Plastic /ˈplæs.tɪk/ 塑料
recycling/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/回收利用；再利用
nitrogen /ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/ 氮（氣）
atmosphere,/ˈæt.mə.sfɪər/（包圍地球的）大氣，大氣層，大氣圈
decay /dɪˈkeɪ/腐蝕；（使）衰敗，（使）衰弱
Economical /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/ 經濟的；省錢的；節約的
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Fake or real What’s the best tree to have at Christmas
Neil：Hello and Happy Christmas. This is six minute English with me Neil .And joining me today is Sam.
Sam： hello
Neil：So? Sam, are you feeling excited about Christmas?
Sam：Of course, Time with friends and family, eating lots, passing presence and generally indulging. What's not to like
Neil： Indulging allowing yourself to have perhaps too much of something you enjoy. Well, it only happens once a year, so. But for those of us who do celebrate Christmas, it comes at a price.
Sam： Yes, well, buying all those presence can be expensive,
Neil：Not just that, Sam, I mean it comes at a cost to the environment, as will explain shortly. But let's start off with a quiz question for you to answer. In 2010, a Christmas tree in Belgium was awarded the world record for having the most lights on it. But do you know how many were there ：A nineteen thousand, six hundred and seventy two ,B ninety, four thousand at six hundred and seventy two or C a hundred and ninety, four thousand, six hundred and seventy two. What do you think so?
Sam：Well? I don't think he could fit one hundred and ninety, Four thousand, Six hundred and seventy three lights on a Christmas tree. so I'll say a nineteen thousand six hundred and seventy two.
Neil： OK, Well, we'll find out how “bright “you are at the end of the program. Of course, Christmas trees are the ultimate Christmas decoration. It's part of the Christmas tradition and millions are bought around the world each year. But what impact do Christmas trees-real and artificial- have on the environment ?
Sam：Well before we answer that, let's hear from some of the BBC learning English team who chose to have a real Christmas tree in their home and find out, Why...
“will you got the smell of it? You've got the look of it. But more importantly, it's Christmas trees, especially symbolic harmony. So too the idea of something that's that stays green all years are bringing that into your house. if it means something,”
“ I just think a real Christmas tree is more festive and more christmasy, and it's just the tradition to get a real Christmas tree that so “
“There's something more beautiful about the nature of the smell, the field, the look of the tree, and I like it to be sustainable. So as long as I get my tree from a person that promises to grow two or three in its place, then I'm really really happy.”
Neil：Yes, I agree. you can't beat having a real Christmas tree and as Phil said, its symbolic, it represents something important and hear. A Christmas tree is the symbol of Christmas.
Sam：And as Jane mentioned, it's a tradition something that's done regularly and has become the expected thing to do, and I do agree. It makes things more festive, a word to describe the joyful feeling you get when celebrating something like Christmas.
Neil：But of course, all these trees are often a thrown away, which is wasteful. That's why Roy mentioned history. being sustainable, which means they can continue to be grown and cut down over a longer period. and so it's less harmful to the environment.
Sam：Well, an alternative to a real Christmas tree is a fake or artificial one, which is what Fei Fei from our team has in her house. What are the reasons why
Fei Fei：We have a plastic Christmas tree, which was hard for about nine years? so it's plastic so you can reuse it every year, And it's more economical and we don't have to keep buying new trees
Neil： So Fei Fei fake tree is made of plastic, so that's not great for recycling, but the good thing is she uses it year after year, which makes it economical, which means it doesn't cost a lot of money. It's good value.
Sam：Ah, but even Fei Fei, he admits. it doesn't have the smell and feel of a real tree. It’s dilemma, isn't it Neil?
Neil： Yes, what's best for us and what's best for the environment. The BBC reality check programme found that real trees take about twelve years to grow and as they do, they absorb carbon from the atmosphere and nitrogen from the soil. So a good thing.
Sam： But when it's chopped down, it starts to release emissions back into the atmosphere, especially if you have to transform it to your home. And when Christmas is over, if it ends up in landfill, the tree's carbon footprint will be higher.
Neil： But its carbon footprint will be lowered. If it's recycled or composted, that's the process of allowing it to decay and then adding it to the ground to improve soil quality. A fake tree on the other hand is usually imported, and can't usually be recycled, but, as Feifei they mentioned, it can be reused. But without any type of Christmas tree. Where would we put all those lights I mentioned earlier? Sam, I asked you: In two thousand and ten, a Christmas tree in Belgium was awarded the world record for having the most lights on it. But do you know how many or did you say? sam?
Sam： I think I said nineteen thousand six hundred and seventy two,
Neil： Oh dear, not very bright. I'm afraid! there were in fact a hundred and ninety, four thousand, six hundred and seventy two.
Sam：Wow think of the electricity that must have used !.
Neil： Indeed, well, let's enlighten everyone with some of the vocabulary we've discussed today.
Sam：OK, well, we started talking about’ indulging’. That means allowing yourself to have perhaps too much of something you enjoy
Neil：And something is symbolic. It represents something important, and the word festive described the joyful feeling you get when celebrating something like Christmas,
Sam：Like the festive jumper you're wearing today. Neil, Very Jolly okay. Next, we mentioned ‘sustainable’, Which means the ability to do something over a long period of time, without harming the environment.
Neil：Economical describes doing something that doesn't cost a lot of money. it's good value
Sam：and when something is composted, it is allowed to decay and it turns into compost, which can be added back into the soil to improve its quality.
Neil：Thank you, Sam, And that brings us to the end of six minute English. For now, he just leaves us to wish you a very happy Christmas. Good bye.
Sam：Bye Bye.
Six minute English from BBC Learning English.
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