2017年9月公共英语pets2级口语辅导（18）

They go to the sports park to set off the sky lantern

Morley: I know what I’m going to wish for.

Kathy: What’s that? A new girlfriend?

Morley: No. That I can be an aikido master like you.

Kathy: Ha-ha. You know, these lanterns were originally used in wars.

Morley: Really? Did they set them off as a signal to attack?

Kathy: No, the Han Chinese in Pinghsi used them to let women and children know that it was safe to go home after an attack by the aborigines.

Morley: No wonder they came to represent peace.

(续上期，下期续)

他们到运动公园放天灯

莫理：我知道我要许什么愿了。

卡西：什么?交新女朋友?

莫理：不是。我希望能成为像你一样的合气道高手。

卡西：哈哈。你知道吗，这些天灯一开始是在战争时用的。

莫理：真的?放天灯表示进攻的信号吗

卡西：不是，平溪的汉人放天灯告知女人及小孩原住民的攻击已经结束，可以平安回家了。

莫理：难怪天灯象征和平。

重点解说：

set off 发射

signal (n.) 信号

attack (v.) 攻击

aborigine (n.) 原住民

represent (v.) 代表