【#英語聽力# #雅思聽力材料：圣誕節(jié)的傳說#】聽是人們語言交際的重要方面，聽是英語發(fā)音準確的關鍵，也是學習英語的重要途徑之一，聽力的識別和理解能力，與個人的知識經驗有密切的聯系。下面是©無憂考網分享的雅思聽力材料：圣誕節(jié)的傳說。歡迎閱讀參考！

雅思聽力材料：圣誕節(jié)的傳說

　　History tells us that the origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (an area in present day Turkey). One of the legends tells about that he acquired a fortune when his parents died while he was still in his teens. By nature St.Nicholas was a generous and honest man, particularly devoted to children. He also cared deeply for the poor. He brought various gifts, money and other useful items to the houses of the poor. He did this at night, and in secrecy, so that no one knew, as he wanted no glory, he just wanted to help people. He became widely known for his generosity.

　　據史料記載，圣誕老人的原型是公元4世紀的圣尼古拉斯，他是米拉(位于今土耳其境內)的主教。有一種傳說認為在他十多歲的時候父母雙亡，給他留下一大筆財產。圣尼古拉生來就是個慷慨正直的人，尤其喜愛孩子，還很關心窮苦人，給窮人家里送去各種禮物、錢以及其他有用的物品。他一般都是在夜里秘密地做這些事，這樣就沒人知道，因為他并不想獲得什么贊頌，只是想幫助別人。很快，他就因自己的慷慨而廣為人知。

　　There is one famous legend about Saint Nicholas. The story tells of Nicholas hearing one day of three beautiful sisters who lived in a miserable hut on the edge of Myra. The three sisters were very poor. They could barely earn enough to keep themselves and their old mother from starving to death. When Nicholas heard of their plight, he was very concerned. He decided to do something to help them.

　　有一個關于圣尼古拉斯的傳說，講的是有一天，尼古拉斯聽說在米拉鎮(zhèn)邊界上一所簡陋的小屋里住著美麗的三姐妹。她們非常窮，賺錢很少，幾乎難以保證自己和老母親不被餓死。尼古拉聽說了三姐妹的悲慘境況后非常擔憂，決定幫助她們。

　　One night, when everyone was asleep, Nicholas crept through the streets to the edge of town. Quietly, he tiptoed up to the hut where the three sisters lived. He climbed onto the roof and dropped three bags of gold through the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. Now it so happened that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings has been hung by the fire to dry. When Nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking.

　　一天夜里，當大家都入睡后，尼古拉斯躡手躡腳地穿街走巷，來到了小鎮(zhèn)邊界。他悄悄地踮起腳走到三姐妹住的小屋旁，爬上屋頂，把三袋金子順著房頂爐火冒煙的洞口扔了下去。而三姐妹上床前恰巧剛洗完自己的長襪，把它們掛在爐火旁烘干。就在尼古拉斯把金子透過煙囪扔下去時，每袋金子分別落入了一只襪子中。

　　The three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. Soon, the story began to spread. Other people began to hang up stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. From this legend sprang the custom of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas.

　　第二天一早，三姐妹醒來，發(fā)現她們的長襪里竟然有三袋金子，她們欣喜若狂。很快，這個故事便流傳開來。其他人也開始把襪子掛起來，希望第二天早上醒來也能發(fā)現一袋袋的金子。圣誕夜那天把襪子掛在煙囪旁的習俗就是由這個傳說而來。多年來，人們就把圣尼古拉斯與圣誕節(jié)聯系在了一起。

　　After his death around 350 A.D. he was buried in Myra, but in 1087 Italian sailors purportedly stole his remains and removed them to Bari, Italy, greatly increasing St. Nicholas' popularity throughout Europe. His kindness and reputation for generosity and love for children gave rise to claims that he could perform miracles and devotion to him increased. St. Nicholas became the patron saint of Russia, where he was famous for his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop's mitre. In Greece, he is the patron saint of sailors; in France he was the patron of lawyers, and in Belgium the patron of children and travelers. The Dutch kept the legend of St. Nicholas alive. In 16th century Holland, Dutch children would place their wooden shoes by the hearth in hopes that they would be filled with a treat and goodies.

　　尼古拉斯在約公元350年去世后，被葬于米拉;但據稱在1087年，意大利水手們偷走了他的遺骨，轉運到了意大利的(東南部港市)巴里，從而大大提升了尼古拉斯在整個歐洲的知名度。他的善良、慷慨以及對孩子的喜愛都讓人們認為他會施魔法，人們更加熱愛他了。尼古拉斯成了俄羅斯人的守護神，在那里，他以身披紅斗篷，留著飄逸的白胡須，戴著主教法冠而聞名。在希臘，他是水手的守護神;在法國，他是律師的庇佑人;在比利時他則是孩子和旅行者的保護神。荷蘭人一直都傳頌著圣尼古拉的傳說。在16世紀的荷蘭，孩子們會把他們的木鞋放在壁爐邊，希望里面會裝滿禮物和糖果�！　�

擴展閱讀：雅思聽力做題技巧分享

　　技巧一：如何讀好題目

　　雅思聽力讀題有講究，首先，大家要養(yǎng)成不到讀題時間堅決不動試卷的習慣，很多同學在平時備考中養(yǎng)成錄音一開始就急不可待地打開試卷讀題，如果這個習慣帶到考場上很有可能會被判定作弊。

　　雅思聽力是考試是筆試第一項，所以考官宣布可以動試卷的時候再去翻看試卷。另外，讀題的時候不要一開始就看Section1，建議先讀section4的題目，因為section1有例子，大家可以利用讀例題時間讀section1題目，section4讀題時間很短嗎，題目很難，不能只依靠考試給出的時間讀題。

　　技巧二：如何提前猜測考點

　　讀題的時候不是簡單讀完就可以了，大家要在讀題的時候迅速找到題目的關鍵詞，預判考點。如果是填空題的話，大家要根據題干信息猜測可能出題的位置，在聽力中聽到相關詞匯時注意力高度集中;如果是選擇題，大家可以根據題目內容猜測聽力材料大致主題，然后根據題干和選項關鍵詞去定位考點信息。

　　技巧三：如何快速寫出題目答案

　　雅思聽力材料是一遍過的，所以如果大家在寫答案的時候浪費過多時間可能會錯過后面題目的考點，那么寫答案如何才能做到快速填寫呢?如果是選擇題直接選上選項即可，若是填空題則可以用單詞的縮略形式來代替整個單詞，比如用“studt”代替“student”，用“diffi”代替“difficult”等等，快速寫上自己能識別出來的單詞縮寫，然后在最后的十分鐘檢查時間里可以將答案擴展成完整答案填寫到答題卡上。

　　技巧四：如何利用好檢查時間

　　上文中提到過，雅思聽力做完以后會有10分鐘的檢查時間，這十分鐘除了上文中提到的還原答案謄寫答案外，還要做好檢查工作。雅思聽力考試中有很多填空題，這些填空題是重點檢查對象，要檢查單詞拼寫、大小寫、單復數和字數。檢查是雅思聽力考試的最后一項，也是非常關鍵的一步。

　　雅思聽力做題需要用到一些技巧，審題時間要安排好，讀題時要注意提前預測考點，寫答案如果單詞太長可以用縮略詞代替，檢查工作一定要做的全面徹底。