（备战2014）高中英语 第一季 口语对话一天一练26素材习语：a red letter day讲解：日历上圣徒礼拜及节日均由红色字标明，因此a red letter day 往往指“特别重要的日子”，即：大喜日子，如：“结婚，胜利或接受荣誉符号”等。支持范例：It was a red letter day for us when Paul came home from the war.对我们来说，保罗打完仗回家的那一天，是个值得纪念的好日子。My father said the day I was born was a red letter day.我的父亲说我的生日是个喜庆日。迷你对话：A:My son came home from three years in the navy.我儿子在海军服役三年，终于回家了。B:It wasa real red letter dayfor you.那天对你来说可真是个大喜的日子。A:Yeah. We rolled out the red carpet to welcome him home.的确如此，我们简直把他当贵宾一样来欢迎。词海拾贝：roll out the red carpet：隆重欢迎My mother-in-law is coming from Canada to stay with us so I suppose well have toroll out the red carpet.我岳母将从加拿大来和我们小住一段时间，因此我想我们得隆重接待。Actually, not all stores in Americaroll out the red carpet fortheir customers.事实上，并不是所有美国的商店都待顾客如同上宾一般。1